adi1090x/plymouth-themes is a Shell project with 2.9k stars. A huge collection (80+) of plymouth themes ported from android bootanimations
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A big collection of plymouth themes, ported from android bootanimation from here.
What is plymouth?
Plymouth is a project from Fedora and now listed among the freedesktop.org's official resources providing a flicker-free graphical boot process. It relies on kernel mode setting (KMS) to set the native resolution of the display as early as possible, then provides an eye-candy splash screen leading all the way up to the login manager.
How to set it up?
follow this archwiki article to setup plymouth in archlinux or any other distro.
How to get these theme?
Download : you can download individual themes from releases.
Clone : or you can clone this repository if you want -
AUR : If you're on archlinux, you can install these themes individually with an AUR helper like yay
yay -S plymouth-theme-NAME-git
Remember to replace the underscore(_) with an hyphen(-) in theme's NAME.
Important for Arch users
If you're using the AUR package plymouth or plymouth-git, you need to ensure that cantarell-fonts or ttf-dejavu is installed.
Otherwise, the password prompt to unlock a dm-crypt device won't show up.
How to use these theme?
follow the step below (I'm using archlinux here)-
# packages needed - plymouth, plymouth-x11, plymouth-plugin-script(fedora)
# after downloading or cloning themes, copy the selected theme in plymouth theme dir
sudo cp -r angular /usr/share/plymouth/themes/
# check if theme exist in dir
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -l
# now set the theme (angular, in this case) and rebuilt the initrd
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R angular
# optionally you can test theme by running the script given in repo (plymouth-x11 required)
sudo ./showplymouth.sh 20
For debian(Ubuntu, Kubuntu) based distros-
# make sure you have the packages for plymouth
sudo apt install plymouth
# after downloading or cloning themes, copy the selected theme in plymouth theme dir
sudo cp -r angular /usr/share/plymouth/themes/
# install the new theme (angular, in this case)
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/angular/angular.plymouth 100
# select the theme to apply
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
#(select the number for installed theme, angular in this case)
# update initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -u
Previews
Pack 1
Colorful Loop
Connect
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Abstract Rings
Abstract Rings Alt
Alienware
Angular
Angular Alt
Black HUD
Blockchain
Circle
Circle Alt
Circle Flow
Circle HUD
Circuit
Colorful
Colorful Loop
Colorful Sliced
Connect
Cross HUD
Cubes
Cuts
Cuts Alt
Pack 2
Deus Ex
Hexagon Dots
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Cyanide
Cybernetic
Dark Planet
Darth Vader
Deus Ex
DNA
Double
Dragon
Flame
Glitch
Glow
Green Blocks
Green Loader
Hexagon
Hexagon 2
Hexagon Alt
Hexagon Dots
Hexagon Dots Alt
Hexagon HUD
Hexagon RED
Pack 3
Lone
Pixels
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Hexa Retro
Hud
Hud 2
Hud 3
Hud Space
IBM
Infinite Seal
Ironman
Liquid
Loader
Loader 2
Loader Alt
Lone
Metal Ball
Motion
Optimus
Owl
Pie
Pixels
Polaroid
Pack 4
Red Loader
Splash
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Red Loader
Rings
Rings 2
Rog
Rog 2
Seal
Seal 2
Seal 3
Sliced
Sphere
Spin
Spinner Alt
Splash
Square
Square Hud
Target
Target 2
Tech A
Tech B
Unrap
Display distro logo
Copy the logo file to the theme folder (e.g. /usr/share/plymouth/themes/colorful_loop) and then add the following content to the theme's .script file (e.g. /usr/share/plymouth/themes/colorful_loop/colorful_loop.script):
# display ubuntu logo
ubuntu_image = Image("ubuntu-logo.png"); # change filename accordingly
ubuntu_sprite = Sprite();
ubuntu_sprite.SetImage(ubuntu_image);
ubuntu_sprite.SetX(Window.GetX() + (Window.GetWidth() / 2 - ubuntu_image.GetWidth() / 2)); # center the image horizontally
ubuntu_sprite.SetY(Window.GetHeight() - ubuntu_image.GetHeight() - 50); # display just above the bottom of the screen
You can display whatever image you want and even add more.
The given example looks like the following when applied (rog_2 theme used):
FYI
Created and tested on machine with 1366x768 resolution.
Yes — adi1090x/plymouth-themes ships under the GPL-3.0 license, which makes its source code freely readable (and, depending on license terms, forkable and reusable). Source: github.com/adi1090x/plymouth-themes.
What is adi1090x/plymouth-themes?
adi1090x/plymouth-themes (adi1090x/plymouth-themes) is a Shell project on GitHub. From the project's own README: A huge collection (80+) of plymouth themes ported from android bootanimations
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