dylanaraps/pywal
🎨 Generate and change color-schemes on the fly. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3365
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 949
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
9076 stars · 355 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pywal is a Python CLI tool that generates color palettes from the dominant colors in an image and applies them system-wide in real time. It includes 250+ built-in themes and updates terminal emulators and TTYs on the fly without modifying existing config files.
Use cases
- generate a color scheme from a wallpaper image
- change terminal colors on the fly
- apply a consistent color palette system-wide
- use predefined terminal color themes
- create custom color scheme themes to share
- theme my linux ricing setup
When to choose
- you want your terminal and apps to match your wallpaper automatically
- you want a lightweight CLI theming tool that doesn't rewrite your configs
- you want instant color scheme switching across terminal emulators and TTYs
When to avoid
- you need GUI application theming beyond terminal colors
- you want a maintained project with active development
- you need Windows support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli theme developer-tools desktop-applications cli python colorscheme color-palette terminal-theming unixporn theming command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6efc159573e8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dylanaraps/pywal | main | 10 |
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