# Noctalia shell

**_quiet by design_**

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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

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![Dark 1](/Assets/Screenshots/noctalia-dark-1.png)
![Dark 2](/Assets/Screenshots/noctalia-dark-2.png)
![Dark 3](/Assets/Screenshots/noctalia-dark-3.png)

![Light 1](/Assets/Screenshots/noctalia-light-1.png)
![Light 2](/Assets/Screenshots/noctalia-light-2.png)
![Light 3](/Assets/Screenshots/noctalia-light-3.png)

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## 🚀 Getting Started

**New to Noctalia?**  
Check out our documentation & installation guide to get started!

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**Need help?** Join our [Discord community](https://discord.noctalia.dev) or browse the [FAQ](https://docs.noctalia.dev/getting-started/faq/).

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## 🖥️ Wayland Compositors

Noctalia provides native support for **Niri** and **Hyprland**. Other Wayland compositors will work but may require additional workspace logic configuration.

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## 🤝 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](https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell/issues/new)
- **Want to code?** Check out our [development guidelines](https://docs.noctalia.dev/development/guideline)
- **Need help?** Join our [Discord](https://discord.noctalia.dev)

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## 💜 Credits

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible community of [**contributors**](https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell/graphs/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.

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## ☕ Donations

While all donations are greatly appreciated, they are completely voluntary.

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### Thank you to everyone who supports the project 💜!
* Gohma
* DiscoCevapi
* <a href="https://pika-os.com/" target="_blank">PikaOS</a>
* LionHeartP


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## 📄 License

MIT License - see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details.
