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How would i go about creating themes for a desktop environment like Cinnamon or KDE Plasma?
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BlackRoseAmongThorns slrpnk.net BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net
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Also, what would i need to learn before getting into that?

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HelloRoot lemy.lol HelloRoot@lemy.lol
Joined: 2025-02-15
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read https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/theme/quickstart/

You can use existing themes for reference, just download the source and look at it. https://github.com/topics/kde-plasma-theme

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Hubi feddit.org Hubi@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
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The easiest way to create a theme for KDE is probably with Kvantum:

https://github.com/tsujan/Kvantum/blob/master/Kvantum/doc/Theme-Making.pdf

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
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Look at other themes, how they were done.

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floquant lemmy.dbzer0.com floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-05-31
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read https://develop.kde.org/docs/plasma/theme/quickstart/ You can use existing themes for reference, just download the source and look at it. https://github.com/topics/kde-plasma-theme

Yep, start from there, I would also like to point out that in the newly released Plasma 6.6 you can save your current settings as a global theme, so you also have that starting point.

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