Warning

This project is in active development! Proceed at your own risk!

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Aethr

A modular, bar-less shell for Quickshell on Hyprland.

   

A modular shell with no persistent bar, built for Quickshell on Hyprland.

Why "Aethr"? Aethr represents the invisible, transient layer of the interface. By eschewing a persistent bar, this shell stays out of your way until you need it—using hover-proximity and intelligent triggers to summon docks and trays, leaving your workspace completely clear.

 

 

Installation & Deployment

An automated deployment script is included:

git clone https://github.com/natepayn3/Aethr.git
cd Aethr
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Add the following rule to your hyprland.lua for blur:

-- Combined rule handles all quickshell layer panels (Bar, Settings HUD, etc.)
hl.layer_rule({
    name         = "quickshell-all",
    match        = { namespace = "^quickshell-.*" },
    blur         = true,
    xray         = false,
    ignore_alpha = 0,
})

Wallpaper controls

The wallpaper picker uses awww and supports animated wallpapers as well as ctrl+clicking for single wallpaper changes on multi-monitor setups.

IPC Handlers

Once deployed, you can interact with or toggle the shell layout elements cleanly via the command line or desktop keybinds:

• Toggle App Launcher: qs -c Aethr ipc call launcher toggle
• Toggle Workspace Overview: qs -c Aethr ipc call overview toggle