GTK & QT Theming on Hyprland (Simple Guide)

This is a basic guide to make your apps look nice and consistent on Hyprland.

1. 📦 Apps You Need

sudo pacman -S nwg-look qt5-wayland qt6-wayland qt5ct kvantum paru qt6ct-kde

GTK:

• nwg-look

QT:

• qt5-wayland
• qt6-wayland
• qt5ct
• kvantum
• nwg-look
• qt6ct-kde

2. 🎨 Themes Used

• GTK Theme: Everforest-Teal-Dark
  Download or GitHub

• Cursor Theme: Bibata-Modern-Ice (AUR)

• Icon Theme: Tela-circle-dark
  Download

• Kvantum Theme (QT): OrchisDark
  Download

3. 📁 Where to Place Themes

• GTK themes → /usr/share/themes/
• Cursor & Icon themes → /usr/share/icons/
• Kvantum themes → Import in Kvantum Manager

4. ⚙️ Set These in Hyprland

In ~/.config/hypr/conf/environment.conf:

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env = GTK_THEME,Everforest-Teal-Dark
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env = GTK_ICON_THEME,Tela-circle-dark
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env = XCURSOR_THEME,Bibata-Modern-Ice
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env = XCURSOR_SIZE,24
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env = HYPRCURSOR_SIZE,24
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env = QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME,qt5ct
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env = QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE,kvantum

• QT envs are important, gtk can be used if some applications are not picking up the gtk theme

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