# luisbocanegra/plasma-panel-colorizer

Latte-Dock and WM status bar customization for the KDE Plasma panels

Repository: https://github.com/luisbocanegra/plasma-panel-colorizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plasma-panel-colorizer
Homepage: https://store.kde.org/p/2130967
Language: QML
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: colors, customization, kde, plasma, widget, panel, kde-plasma, latte-dock, linux-desktop, plasma-applet, plasma6, plasmoid, theme, tray-icons
Last push: 2026-08-13T22:10:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 97, longevity 66
- inputs: {"age_days": 926, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 53}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1171, forks 29 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.461221+00:00)

## What it is
A KDE Plasma widget (plasmoid) that brings Latte-Dock and window manager status bar customization features to the default Plasma panels. It allows users to customize panel colors, backgrounds, and appearance on Plasma 6.

## Use cases
- customize KDE Plasma panel colors and transparency
- make Plasma panels look like Latte-Dock
- apply custom backgrounds and shadows to the Plasma panel
- theme tray icons and widgets on the Plasma panel
- customize the status bar appearance on Plasma 6

## When to choose
- you use KDE Plasma 6 and want Latte-Dock-style panel customization
- you want fine-grained control over panel colors, backgrounds, and effects
- you want to theme tray icons and panel widgets without switching to Latte-Dock

## When to avoid
- you are not using KDE Plasma on Linux
- you are on Plasma 5 and need a version compatible with it
- you want a full dock replacement rather than panel customization

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, theme
- domain: desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: plasma6, plasmoid, kde-plasma, panel-customization, latte-dock, qml, widget, themeing, linux-desktop, customization, linux

## Member repositories
- luisbocanegra/plasma-panel-colorizer (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.461221+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 2026-08-30T06:28:32.201462+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/luisbocanegra/plasma-panel-colorizer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.461221+00:00, sha 74b73f270d8c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.