Sanket

A floating notification island and a calmer calendar for GNOME Shell

A cleaner GNOME desktop experience with floating notifications, compact Quick Settings, world clocks, and animated weather.

Less clutter. More clarity. A better GNOME experience.

Sanket transforms the GNOME Shell date menu into a cleaner, more functional space.

Notifications move into their own floating island beneath Quick Settings, keeping important information accessible without cluttering your calendar. The calendar becomes a useful dashboard with world clocks, animated weather, and flexible layouts.

Every detail is designed to feel natural within GNOME Shell, with smooth animations, thoughtful controls, and customizable settings.

• Dedicated notification card - Keep notifications separate from the date menu.
• Compact by default - Show the newest notification with an option to expand the rest.
• Pin notifications - Keep important notifications at the top.
• Expandable content - Expand and collapse long notifications in place.
• Smooth animations - Fluid transitions when expanding or dismissing notifications.
• Hover controls - Access pin, expand, and dismiss actions when the pointer is over a notification.
• Customizable scrollbar - Choose whether the scrollbar is always visible, appears while scrolling, or stays hidden.

• Adaptive layout - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other toggles transform from pills into circles when space is limited.
• Flexible controls - Choose whether the volume and brightness sliders remain visible in compact mode.
• Smooth transitions - A layout that adapts naturally to available space.

• Flexible layouts - Choose between Stacked and Two Columns layouts.
• World clocks - Display multiple cities using analog clock faces or a compact list.
• Animated weather - Animated sunshine, moonlight, stars, clouds, rain, snow, lightning, and fog.
• Smooth month transitions - Navigate between months with fluid animations.
• Optional events - Show an events list and date header according to your preferences.
• Quick setup - Add world clocks or configure a weather location directly from the calendar.

Stacked Calendar	Two-Column Calendar

Weather animations bring the calendar to life with changing conditions and smooth visual effects.

• Live previews - Preview settings as you customize your desktop.
• Weather animation gallery - Explore available weather animations.
• Unified animation controls - Adjust the speed of Sanket animations.
• Flexible preferences - Customize the notification island and calendar.
• Reset options - Restore individual groups of settings whenever needed.

Island Settings	Calendar Settings	Animations Settings

• GNOME Shell 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, or 51
• GNOME Clocks - Optional, for world clocks.
• GNOME Weather - Optional, for weather information.

Coming Soon

Sanket will be available on GNOME Extensions once the extension has been approved.

Clone the repository, enter the project directory, and run the installer:

git clone https://github.com/narkagni/sanket.git
cd sanket
./manage.sh install

After installation, restart GNOME Shell:

• Wayland: Log out and log back in.
• X11: Press Alt + F2, type r, and press Enter.

Then enable Sanket:

gnome-extensions enable sanket@narkagni

Open Sanket preferences through the GNOME Extensions app or Extension Manager.

You can also open the settings directly:

gnome-extensions prefs sanket@narkagni

Sanket uses GNOME Weather to display weather information in the calendar.

1. Install GNOME Weather using your distribution's package manager or software centre.
2. Open the calendar and select Select Weather Location…, or launch GNOME Weather directly.
3. Search for your city and select it.
4. Reopen the calendar. The weather card should appear shortly.

For automatic location detection, enable Settings → Privacy → Location Services.

Sanket uses GNOME Clocks to display world clocks.

1. Install GNOME Clocks using your distribution's package manager or software centre.
2. Open the calendar and select Add World Clocks…, or launch GNOME Clocks directly.
3. Open the World tab and add your preferred cities.
4. Your selected clocks will appear in the Sanket calendar.

Run the following command from the Sanket project directory:

./manage.sh uninstall

Restart GNOME Shell after uninstalling.

If Sanket improves your GNOME desktop experience, consider supporting its continued development.

Your contribution helps maintain the project, improve existing features, and make future enhancements possible.

Cryptocurrency donation addresses are also available on the About page in Sanket settings.

Sanket is free and open-source software released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

Copyright © 2026 NarkAgni