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nwg-piotr/nwg-look

GTK3 settings editor adapted to work in the wlroots environment observed · 2026-09-03

github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-look · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-09-03

Health v2 · maintenance only

90/100

  • Activity 91
  • Release rhythm 83
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 25.0
  • age_days: 1630
  • days_rel: 118
  • days_push: 56
  • n_releases_24m: 9

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1002 stars · 35 forks observed · 2026-09-03

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

nwg-look is a GTK3 settings editor designed for wlroots-based Wayland environments like sway. It applies gsettings directly without Xwayland or workaround scripts, inspired by LXAppearance.

Use cases

  • change GTK3 theme on sway without Xwayland
  • set icon theme and cursor theme on Wayland
  • apply gsettings without import-gsettings script
  • configure GTK fonts on wlroots compositors
  • export GTK settings to settings.ini
  • restore default GTK appearance settings

When to choose

  • you use sway or another wlroots-based Wayland compositor
  • you want an LXAppearance-like tool that works natively on Wayland
  • you want to avoid gsettings workarounds in your sway config

When to avoid

  • you are on X11 and LXAppearance already works for you
  • you use a full desktop environment like GNOME or KDE with its own settings tools
  • you need GTK4-only settings management

Facets

application · maturity active

gui configuration-management theme desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools gtk3 wayland wlroots sway lxappearance gsettings appearance-settings linux desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
nwg-piotr/nwg-lookmain90

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