--- title: I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful | daily.dev description: Rewaita is a free GUI app for GNOME that lets users recolor GTK and Libadwaita apps using popular themes like Breeze, Nord, and Catppuccin, plus custom color... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful | daily.dev og:description: Rewaita is a free GUI app for GNOME that lets users recolor GTK and Libadwaita apps using popular themes like Breeze, Nord, and Catppuccin, plus custom color... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/P9CK62cOG.png og:image:alt: I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rewaita is a free GUI app for GNOME that lets users recolor GTK and Libadwaita apps using popular themes like Breeze, Nord, and Catppuccin, plus custom color pickers and visual effects such as transparency and rounded corners. It requires the User Themes extension, GNOME Tweaks, and can be installed via Flathub. It also supports generating a matching Firefox theme and includes a Flatpak override step so sandboxed apps pick up the new styles. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I change the color theme of my GNOME desktop using Rewaita? Install the gnome-shell-extensions package, the User Themes GNOME extension, and GNOME Tweaks, then install Rewaita from Flathub with 'flatpak install io.github.swordpuffin.rewaita'. Pick a theme inside Rewaita, reboot, then select Rewaita as the Shell theme in GNOME Tweaks. It generates CSS overrides in ~/.config/gtk-3.0, ~/.config/gtk-4.0, and ~/.local/share/themes. _Anyone customizing GNOME desktop themes can find more Linux tooling guides like this on daily.dev._ ### Why isn't my Flatpak app picking up my new GTK theme colors? Flatpak apps run in a sandbox and don't inherit host GTK theme settings by default, so overrides are needed. Run 'sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0:rw' and the equivalent gtk-4.0 command to grant Flatpak apps access to the theme configuration directories. _Developers troubleshooting Flatpak sandboxing quirks can track similar Linux desktop fixes on daily.dev._ ### Can I apply a custom GNOME theme to Firefox as well? Yes, Rewaita can generate a matching Firefox CSS theme by enabling 'Generate Firefox CSS Theme' in its Fine Tune tab. After enabling it, Firefox needs to be fully quit and restarted for the new theme colors to take effect. _Those unifying app theming across their Linux desktop can follow more tips like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [This theme makes Discord look more at home on Ubuntu](https://daily.dev/posts/this-theme-makes-discord-look-more-at-home-on-ubuntu-tjgdcgns5) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [17 GNOME Extensions To Help You Customization Desktop Looks](https://daily.dev/posts/17-gnome-extensions-to-help-you-customization-desktop-looks-6plaruguw) · It's Foss · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Unified Theme for a Wayland Desktop](https://daily.dev/posts/unified-theme-for-a-wayland-desktop-lssxqthw9) · Atomic Spin · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ubuntu’s old Unity desktop remade in Wayfire and Libadwaita](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-s-old-unity-desktop-remade-in-wayfire-and-libadwaita-jgh0abp3u) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T08:47:02.012Z","dateModified":"2026-08-18T08:47:35.281Z","description":"Rewaita is a free GUI app for GNOME that lets users recolor GTK and Libadwaita apps using popular themes like Breeze, Nord, and Catppuccin, plus custom color...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7bb555877cf842e3e5c51c455c64b88b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7bb555877cf842e3e5c51c455c64b88b?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-found-an-easy-way-to-make-gnome-more-colorful-p9ck62cog#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I change the color theme of my GNOME desktop using Rewaita?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Install the gnome-shell-extensions package, the User Themes GNOME extension, and GNOME Tweaks, then install Rewaita from Flathub with 'flatpak install io.github.swordpuffin.rewaita'. 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