gnome-shell-extension-blyr vs WhiteSur-gtk-theme

gnome-shell-extension-blyr

Apply a Blur Effect to GNOME Shell UI elements (by yozoon)

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MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops (by vinceliuice)

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gnome-shell-extension-blyr		WhiteSur-gtk-theme
	Project
5	Mentions	128
226	Stars	5,272
-	Growth	-
1.7	Activity	8.8
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
JavaScript	Language	SCSS
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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gnome-shell-extension-blyr

Posts with mentions or reviews of gnome-shell-extension-blyr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-18.

In love with this.
10 projects | /r/gnome | 18 Apr 2021
I recreated Tux in the material design art style (Inspired by the Paper icon theme)
1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 21 Feb 2021

Yep, I'm using blyr
[GNOME] Wanted to share my setup with someone
5 projects | /r/UsabilityPorn | 16 Feb 2021

No, that's from Blyr extension. You can also add blur to the application's background using this extension. I wish we had blur in GNOME though : (
A perfect os for my new Laptop
1 project | /r/zorinos | 11 Feb 2021

Blyr - Adds blur to the top/bottom panel and activities overview
No JS module tweener found in search path
1 project | /r/gnome | 19 Jan 2021

The 3.38 support is not yet pushed to extensions.gnome.org. You will find it in the https://github.com/yozoon/gnome-shell-extension-blyr/tree/338 branch.

WhiteSur-gtk-theme

Posts with mentions or reviews of WhiteSur-gtk-theme. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-04.

MacOS like distro
4 projects | /r/FindMeADistro | 4 Jun 2023
safari 15 theme for firefox windows
1 project | /r/FirefoxCSS | 14 May 2023
Ubuntu 23.04 and interface via remote desktop from Windows
1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 29 Apr 2023

Follow this: https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme
Not really a rice, but I like it!
3 projects | /r/gnome | 26 Apr 2023

Gnome Shell Theme: WhiteSur Theme with modified accent colors from the .css file where I changed the green color (had installed the green varient) with the baby blue/almost cyan color.
F38 bug how to fix it or report it ?
1 project | /r/Fedora | 24 Apr 2023

Then this is where you want to report it
GMOME 44 themes
1 project | /r/gnome | 11 Apr 2023

If you like the aesthetics of MacOS, you could try Big Sur Theme. In the repo there are instructions on how to apply the theme into gtk3 and gtk4 apps and also on libadwaita apps.
It's normal to don't have any background image on lock screen when turn on the system or log out the profile?
1 project | /r/gnome | 2 Apr 2023
GNOME 44
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Mar 2023

I have written https://taoofmac.com for the last 20 years, and have spent the last year progressively using GNOME and Fedora more and more.
I use the WhiteSur GTK theme (https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme) so that I don't have to decipher the nuances of the standard GNOME iconography (some of it is... well, not as pretty, and definitely not as intuitive).
I love this setup, but if GNOME decides to keep breaking user themes, I will have to look elsewhere (most likely a different Fedora spin, although definitely not KDE).
Uniform look gtk qt applications
4 projects | /r/archlinux | 20 Mar 2023

Thank you, I am looking for stylepak. Moreover I corrected the spelling error in the post! with "--flatpak" option I was referring to the Readme of the WhiteSur gtk theme, but actually looking into the install.sh there is no option for it.
MacBook Air 6,2 running Debian 11
1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 14 Mar 2023

Close to macOS is just the rice I use https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gnome-shell-extension-blyr and WhiteSur-gtk-theme you can also consider the following projects:

blur-my-shell - Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview

Mkos-Big-Sur - icons fo imitacion of operative system of apple

emoji-selector-for-gnome - This extension provide a popup menu with some emojis ; clicking on an emoji copies it to the clipboard.

WhiteSur-Light-ulauncher

just-perfection-gnome-shell-desktop

WhiteSur-icon-theme - MacOS Big Sur style icon theme for linux desktops

dash-to-dock - A dock for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash out of the overview transforming it in a dock for an easier launching of applications and a faster switching between windows and desktops.

FirefoxCSS-Store - A collection site of Firefox userchrome themes, mostly from FirefoxCSS Reddit community.

swaylock-effects - Swaylock, with fancy effects

simply-workspaces - A Gnome 3 shell extension for indicating workspaces (similar to polybar/i3bar)

firefox-csshacks - Collection of userstyles affecting the browser