DankMaterialShell: A Beautiful, Minimal, and Powerful Shell for Niri & Hyprland

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of ricing your Linux desktop, you know how deep it can get — endless config files, CSS tweaks, and theming layers that never quite fit together. But lately, one project has completely changed how I approach desktop customization: DankMaterialShell

DMS instantly grabbed my attention when its author first posted it on Reddit’s r/unixporn. I remember literally rejoicing — I had been waiting for someone to make a quickshell-based configuration for Niri, and DMS was exactly that.

Now, after months of using it daily, I can confidently say: this project delivers one of the best desktop experiences you can get on Wayland.

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