Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file manager and theming

Skip to main content Modern Desktop for niri Hyprland mangowm Sway labwc Miracle Wayland Get Started Documentation ❯ █ → Detecting distribution... ✓ Installing dependencies ✓ Configuring Dux Modular Shell ✓ Ready to rock! Pre-configured flavors Zirconium Fedora-based immutable OS with niri + Dux Modular Shell Fedora Miracle Spin Official Fedora Spin with MiracleWM + Dux Modular Shell See it in action Beautiful, functional, and ready to use Dux Modular Shell in Action Experience the fluid interface and beautiful animations Dux Dash Media controls, weather, calendar, and system info at a glance Quick Settings Effortlessly control your audio, displays, network, and bluetooth Widget Customization Personalize your desktop experience Plugins Extend functionality with new widgets, launcher features, and more. Everything you need A complete desktop experience, out of the box Dux Modular Shell ↗ A modern and beautiful desktop shell with dynamic theming and smooth animations. Dux Files ↗ A fast, keyboard-first file manager with tabs, split view, search, trash, devices, and network shares. Dux GOP ↗ Stateless system and process monitoring for CPU, memory, GPU, disks, and network interfaces. Dux Greeter ↗ An aesthetically pleasing greetd greeter for your desktop. Dux Search ↗ Blazingly fast and efficient file system search tool. Dux Calendar ↗ Your calendars, events, and tasks together, with Google, Microsoft, CalDAV, and iCloud support. One theme. Across your apps. Dux Modular Shell automatically generates matching colors for supported GTK and Qt apps, terminals, editors, and more. Our custom dank16 algorithm builds a full 16-color palette for terminals and syntax highlighting, with contrast tuned for light and dark themes. GTK3, GTK4, and Qt Terminal and editor color schemes Light and dark modes Set up app theming ↗ workspace.ts · Code − □ × EXPLORER ⌄ studio ⌄ src TS workspace.ts TS index.ts {} package.json M README.md TS workspace.ts × index.ts src › workspace.ts 1 import { readdir } from 'node:fs/promises' ; 2 3 const extensions = [ '.qml' , '.ts' , '.go' ]; 4 5 export async function findProjects (path) { 6 const entries = await readdir (path); 7 return entries 8 . filter (name => !name. startsWith ( '.' )) 9 . map (name => ({ name, path })); 10 } 11 12 export const formats = extensions.length; ⑂ main* ✓ UTF-8 TypeScript ❯_ Terminal − □ × ~/projects/studio ⑂ main ❯ npm run dev VITE ready ➜ Local: http://localhost:5173/ press h + enter to show help Backed by our sponsors and 115+ Ko-fi supporters Meet our sponsors Built in the open by our contributors Meet our contributors Free and open source. Kept going by you. Dux Modular Shell costs nothing to use. If it has earned a spot on your desktop, a tip helps cover the time and infrastructure that keep releases coming. Tip on Ko-fi Contribute code