PapirusDevelopmentTeam / papirus-folders

a script that lets you change the colors of folders in Papirus icon theme

Home Page:https://git.io/papirus-folders

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Papirus Folders

papirus-folders is a handy bash script that lets you change the colors of folders in the Papirus icon theme and similar themes based on version 20171007 or newer. It's an easy way to customize how your folders look.

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Preview

Name Preview Name Preview
adwaita folder-adwaita user-adwaita-home folder-adwaita-download black folder-black user-black-home folder-black-download
blue folder-blue user-blue-home folder-blue-download bluegrey folder-bluegrey user-bluegrey-home folder-bluegrey-download
breeze folder-breeze user-breeze-home folder-breeze-download brown folder-brown user-brown-home folder-brown-download
carmine folder-carmine user-carmine-home folder-carmine-download cyan folder-cyan user-cyan-home folder-cyan-download
darkcyan folder-darkcyan user-darkcyan-home folder-darkcyan-download deeporange folder-deeporange user-deeporange-home folder-deeporange-download
green folder-green user-green-home folder-green-download grey folder-grey user-grey-home folder-grey-download
indigo folder-indigo user-indigo-home folder-indigo-download magenta folder-magenta user-magenta-home folder-magenta-download
nordic folder-nordic user-nordic-home folder-nordic-download orange folder-orange user-orange-home folder-orange-download
palebrown folder-palebrown user-palebrown-home folder-palebrown-download paleorange folder-paleorange user-paleorange-home folder-paleorange-download
pink folder-pink user-pink-home folder-pink-download red folder-red user-red-home folder-red-download
teal folder-teal user-teal-home folder-teal-download violet folder-violet user-violet-home folder-violet-download
white folder-white user-white-home folder-white-download yaru folder-yaru user-yaru-home folder-yaru-download
yellow folder-yellow user-yellow-home folder-yellow-download

Important

This project doesn't provide any folder icons. If you want to request a new folder icon or a new color of folder please open an issue here.

Installation

Ubuntu and derivatives

You can install papirus-folders from our official PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-folders

or download .deb packages from here.

Papirus Installer

Use the script to install the latest version directly from this repo (independently on your distro):

Install

wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | sh

To install papirus-folders to home directory using the following command:

wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | env PREFIX=$HOME/.local sh

To install papirus-folders on BSD systems using the following command:

wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | env PREFIX=/usr/local sh

Uninstall

wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | env uninstall=true sh

Third-party packages

Packages listed in this section are third-party packages. If you have a problem or a question, please contact the package maintainer.

Please note that some packages in the list may be outdated, open Repology to find out package versions.

Distro Maintainer Package
Arch Linux Piotr Górski papirus-folders-git AUR
MX Linux Steven Pusser sudo apt-get install papirus-folders
NetBSD Nia Alarie papirus-folders pkgsrc
NixOS Alexandre Acebedo nix-env -iA nixos.papirus-folders
openSUSE andy great papirus-folders OBS [link]
Void Linux Benjamín Albiñana sudo xbps-install -S papirus-folders

Note

If you are a maintainer and want to be in the list, please create an issue or make a pull request.

Script usage

Papirus-folders doesn't have a GUI, but it is a fully functional command-line application with TAB-completions. Below you'll see some examples of use.

Show the current color and available colors for Papirus-Dark

papirus-folders -l --theme Papirus-Dark

Change color of folders to brown for Papirus-Dark

papirus-folders -C brown --theme Papirus-Dark

Revert to default color of folders for Papirus-Dark

papirus-folders -D --theme Papirus-Dark

Restore the last used color from a config file

papirus-folders -Ru

The last command is extremely useful for restoring color after icon theme upgrade (official installers of papirus-icon-theme and some third-party packages do this automatically).

Related projects

Use case Tool
Graphical user interface for papirus-folders papirus-folders-gui
Graphical application for generating folders icon with to your own colors or with presets for popular themes Oomox theme designer
A context menu for Nautilus, Nemo or Caja File Browser for changing the color of an individual folder Folder Color
Dolphin contextual menu for coloring a selected folders Dolphin Folder Color

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a script that lets you change the colors of folders in Papirus icon theme

https://git.io/papirus-folders

License:MIT License


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