Eldritch is a community-driven dark theme inspired by Lovecraftian horror. With tones from the dark abyss and an emphasis on green and blue, it caters to those who appreciate the darker side of life.

Main Theme repo can be found here

Showcase

Variants

Accent	Nix attribute	Color
Great Old One Green	great-old-green	#37f499
Watery Tomb Blue	watery-tomb-blue	#04d1f9
Pustule Pink	pustule-pink	#f265b5
Lovecraft Purple	lovecraft-purple	#a48cf2
R'lyeh Red	rlyeh-red	#f16c75
Dreaming Orange	dreaming-orange	#f7c67f
Gold of Yuggoth	gold-of-yuggoth	#f1fc79
Sunken Depths	sunken-depths	#212337
Lighthouse White	lighthouse-white	#ebfafa

Installation

GitHub Release

1. Download your preferred variant from the latest release.
2. Extract the zip to $HOME/.local/share/icons or $HOME/.icons.
3. Select the theme in your desktop environment settings.

Nix (TBD, need to submit to nixpkgs)

# TBD, not submitted to nixpkgs yet, use overlay or input for now
# All variants
pkgs.eldritch-cursors

# Single variant
pkgs.eldritch-cursors.great-old-green

Build directly from the flake:

nix build github:eldritch-theme/cursors#great-old-green

NixOS module

{ pkgs, ... }: {
  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.eldritch-cursors ]; # (TBD when submitted to nixpkgs, for now use overlay or input)

  environment.variables.XCURSOR_THEME = "Eldritch Cthulhu Great Old Green";
  #or nixos.stylix (if using stylix)->
  #   cursor = {
  #   name = "Eldritch Cthulhu Great Old Green";
  #   package = inputs.eldritch-cursors.packages.${pkgs.system}.great-old-green;
  #   size = 32;
  # };

}

Cachix Cache

Feel free to use my cachix cache so you don't have to build from source.

          trusted-substituters = [
            ...
            "https://neonvoidx.cachix.org"
          ];
          trusted-public-keys = [
            "neonvoidx.cachix.org-1:nHFGhvzWqULuNWFbuPwTP0eUW+k7utl0chxXhUJhU1Y="
          ];

Manual build

Requirements: python3, inkscape, xcursorgen, zip.

git clone https://github.com/eldritch-theme/cursors.git
cd cursors

# Build all variants
./build -p palettes/eldritch-cthulhu.json

# Build specific accent
./build -p palettes/eldritch-cthulhu.json -a 'great-old-green'

Or with just:

just build  # all variants
just single great-old-green  # single accent

Acknowledgments

• varlesh for the original Volantes Cursors.
• catppuccin/cursors for the approach this project is based on.

License

GPL-3.0-only