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Credits ​

Noctara Dots is built on top of some incredible open-source projects.

A huge thank you to all the developers and maintainers who dedicate countless hours to building software that the Linux community can enjoy. This project simply brings many of those amazing tools together into one cohesive desktop experience.


Core Projects ​

  • 🌙 Noctalia

    The shell that powers the entire desktop experience.

  • 🪟 Niri

    Scrollable tiling window manager.

  • 💠 Hyprland

    Dynamic Wayland compositor.

  • 🥭 MangoWM

    Additional Wayland window manager support.


Applications ​

  • 🖥️ Kitty

    GPU accelerated terminal emulator.

  • 📝 Neovim

    My editor of choice.

  • ⚡ Fastfetch

    Beautiful system information.

  • 🎬 MPV

    Media player.

  • 🎵 MPD

    Music daemon.

  • 🎧 RMPC

    Terminal music client.

  • 📂 Yazi

    Terminal file manager.

  • 📊 Waybar

    Status bar.

  • 🎼 Cava

    Audio visualizer.

  • 📈 Btop

    System monitor.

  • 🐟 Fish

    Modern shell.

  • ⭐ Starship

    Cross-shell prompt.


Resources ​

  • 🖱️ Bibata Cursor

    Default cursor theme used throughout Noctara.

  • 🎨 YAMIS Icons

    Default icon theme included with the installer.


Inspiration ​

Every project starts with inspiration, and Noctara is no different.

Some amazing projects and creators influenced different parts of the desktop while I was building it.

  • ✨ Caelestia

    The overall polish, animations, and desktop experience were a huge inspiration while designing Noctara.

  • 🚀 End-4 Dots

    Thank you for the idea behind the Starship prompt configuration.

  • 🐱 Mon4sm

    Thank you for the awesome Kitty configuration ideas and inspiration.


NOTE

Open source is built by people sharing ideas with one another. Whether you write code, design icons, create wallpapers, fix bugs, or simply share your work online, thank you for making projects like Noctara possible. ❤️