Darkman

A framework for dark-mode and light-mode transitions on Unix-like desktops.

• https://gitlab.com/WhyNotHugo/darkman/

At sundown, it will look for scripts in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/dark-mode.d/. At sunrise, it will look for scripts in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/light-mode.d/.

Install

Fedora

sudo dnf -y install darkman

Ubuntu

sudo apt install -y golang scdoc
git clone https://gitlab.com/WhyNotHugo/darkman.git
cd darkman
make
sudo make install PREFIX=/usr

Setup

Configure

Enable location services (Gnome Settings on fedora)

Scripts to run for light and dark

• example files in the repo
• Can be saved in any $XDG_DATA_DIRS

~/.local/share/dark-mode.d/
~/.local/share/light-mode.d/

- Scripts must be executable

Example dark for Gnome:

alias dark="darkman set dark"
alias light="darkman set light"

Config (optional)

${HOME}/.config/darkman/config.yaml

Custom executables

For additional application support, custom executables (including simple shell scripts) can be placed in the following two directories:

•$XDG_DATA_DIRS/dark-mode.d/: Scripts to run when switching to dark mode.

•$XDG_DATA_DIRS/light-mode.d/: Scripts to run when switching to light mode.

Enable

systemctl --user enable --now darkman.service

Disable

systemctl --user disable --now darkman