The 12 Most Beautiful Linux Icon Themes of 2018
You might think it will take you forever to settle on the ideal icon theme for your Linux desktop because there are a thousand and one options to choose from. And although that might be the case, it doesn’t have to be.
Below is a list of the 10 most beautiful icon themes you can set up on your Linux machine this year. You can install some of them together with the themes they come bundled as a large project (like in the case of Paper,) or install them to use with different GTK and/or Gnome shell themes completely.
1. Flat Remix Icons
Flat Remix Icons theme is inspired by material design. It features mostly flat icons with shadows, highlights, and gradients for some depth based on its beautifully contrasted colour palette. It is part of the Flat Remix project which also includes a Material Design-inspired GNOME and GTK theme.
Flat Remix Icon Theme
Install Flat Remix Icons theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
On Fedora based distributions.
Other Linux distributions, install manually as shown.
2. Paper Icon Theme
Paper Icon Theme is an open source FreeDesktop icon project. Its icons have a modern Material Design look with rounded corners. It’s a part of the Paper project which also includes cursors and a theme with light and dark color variants.
Paper Icon Theme for Linux
Install Paper Icon theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
For RPM-based distributions, repositories for Paper Theme and installation instructions for both Fedora and openSUSE are available on the openSUSE build system.
For Arch Linux, there is a Arch User Repository package(s) that provide both the Paper icons and GTK theme.
3. Lüv Icon Theme
Lüv (formerly Flattr) is a beautiful and somewhat glossy icon theme for any modern Desktop Environment. Lüv comes in its git repo alongside a badge of complimentary wallpapers suited of it.
Luv Icon Theme for Linux
To install Lüv Icon Theme, follow the installation instructions here: https://github.com/Nitrux/luv-icon-theme.
4. Shadow Icon Theme
Shadow is a flat icon theme with colourful icons that all have a circular base and a long shadow (probably the reason for the name).
Shadow Icon Theme for Linux
Install Shadow Icon Theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
Other Linux distributions, follow these instructions to install it.
Activate the theme using tweak-tool or from the command line:
5. Oranchelo Icons Theme
Oranchelo icons is a set of beautiful background-less icons with a Material Design-inspired colour palette and flat long shadows. Think of it as a set of Cornie Icons for the Linux desktop.
Oranchelo Icon Theme
Install Oranchelo Icons Theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
On Other Linux distributions, you can install it manually as shown.
6. Surfn
Surfn is a colourful icon theme that is based on four different icon themes: Ultra Flat icons, Super Flat remix icons, Yltra Flat icons, and Numix (Circle) icons.
Surfn Icon Theme for Linux
It takes more steps than a couple of commands to install Surfn so you’re better off following the instructions as listed on its GitHub page or else, you can use following commands to
7. Papirus Icon Theme
Papirus is an SVG-based icon theme with a material and flat style. All its elements have clear outlines with distinct colour tones available in 6 variants.
Papirus Icon Theme for Linux
Install Papirus Icon Theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
On Other Linux distributions, you can use the scripts to install the latest version directly.
8. Numix Circle Icon Theme
Numix Circle is the latest improvement of the icon theme set contained in the Numix project. All its icons have a circle container with well thought out shadows.
Numix Circle Icon Theme
Install Numix Circle Icon Theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
On Fedora distributions.
9. Xenlism Icon Theme
Xenlism is a technological graphics project bound to improve your desktop’s overall UI/UX. Its design-focused minimalism and realism are inspired by Nokia’s Meego and Apple’s iOS icons theme.
Xenlism Icon Theme
Install Xenlism Icon Theme use the following instructions in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
On Other Linux distributions, you can follow the installation instructions here.
10. Uniform Icon Theme
Uniform is a beautiful icon theme set that ironically, has differently shaped containers for each icon. Its design is achieved by maintaining the same pattern instead of drawing the same container – a style the developer decided on after testing “every shape on the planet to get a unique and original theme” and then flipping the table to unshape everything.
Uniform Icon Theme
Install Uniform Icon Theme using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
On Arch Linux, install using yaourt command.
11. FlatWoken Icon Theme
FlatWoken is a derivative of AwOken icon theme developed to be a complete set of icon themes for Linux and Android. It features colourful icons with shadow gradients all enclosed in square-shaped containers with rounded corners.
It contains multiple icon styles for the same app as well as multiple icon styles for system and user icons.
FlatWoken Icon Theme
Install FlatWoken Icon Theme in Ubuntu and Linux Mint using the following instructions.
