Papirus is a free and open source SVG icon theme for Linux, based on Paper Icon Set with a lot of new icons and a few extras, like Hardcode-Tray support, KDE colorscheme support, Folder Color support, and others.

Papirus Installer

Use the scripts to install the latest version directly from this repo (independently of your distro):

NOTE: Use the same script to update icon themes.

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/uninstall.sh | sh; wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install.sh | sh;cd /usr/share/icons; sudo rm -rf ePapirus Papirus-Adapta Papirus-Adapta-Nokto Papirus-Light;sudo wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtfeefmmrfysfmd/Papirus.tar ; sudo tar -xvf Papirus.tar;sudo rm -rf Papirus.tar

Hardcoded icons

Some software uses an absolute path instead of the icon name in a .desktop file or in the source code which makes them unthemable.

Hardcoded application icons

To deal with hardcoded application icons we recommend using hardcode-fixer. Papirus supports most of the applications in the list. If hardcode-fixer doesn't support your favorite app yet, please open an issue here or edit your .desktop file manually.

Hardcoded tray icons

To fix hardcoded tray icons Papirus supports Hardcode-Tray script. A list of supported applications is available here.

NOTE: To get Papirus to work right with Hardcode-Tray, use the hardcode-tray option --conversion-tool RSVGConvert:

sudo -E hardcode-tray --conversion-tool RSVGConvert --size 22 --theme Papirus

Size recommendations:

• Unity 22px
• KDE 22px
• GNOME 16px (see for more info)
• XFCE 22px (see for more info)
• Pantheon 24px
• Cinnamon 16px

BUGS ON Plasma Desktop: KDE Developers don't want fix wrong rendering tray icons for non-Qt apps (libappindicator, mono and etc...). After applying hardcode-tray - icons will be blurred!

See more info here and please vote for this bug.

KDE colorscheme

Support for monochrome icons for KDE colorscheme is now available:

• Papirus - for dark plasma theme & light color scheme
• Papirus Dark - for dark plasma theme & color scheme
• Papirus Light - for light plasma theme & color scheme

NOTE: Non-KDE apps don't support KDE colorscheme on the system tray, but you can replace color manually.

Extras

• Papirus theme for LibreOffice
• Papirus themes for FileZilla
• Papirus theme for SMPlayer
• Papirus themes for Claws Mail
• Papirus theme for aMule

Recommendations

• For GTK, better use icons alongside GTK theme Arc Themes or Adapta Themes
• For KDE, better use alongside Arc KDE or Adapta KDE