Install DankMaterialShell on CachyOS

What should I do after installing DankMaterialShell?

1. Open DankMaterialShell from your app menu.
2. Or run dms in a terminal.
3. The package ships the systemd unit dms.service. Read the project docs before you enable it.
4. Run pacman -Qi dms-shell to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove DankMaterialShell?

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What is DankMaterialShell?

Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, labwc, and MiracleWM.

Package description: A Quickshell-based desktop shell with Material 3 design principles

Reviews of DankMaterialShell on CachyOS

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duxlabs-dev/dux-shell · ★ 8,737 stars · last commit Nov 1, 2026 · latest release Oct 20, 2026

Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

1. dmenu ipc for spotlightClosed

   It would be very nice to have a dmenu mode with an ipc command like how standalone launchers like rofi/wofi/fuzzel do. This really helps when you have a lot of scripts and want to bind it in a wm shortcut and you want to be able to choose an option for it or even used to get a…

   @pxeemo · Dec 27, 2025 · 16 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

2. Recursively locate wallpapers within subdirs of a wallpaper directoryClosed

   Allow the selection of a wallpaper directory, which may have sub-directories, and then recursively access wallpapers within all sub-directories within that selected directory. I have wallpapers. Lots of wallpapers. Beautiful wallpapers. They are all meticulously organised by…

   @leonlonsdale · Feb 3, 2026 · 16 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

3. Dank CalendarClosed

   Dankify Calendar integration It's cool Prolly

   @purian23 · Feb 7, 2026 · 15 reactions · 9 comments · View on GitHub

4. Default apps selection page on SettingsClosed

   This allows users to change xdg-mime properties for common desktop applications through a settings toggle/chooser instead of manually doing that through the terminal GNOME example: KDE example: It would make it a lot easier/more accessible for any user to change their default…

   @tulilirockz · Feb 5, 2026 · 14 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

5. add a random wallpaper cycle instead of having them in order of the dir they are inClosed

   add a random wallpaper cycle instead of having them in order of the dir they are in dir order gets predictable after a while , i want my wallpaper to be a surprise Is this feature specific to one compositor?

   @averageluadev · Dec 18, 2025 · 14 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

6. Keyboard input layout configurationClosed

   I'd like it so these fields: Would be modifiable via a dank material settings page or similar. This has been kind of a reocurring pain point I've noticed with DMS/Zirconium users, keyboard configuration on the niri level is only possible via the niri configuration file instead of…

   @tulilirockz · Mar 22, 2026 · 14 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

7. Mouse/trackpad optionsClosed

   I'd like to see a "Mouse & Trackpad" tab in the Settings app to be able to configure mouse & trackpad options like sensitivity, acceleration speed & profiles (custom profiles would be even cooler, but I assume many compositors do not implement this libinput feature), natural…

   @AnErrupTion · Apr 11, 2026 · 11 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

8. Support config includesClosed

   Separate device-specific config settings from static ones. See possible proposed solutions below. I've multiple systems that use DMS and share common dotfiles via Git. As I don't want to click through same settings/theme on all my machines, I also store DMS settings.json in a Git…

   @x1unix · Feb 19, 2026 · 11 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

9. Gray wallpapersClosed

   Niri Ubuntu Distro Packaging Yes Ever since upgrading to niri 26.04 and dms 1.4.5, I've noticed that wallpapers occasionally break: instead of wallpaper, I see just a gray background. This typically typically happens only on one monitor (I have 3 total), but I had this happen on…

   @tuxmark5 · Apr 28, 2026 · 11 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

10. Smooth transition from Greeter to Session, hide tty flash during login.Closed

    When the greeter login completes, the transition to the session compositor should be seamless. Currently, the greeter compositor exits and the user sees raw TTY output briefly before the session compositor starts. This breaks immersion and looks unpolished. The feature would hide…

    @AC17dollars · Oct 3, 2025 · 11 reactions · 7 comments · View on GitHub

11. Allow pause animated wallpapers when on batteryOpen

    Animated wallpapers have been added recently and its awesome. However it would be better if the video playback stop when on battery. This will prevent the feature to eat too much juice while away from a power source. All compositors

    @aacebedo · Nov 1, 2026 · 1 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

12. Show lyrics in Island modeOpen

    Hey! It seems lyrics can only show when the bar is in standard mode, not in island mode. I'd love to have them as well in island! Hyprland

    @BlueskyFR · Nov 1, 2026 · 1 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

13. Spotlight Bar doesnt respect radius strengthOpen

    Hyprland Arch Linux Dux Installer Yes The bottom half of spotlight bar has a fixed rounding and wont change when i change radius strength in settings. 1. change radius in settings to 0 2. Open spotlight search 3. Observe lower half doesnt follow the radius strength and is still…

    @xulqarnaen · Nov 1, 2026 · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

14. network: OWE (Enhanced Open) networks are listed as secured, so the UI prompts for a password they don't haveOpen

    niri Arch Linux Distro package (dux-shell 2.0.0-1) Yes (The shell dir points at a local copy of the 2.0.0 UI carrying only the island-blur fix 2ba4f13. The bug below is in the Go backend, so that copy has no bearing on it.) OWE ("Enhanced Open") networks show up in the wifi list…

    @s-rosen · Nov 1, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

15. Dashboard behaviour changed and now it doesn't open the overview when there's no tabsOpen

    Hyprland Arch Linux Source No (specify below) Dux installer and after dux 2.0 release i use dux-shell-git i have just updated to the latest git and i noticed two things first: when i had no tabs enabled in the dashboard it just opened the overview alone without anything else…

    @xmagma-x · Nov 1, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub