NixOS options

The following options can only be set in a NixOS configuration.

stylix.enable

Whether to enable Stylix.

When this is false, all theming is disabled and all other options are ignored.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

stylix.autoEnable

Whether to enable targets by default.

When this is false, all targets are disabled unless explicitly enabled.

When this is true, most targets are enabled by default. A small number remain off by default, because they require further manual setup, or they are only applicable in specific circumstances which cannot be detected automatically.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Example: false

stylix.base16Scheme

A scheme following the base16 standard.

This can be a path to a file, a string of YAML, or an attribute set.

Type: path or strings concatenated with “\n” or (attribute set)

Default: The colors used in the theming.

Those are automatically selected from the background image by default, but could be overridden manually.

stylix.cursor.package

Package providing the cursor theme.

Type: package

Default: <derivation vanilla-dmz-0.4.5>

stylix.cursor.name

The cursor name within the package.

Type: string

Default: "Vanilla-DMZ"

stylix.cursor.size

The cursor size.

Type: signed integer

Default: 32

stylix.fonts.packages

A list of all the font packages that will be installed.

Type: list of package (read only)

stylix.fonts.emoji

Emoji font.

Type: submodule

Default:

{
  name = "Noto Color Emoji";
  package = <derivation noto-fonts-color-emoji-2.042>;
}

stylix.fonts.emoji.package

Package providing the font.

Type: package

stylix.fonts.emoji.name

Name of the font within the package.

Type: string

stylix.fonts.monospace

Monospace font.

Type: submodule

Default:

{
  name = "DejaVu Sans Mono";
  package = <derivation dejavu-fonts-2.37>;
}

stylix.fonts.monospace.package

Package providing the font.

Type: package

stylix.fonts.monospace.name

Name of the font within the package.

Type: string

stylix.fonts.sansSerif

Sans-serif font.

Type: submodule

Default:

{
  name = "DejaVu Sans";
  package = <derivation dejavu-fonts-2.37>;
}

stylix.fonts.sansSerif.package

Package providing the font.

Type: package

stylix.fonts.sansSerif.name

Name of the font within the package.

Type: string

stylix.fonts.serif

Serif font.

Type: submodule

Default:

{
  name = "DejaVu Serif";
  package = <derivation dejavu-fonts-2.37>;
}

stylix.fonts.serif.package

Package providing the font.

Type: package

stylix.fonts.serif.name

Name of the font within the package.

Type: string

stylix.fonts.sizes.applications

The font size used by applications.

Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default: 12

stylix.fonts.sizes.desktop

The font size used in window titles/bars/widgets elements of the desktop.

Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default: 10

stylix.fonts.sizes.popups

The font size for notifications/popups and in general overlay elements of the desktop.

Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default: 10

stylix.fonts.sizes.terminal

The font size for terminals/text editors.

Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default: 12

stylix.homeManagerIntegration.autoImport

Whether to import Stylix automatically for every Home Manager user.

This only works if you are using home-manager.users.«name» within your NixOS configuration, rather than running Home Manager independently.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Example: false

stylix.homeManagerIntegration.followSystem

When this option is true, Home Manager configurations will follow the NixOS configuration by default, rather than using the standard default settings.

This only applies to Home Manager configurations managed by stylix.homeManagerIntegration.autoImport.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Example: false

stylix.image

Wallpaper image.

This is set as the background of your desktop environment, if possible, and used to generate a colour scheme if you don’t set one manually.

Type: path or package convertible to it

stylix.imageScalingMode

Wallpaper scaling mode;

This is the scaling mode your wallpaper image will use assuming it doesnt fix your monitor perfectly

Type: one of “stretch”, “fill”, “fit”, “center”, “tile”

Default: "fill"

stylix.opacity.applications

The opacity of the windows of applications, the amount of applications supported is currently limited

Type: floating point number

Default: 1.0

stylix.opacity.desktop

The opacity of the windows of bars/widgets, the amount of applications supported is currently limited

Type: floating point number

Default: 1.0

stylix.opacity.popups

The opacity of the windows of notifications/popups, the amount of applications supported is currently limited

Type: floating point number

Default: 1.0

stylix.opacity.terminal

The opacity of the windows of terminals, this works across all terminals supported by stylix

Type: floating point number

Default: 1.0

stylix.override

An override that will be applied to stylix.base16Scheme when generating lib.stylix.colors.

Takes anything that a scheme generated by base16nix can take as argument to override.

Type: attribute set

Default: { }

stylix.polarity

Use this option to force a light or dark theme.

By default we will select whichever is ranked better by the genetic algorithm. This aims to get good contrast between the foreground and background, as well as some variety in the highlight colours.

Type: one of “either”, “light”, “dark”

Default: "either"