matugen 0.10.0

Description

Matugen is a cross-platform tool that generates a colorscheme either from an image or a color, and exports it to a file from a template. It can also set the wallpaper if one was provided.

About Material Design 3

Material Design 3 offers a new color system that allows for more flexible and dynamic use of color. The new system includes a wider range of colors, as well as a range of tints and shades that can be used to create subtle variations in color.

Other projects

• Mitsugen - For gnome-shell, based on the old and deprecated python version of Matugen

Supported platforms

• Windows
• Linux
• MacOS
• NetBSD

Warning Matugen only supports setting the wallpaper and restarting apps on Linux and NetBSD for now.

Roadmap

• Add GTK4 UI
• Add a light/dark/amoled option for each template
• Support more color formats for generating colorscheme
  • Rgba
  • Rgb
  • Hsl
• Suport changing the wallpaper on different platforms
  • MacOS
  • Windows
• Support changing the wallpaper on X11
  • Feh
  • Nitrogen

Note Want a feature that is not listed above? Simply open an issue.

Installation

Cargo

cargo install matugen

NixOS

Add matugen to your flake inputs:

inputs = {
  matugen = {
    url = "github:/InioX/Matugen";
  };
  # ...
};

Then you can add it to your packages:

let
  system = "x86_64-linux";
in {
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [    
    # ...
    inputs.matugen.packages.${system}.default
  ];
}

NetBSD

pkgin install matugen

or, if you prefer to build it from source

cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/matugen
make install

Usage

Modes

Palettes

Help

matugen -h
matugen --help

Show colors

matugen --show-colors <other-arguments>

Verbose mode

matugen -v <other-arguments>

Generate from an image

# Dark mode
matugen image /path/to/wallpaper/ -m "dark"
# Light mode
matugen image /path/to/wallpaper/ -m "light"
# AMOLED/"pure dark" mode
matugen image /path/to/wallpaper/ -m "amoled"

Example:

matugen image ~/wall/snow.png -l

Generate from a color

# Dark mode
matugen color hsl <hsl color> -m "dark"
# Light mode
matugen color hex <hex color> -m "light"
# AMOLED/"pure dark" mode
matugen color rgb <rgb color> -m "amoled"

Example:

matugen color hex "#ffbf9b"
matugen color rgb "rgb(63, 106, 171)" -m "light"
matugen color hsl "hsl(216.34, 45.75%, 45.88%)" -m "amoled"

Creating templates

The basic syntax for using colors is prefix + {color} (The default prefix is @, so the usage would be @{color}).

Keywords

@define-color primary @{primary}; /* Result: #ffb783 */
@define-color primary @{primary.hex}; /* Result: #ffb783 */
@define-color primary @{primary.rgb}; /* Result: rgb(255, 183, 131) */
@define-color primary @{primary.rgba}; /* Result: rgba(255, 183, 131, 255) */
@define-color primary @{primary.strip}; /* Result: ffb783 */

You can get the source color (color used for generating colorscheme) by using:

@import url("@{source_color}"); /* Result: #ffb783*/

You can also get the image (if it was provided) by using:

@import url("@{image}"); /* Result: /home/ini/Downloads/wallpaper.jpg */

Note If no image was provided, Matugen will just skip over the image keyword

Example of all the color keywords:

/*colors.css*/
@define-color primary @{primary};
@define-color on_primary @{on_primary};
@define-color primary_container @{primary_container};
@define-color on_primary_container @{on_primary_container};
@define-color secondary @{secondary};
@define-color on_secondary @{on_secondary};
@define-color secondary_container @{secondary_container};
@define-color on_secondary_container @{on_secondary_container};
@define-color tertiary @{tertiary};
@define-color on_tertiary @{on_tertiary};
@define-color tertiary_container @{tertiary_container};
@define-color on_tertiary_container @{on_tertiary_container};
@define-color error @{error};
@define-color on_error @{on_error};
@define-color error_container @{error_container};
@define-color on_error_container @{on_error_container};
@define-color background @{background};
@define-color on_background @{on_background};
@define-color surface @{surface};
@define-color on_surface @{on_surface};
@define-color surface_variant @{surface_variant};
@define-color on_surface_variant @{on_surface_variant};
@define-color outline @{outline};
@define-color shadow @{shadow};
@define-color scrim @{scrim};
@define-color inverse_surface @{inverse_surface};
@define-color inverse_on_surface @{inverse_on_surface};
@define-color inverse_primary @{inverse_primary};

