--- title: Stardust: COSMIC desktop utility for theme management description: A new open-source desktop utility called Stardust brings a visual theme switcher to the COSMIC desktop environment, letting users save and preview themes,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stardust-cosmic-desktop-utility-for-theme-management-wbbbj8kxo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stardust: COSMIC desktop utility for theme management | daily.dev og:description: A new open-source desktop utility called Stardust brings a visual theme switcher to the COSMIC desktop environment, letting users save and preview themes,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stardust-cosmic-desktop-utility-for-theme-management-wbbbj8kxo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WBbBj8kXO.png og:image:alt: Stardust: COSMIC desktop utility for theme management 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. # Stardust: COSMIC desktop utility for theme management **[Jessica Doering](https://daily.dev/sources/j54tds4tcxzzyo9funnch)** · [@sizzlebop](https://daily.dev/sizzlebop) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new open-source desktop utility called Stardust brings a visual theme switcher to the COSMIC desktop environment, letting users save and preview themes, switch with one click, browse icon themes using their real icons, and install new themes and icon packs. It replaces the manual workflow of exporting and reapplying .ron theme files. The tool has been tested on CachyOS, with the developer requesting feedback from Pop!_OS users since that is COSMIC's primary distribution. ## Content I got tired of exporting `.ron` theme files and manually picking them again every time I wanted to switch themes, so I built a proper visual theme switcher instead. Stardust lets you: - Save and preview COSMIC themes - Switch themes with one click - Browse installed icon themes using their actual icons - Install new themes and icon packs The theme previews are generated from the theme’s actual colors and settings, and you have a choice of preview size so you can see what you’re switching to. Tested on CachyOS. If you try it on Pop!_OS and have any issues, please let me know. GitHub: [https://github.com/pinkpixel-dev/stardust](https://github.com/pinkpixel-dev/stardust) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [COSMIC just hit version 1.2, and it's quietly doing things GNOME and KDE still make you fight for](https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-just-hit-version-1-2-and-it-s-quietly-doing-things-gnome-and-kde-still-make-you-fight-for-uxppja8cj) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [System76’s COSMIC desktop: A hands-on tour of Pop\!\_OS 24.04 LTS](https://daily.dev/posts/system76-s-cosmic-desktop-a-hands-on-tour-of-pop-os-24-04-lts-yyeanjtwp) · All Things Open · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cosmic version 1 to hit desktops on December 11](https://daily.dev/posts/cosmic-version-1-to-hit-desktops-on-december-11-gvt24vqbd) · The Register · 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/stardust-cosmic-desktop-utility-for-theme-management-wbbbj8kxo) ```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":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/stardust-cosmic-desktop-utility-for-theme-management-wbbbj8kxo","headline":"Stardust: COSMIC desktop utility for theme management","text":"A new open-source desktop utility called Stardust brings a visual theme switcher to the COSMIC desktop environment, letting users save and preview themes, switch with one click, browse icon themes using their real icons, and install new themes and icon packs. 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