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
💜 Credits
A heartfelt thank you to our incredible community of contributors. We are immensely grateful for your dedicated participation and the constructive feedback you've provided, which continue to shape and improve our project for everyone.
Acknowledgment
Special thanks to the creators of Caelestia and DankMaterialShell for their inspirational designs and clever implementation techniques.
Donation
While all donations are greatly appreciated, they are completely voluntary.
Thank you to everyone who supports the project 💜!
- Gohma
- PikaOS
- DiscoCevapi
License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.