@define-color source_color @{source_color};
@define-color color_accent_primary @{color_accent_primary};
@define-color color_accent_primary_variant @{color_accent_primary_variant};
@define-color color_accent_secondary @{color_accent_secondary};
@define-color color_accent_secondary_variant @{color_accent_secondary_variant};
@define-color color_accent_tertiary @{color_accent_tertiary};
@define-color color_accent_tertiary_variant @{color_accent_tertiary_variant};
@define-color text_color_primary @{text_color_primary};
@define-color text_color_secondary @{text_color_secondary};
@define-color text_color_tertiary @{text_color_tertiary};
@define-color text_color_primary_inverse @{text_color_primary_inverse};
@define-color text_color_secondary_inverse @{text_color_secondary_inverse};
@define-color text_color_tertiary_inverse @{text_color_tertiary_inverse};
@define-color color_background @{color_background};
@define-color color_background_floating @{color_background_floating};
@define-color color_surface @{color_surface};
@define-color color_surface_variant @{color_surface_variant};
@define-color color_surface_highlight @{color_surface_highlight};
@define-color surface_header @{surface_header};
@define-color under_surface @{under_surface};
@define-color off_state @{off_state};
@define-color accent_surface @{accent_surface};
@define-color text_primary_on_accent @{text_primary_on_accent};
@define-color text_secondary_on_accent @{text_secondary_on_accent};
@define-color volume_background @{volume_background};
@define-color scrim_android @{scrim_android};

Configuration

Here is a list of different locations for the configuration file:

• Windows: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\InioX\matugen\config\config.toml
• Linux: /home/user/.config/matugen/config.toml
• MacOS: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/com.InioX.matugen/config.toml

Note You can also use a custom configuration path by using the -c argument

Configuration items

Name	Type	Default	Description
reload_apps	bool	false	Whether to reload apps.
set_wallpaper	bool	false	Whether to set the wallpaper (if true, requires wallpaper_tool to be set).
wallpaper_tool	String	None	The wallpaper tool to use (Swwww, Swaybg, Feh, Nitrogen).
prefix	String	"@"	The prefix to use (for example: @{primary})
reload_gtk_theme	bool	false	Whether to reload the gtk theme. REMOVED, USE gtk_theme in config.reload_apps_list.
run_after	Vec	[]	The commands to run after the templates have been generated.
swww_options	<Vec>	[]	The options to use for Swwww
feh_options	<Vec>	[]	The options to use for Feh

Apps

Name	Type	Default	Description
kitty	bool	true	Whether to reload kitty.
waybar	bool	true	Whether to reload waybar.
dunst	bool	true	Whether to reload dunst.
gtk_theme	bool	true	Whether to reload the GTK theme.

Example

# config_directory/config.toml
[config]
reload_apps = true
set_wallpaper = true
wallpaper_tool = 'Swww'
prefix = '@'
swww_options = [
    "--transition-type",
    "center",
]
run_after = [
    [ "echo", "'hello'" ],
    [ "echo", "'hello again'" ],
]

[config.reload_apps_list]
waybar = true
kitty = true
gtk_theme = true
dunst = true

Adding templates

Name	Type	Default	Description
mode	Option<Modes>	Mode provided in args	Which scheme to use for the template.
input_path	PathBuf	None	Path to the template file.
output_path	PathBuf	None	Path to export the template to.

Modes

Note The mode key will override the mode specified in the arguments, only for that template.

For all available modes, look at the usage.

Example

# config_directory/config.toml

[templates.test] # First way of adding template
input_path = '~/.config/example/template.css'
output_path = '~/.config/example'
mode = "Light" # First letter MUST be upper-case

[templates] # Another way
test2 = { input_path = '~/.config/example/template2.css', output_path = '~/.config/example2' }

Acknowledgment

• material-color-utilities-rs