# AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell

Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, labwc, and MiracleWM.

Repository: https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dankmaterialshell
Homepage: https://danklinux.com
Language: QML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: quickshell, tiling-window-manager, wayland, go, hyprland, niri, dwl, mangowc, sway, labwc, miracle-wm
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:59:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 29
- inputs: {"age_days": 419, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 38, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 71}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7760, forks 487 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:04.808769+00:00)

## What it is
DankMaterialShell is a complete desktop shell for Wayland compositors built with Quickshell (QML) and a Go backend. It replaces the usual patchwork of waybar, swaylock, swayidle, mako, fuzzel, and polkit with a unified, themable interface including a dashboard, launcher, control center, and system monitor.

## Use cases
- give my hyprland setup a full desktop shell with a bar and launcher
- replace waybar, mako, and fuzzel with one integrated shell
- get a control center and system monitor on niri
- auto-theme my desktop from my wallpaper with material design colors
- add a lock screen, idle manager, and notifications to sway
- use a polished shell on labwc or MiracleWM

## When to choose
- you run a supported Wayland compositor (niri, Hyprland, sway, MangoWC, labwc, MiracleWM) and want a batteries-included shell
- you want dynamic Material Design 3 theming driven by your wallpaper
- you prefer one cohesive suite over stitching together many separate tools

## When to avoid
- you are on X11 or a non-Wayland desktop environment like GNOME or KDE
- you want a minimal setup with only a status bar and prefer individual tools
- your compositor is not among the supported ones and you don't want manual configuration

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, cli, plugin-system, monitoring
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: wayland, quickshell, desktop-shell, hyprland, niri, sway, tiling-window-manager, material-design, status-bar, launcher, linux, desktop, qml

## Member repositories
- AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:04.808769+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:35:08.240066+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:04.808769+00:00, sha 76f1a5f5516a)
  - homepage: https://danklinux.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.732755+00:00, sha 2a01e2ec9abe)
  - site_page: https://danklinux.com/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.735532+00:00, sha 445852044995)
  - site_page: https://danklinux.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.737988+00:00, sha b1139fe563e3)
  - site_page: https://danklinux.com/docs/1.6 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.740158+00:00, sha 2c5745729a54)
  - site_page: https://danklinux.com/docs/1.4 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.742242+00:00, sha 48974c1b8932)
  - site_page: https://danklinux.com/docs/1.2 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.744420+00:00, sha b5c372cec5f6)
  - site_page: https://danklinux.com/docs/contributing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:11.746246+00:00, sha 0b636b8ed370)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.