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Mavernix is a Linux desktop with a menu bar up top, a dock down below, and windows that cast real shadows. Under the hood it's built on Wayfire and Quickshell.

On a fresh install it looks pretty plain, and that's on purpose. The fun starts if you've still got an old installer for a classic system somewhere. Hand it to the Theme Installer and it builds the whole look right on your machine:

Mavernix ships none of Apple's files; each look is built from your copy of the installer.

Mavernix is built and tested on Arch Linux. It is in the AUR as mavernix:

yay -S mavernix

Then pick Mavernix at your login screen. To build it yourself instead, see docs/building.md.

You can also try it without installing: dev/run-in-container runs it in a Podman container.

Bug reports, themes and fixes to the docs are welcome, no C++ needed. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Usage · Configuration · Themes · Looks · Panel items · Extensions · Sound packs · Architecture

GPL-3.0-or-later, see LICENSE. Two compositor plugins are based on Wayfire's and keep its MIT license too (src/compositor/*/LICENSE-wayfire).

Mavernix is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc. Mac and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc.