Noctalia
quiet by design
A beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland that actually gets out of your way. Built on Quickshell with a warm lavender aesthetic that you can easily customize to match your vibe.
Preview
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/72c6d6dc-48b0-48a0-bd8b-c7e70990edc4
Screenshots
Get started
New to Noctalia? Check out our installation guide to get started.
Quick install on Arch:
paru -S noctalia-shell
qs -c noctalia-shell
Need help? Join our Discord community or browse the FAQ.
Supported compositors
Currently works with Niri and Hyprland. Other Wayland compositors need custom workspace logic implementation.
Contributing
We welcome contributions of any size - bug fixes, new features, documentation improvements, or custom themes and configs.
Get involved:
- Found a bug? Open an issue
- Want to code? Check out our development guidelines
- Need help? Join our Discord
Special thanks to our amazing contributors and the creators of Caelestia and DankMaterialShell for inspiration.
Support the project
While donations are completely optional, they help keep the project going:
Thank you to our supporters 💜:
- Gohma
- PikaOS
- DiscoCevapi
License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.