papirus-icon-theme vs Orchis-theme

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papirus-icon-theme		Orchis-theme
	Project
97	Mentions	67
6,318	Stars	2,660
2.0%	Growth	-
9.8	Activity	8.2
4 days ago	Latest Commit	11 days ago
Shell	Language	CSS
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

papirus-icon-theme

Posts with mentions or reviews of papirus-icon-theme. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-12.

Gnome Nautilus Folder color customization
3 projects | /r/archlinux | 12 Jul 2023

Use Papirus icons. Then you can use papirus folders. Papirus-folders is a bash script that allows changing the color of folders in Papirus icon theme and its forks. There are other icon themes which allow folder colour switches. Also there is no need for an extension, says the vanilla Gnome user 😉
Start menu icon
3 projects | /r/SolusProject | 5 Jul 2023

Other editions of Solus use Papirus icons (https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/releases), and the Budgie project created its own menu icon recently: https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop/blob/main/data/icons/actions/budgie-menu-symbolic.svg
Debian bookworm. Vimix theme with KDE
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 4 Jun 2023
Pop!_Shop Papirus Icon Update
3 projects | /r/pop_os | 4 Jun 2023

Direct link to the icon if you want to see it: https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/blob/master/Papirus/64x64/apps/pop-shop.svg
[gnome] | Ubuntu 22.04 is my first linux distro and this is my second rice, how does this looks?
9 projects | /r/u_Top-Skirt4424 | 22 Jan 2023

GNU nano 6.2 redditcomment.txt + Wallpaper: nordic landscapes by wallpaperflare.com + Theme: Nord, github Nordic-darker-v40 + Shell theme: Nordic-darker-v40 + shell prompt: starship + starship configured with Nordic palette: nordic-starship-toml (github) + Icons: papirus, github + Dock: Nordic-darker-v40 + bashTop: github
Light brown icons
4 projects | /r/gnome | 26 Dec 2022

If you are unsure what to name the files, just check out /usr/share/icons/Adwaita and see what names it uses for the icons you wanna change. Or, if you wanna change more things - like application icons, etc - you can download a more robust icon theme like Papirus just to check the names it uses for what you wanna change.
No icon for Sublime text
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 14 Dec 2022
How to change icon for .py files in gnome/arch?
1 project | /r/gnome | 30 Nov 2022

An easier approach would be installing an icon theme like Papirus that already does it. 😉
How properly change Linux icons? Papirus icons not load every icons in my system.
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 8 Nov 2022

I working with icons, currently Papirus and I have two questions.
Tried customizing Pop as a noob!
2 projects | /r/pop_os | 6 Oct 2022

Icons:[Papirus](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme)

Orchis-theme

Posts with mentions or reviews of Orchis-theme. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-26.

Slight delay on name appearing when I open the terminal...
1 project | /r/pop_os | 24 Jun 2023

Go through their Readme. https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme They explain pretty well how to apply the theme.
How can I mix multiple tweaks in Gnome Orchis theme?
1 project | /r/gnome | 31 Mar 2023

I am installing the Orchis theme from https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme.
Get rid of notification "Some required theme snaps are missing. Would you like to the install them now?"
1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 31 Mar 2023

This theme? https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme/issues/286
just reinstalled arch for the 15th time :3
1 project | /r/unixsocks | 22 Feb 2023

yeah, its gnome using Orchis Theme and Aylur's Widgets
Major Gnome theme issues on Fedora 37,Gnome 43.
1 project | /r/gnome | 27 Dec 2022

Firstly, i was using the Orchis Gnome theme, a few days ago, and i didn't like the fact that there was no light mode, so i deleted said GTK theme manually, by deleting it from the .themes folder, both in my local usr, and the Admin usr , and the shared usr folder as well, However, as you can see in this pic (https://imgur.com/a/VHtDLDP). I also followed this guide to unninstall Orchis once and for all-.
Switching theme causes gnome-default apps to turn to white mode, Arch, Gnome 43
1 project | /r/gnome | 5 Dec 2022

The Orchis theme then switching it over in tweaks
Gtk4 apps not using dark mode
1 project | /r/gnome | 1 Dec 2022

How did you install it? Check the install.sh, there's a separate flag for Libadwaita support.
Customizing Time
1 project | /r/gnome | 26 Nov 2022

I highly recommend Orchis theme
News! Lavanda gtk theme finished!
2 projects | /r/gnome | 26 Nov 2022
looking for a list of shell themes (not icons/GTK)
2 projects | /r/gnome | 19 Nov 2022

Here you go

What are some alternatives?

When comparing papirus-icon-theme and Orchis-theme you can also consider the following projects:

powerlevel10k - A Zsh theme

Tela-icon-theme - A flat colorful Design icon theme

Nordic - :snowflake: Dark Gtk3.20+ theme created using the awesome Nord color pallete.

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.

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

mutter-rounded - A window manager for GNOME, with rounded corners patch

adwaita-plus - GNOME++, a third-party icons theme, based on new GNOME 3.32's Adwaita

floating-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.

gruvbox - Retro groove color scheme for Vim

Vimix-cursors - Vimix-cursors for linux desktop

Matcha-gtk-theme - Matcha is a flat Design theme for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell

WhiteSur-gtk-theme - MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops