# snwh/paper-icon-theme

Paper Icon Theme

Repository: https://github.com/snwh/paper-icon-theme
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paper-icon-theme
Homepage: http://snwh.org/paper
Language: Python
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: icons, icon-theme
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-03-13T21:40:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4288, "days_push": 2364, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1585, forks 141 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:07.517373+00:00)

## What it is
Paper is a modern freedesktop icon theme (with a companion cursor theme) featuring bold colors and simple geometric shapes inspired by Material Design. It is installed via Meson and can be selected in GNOME Tweak Tool or via gsettings.

## Use cases
- give my linux desktop a material design icon theme
- install a pixel-perfect icon set for gnome
- change the default icon theme on ubuntu
- find a matching cursor theme for my icons
- customize my desktop environment's look with flat icons

## When to choose
- you want a Material Design-inspired icon theme for a freedesktop-compliant Linux desktop
- you prefer bold colors and simple geometric icon shapes
- you need a matching cursor theme to complement your icons

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained icons for new applications, since the project is discontinued
- you are not on a freedesktop-based desktop environment like GNOME
- you require a theme with ongoing icon request fulfillment

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, theme
- domain: desktop-applications, web-design, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: icon-theme, freedesktop, material-design, cursor-theme, gnome, svg-icons, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- snwh/paper-icon-theme (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.517373+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 2026-08-30T03:55:39.412182+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/snwh/paper-icon-theme (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.517373+00:00, sha e6a2bda2a5ec)
  - homepage: http://snwh.org/paper (fetched 2026-08-29T11:26:24.599573+00:00, sha 741896253018)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.