From your preferred directory in the terminal type:
cd into the FlatWoken folder and mv the folders named “FlatWoken” and “FlatWokenMin” into your
/.icons directory (create the directory if it doesn’t exist).
You can now set FlatWoken or FlatWokenMin as your theme using the Gnome tweak tool or your favourite alternative.
12. Lila HD Icon Theme
Lila HD icons are square-shaped with a dark overlay diagonally cutting across. Unlike flat-style icons, Lila HD icons are skeuomorphic, thus having a more tangible appearance.
Apart from its default colour scheme, it comes in Blue, Crimson, Dark, green, Kaki, Light grey, and Purple variants. It also contains cursor, reload, navigation, etc. icons which all work together to provide a uniform Desktop Experience.
Lila HD Icon Theme
Install Lila HD Icon Theme in Ubuntu and Linux Mint using the following instructions.
Copy the files to your directory
Make icon cache for Lila-HD-icon-theme
On Other Linux distributions, you can follow the installation instructions here.
Notable Mention:
Vivacious Colors is a beautiful theme that comes with so many personalization options. Of course, they come at a price. This icon theme requires about 55 MB of space and with GTK Icon Cache Files, could require up to 280 MB.
Vibrancy Colors Icon Theme
Install Vivacious Colors using following PPA in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
Is your favourite icon theme included in my list? Let me know about other icon themes that should have made it to the list or, at least, to the notable mention section in the comments box below.
6 крутых тем для иконок на Linux
Несомненно стандартные темы значков Ubuntu и Linux Mint хороши, но Linux можно изменить до неузнаваемости и настроить внешний вид под настроение. Попробуйте темы из этой подборки , которую мы нашли.
1. Flat Remix Icons
Тема Flat Remix пропитана насквозь material design, контрастные плоские значки с тенями и градиентами.
Устанавливаем тему с помощью Terminal для Ubuntu и Linux Mint:
Для дистрибутивов на основе Fedora:
2. Paper Icon Theme
Paper Icon Theme — часть проекта FreeDesktop с открытым исходным кодом. Современный material design с закругленными краями.
Устанавливаем тему Paper Icon на Ubuntu или Linux Mint с помощью Terminal:
Для установки темы Paper Icon на Fedora или openSUSE перейдите по ссылке , выберете ОС и воспользуйтесь соответствующей инструкцией.
3. Shadow Icon Theme
Shadow — тема с яркими круглыми иконками и тенями, благодаря которым тема получила, судя по всему, свое название.
Устанавливаем тему Shadow Icon на Ubuntu или Linux Mint с помощью Terminal:
4. Oranchelo Icons Theme
Oranchelo — своеобразные иконки в духе material и минимализма.
5. Papirus Icon Theme
Papirus — забавная тема в стиле material и flat, доступно 6 вариантов.
6. Numix Circle Icon Theme
Numix Circle — тема с круглыми значками и мягкой цветовой гаммой.
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The idea is to gather all great icon themes and desktop themes that work on a Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon system but often also work on other systems.
#Two scripts to install all icons and themes
But fair warning your icon or theme selection manager will have a LOT of choices then.
is for linux mint, ubuntu, debian, elementary and all derivatives of debian using apt-get and other commands.
#One script to uninstall all the themes and icons
Uninstalling can be as important as installing, I made also a
that will uninstall all icons, themes and repositories.
Because ambiance and radiance themes ‘pollute’ our theme manager I have added a script to install/delete them selectively.
As a rule of thumb I will install themes from github and other preferably in the home folder.
If provided with a deb, tar.gz or a script the installation ends up (most likely) in
Remove manually if you have already an older/adapted version.
It is up to you to activate them with your theme/icon manager.
Sardi has its origins in Ardis but has evolved in a new icon set of 18 variations with 5 core sets.
Run this script to install the latest version
Sardi totals up to 54 Sardi variations including Sardi and Sardi Extra.
These are all runs of the colour changing scripts. All icon themes in Sardi with the name COLORA have scripts to change the colours the way YOU want.
16 million colours = 16 million choices
These icons are the result of perfecting the scripts.
Run this script to install the latest version
This icon theme is based on an older one i.e. yltra flat also on github.
This is an exercise in changing the directories from scalable/. to 22×22/.
Surfn (old name Super Ultra Flat Numix Remix) will be updated not the Yltra Flat icon set.
Run this script to have them installed :
These themes have been altered with scripts to change the colour accents.