Counter-Strike — Omarchy theme

Remember the community vibe? That server you stood up as a 14-year-old — on fucking Windows? Oh god, you don’t? Maybe a mostly blind person shouldn’t attempt that kind of game, but it was mostly with friends and we kinda smashed the usual rules. Fun. What if your desktop matched that GoldSrc amber HUD — menu black, CT navy borders, money-green hints — instead of another flat dark mode that could belong to anyone? Hyprland’s active border runs the same dual-accent trick as Asphalt, HEV, Galuga, Cyber Shadow, Doom 2016, Eternal, Caged, KI, Rising, Stanley, SF6, T2D & USFIV: HUD amber → CT navy at 45°.

GoldSrc theme for Omarchy. Inspired by the look of Counter-Strike 1.6 — not affiliated with Valve or Sierra (see Credits below).

No existing Omarchy (or portable Linux desktop) pack turned up for this title — Windows Rainmeter skins and in-game menu megapacks exist elsewhere, but they don’t port. This one was built from Steam library / promo art and HUD-less shots the same way as Asphalt Legends, HEV Suit, Operation Galuga, Cyber Shadow, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Half-Life Caged, Killer Instinct, Metal Gear Rising, Stanley Parable, Street Fighter 6, Terminator 2D: NO FATE, and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Install

omarchy theme install https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omarchy-counter-strike-theme.git
# optional — About + screensaver ASCII for this theme (skippable; see Branding)
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

That clones and applies the theme (omarchy-theme-set runs inside theme install). Do not follow with another omarchy theme set — a second set skips the first wallpaper and just wastes a switch.

Or clone into place (then you do need an explicit set):

git clone https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omarchy-counter-strike-theme.git ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike
omarchy theme set "Counter-Strike"
# optional branding — same as above
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

Already installed and just switching back later:

omarchy theme set "Counter-Strike"
# optional — re-apply this theme’s About / screensaver marks
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/counter-strike/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

Cycle wallpapers with omarchy theme bg next.

What’s in the pack

Branding (About / screensaver)

Optional. Omarchy’s About screen and screensaver read from ~/.config/omarchy/branding/. Shipping per-theme .txt marks isn’t original — other Omarchy 3.x themes did it — but it’s the fast path if you want this pack’s wordmark on idle and on About without hunting files.

Prefer the .txt files and the cp lines in Install. That’s what you’re meant to see. Editing the text also works (Style → About / Screensaver → Edit Text).

Skip the cp if you already have custom logos / screensaver art you care about — or back those up first. The branding slot is really meant for your marks (put personal art somewhere easy to reach). The Style file picker works, but drilling into ~/.config/omarchy/themes/... is slow busywork for something optional. Don’t feel obliged to bring mine.

The .png versions are here for the README and for a quick Style → Set From Image try. In my experience Omarchy’s image→ASCII path is a bit thinicky on color and boxing, so don’t expect magic from the PNGs — the hand text is the good path.

Screensaver / logo ASCII has no empty lines (dense pack, same rule as the other game themes when the art set allows it).

Unlock

Style → Unlock → pick this theme (unlock.png / preview-unlock.png).

Extend further with plugins

This repo is palette + assets on purpose. Omarchy already colour-coordinates the shell, terminals, and editor from colors.toml. The plugins below push that idea as far as it can reasonably go — optional extenders, not required theme baggage. Themes keep working without them; authors can stick to the snappier stock pipeline if they prefer.

They do not depend on each other. Pick what you want; run the whole inch-a-lada if you want the desktop to feel like yours.

The big sweep

Boom-in — one paste. --enable --yes skips the per-plugin clone/enable prompts; arm-all then arms deps + Style/theme-set + root/SDDM/DRM (no Y/n). Omit any plugin add line you do not want; arm-all only touches what is installed. Sudo may ask once — that is the boom, not a menu.

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/chroma.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omaobs.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omacursor.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omahud.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omaboot.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omavt.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omatty.git --enable --yes
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/io.github.alxwolfenstein97.chroma/tools/arm-all-family.sh

Boom-out — one paste. Teardown + ledger pkg drop + plugin remove. Ledger drops only what we recorded pulling; may fail and stay if something else still needs the package (e.g. Goverlay after Pillow) — fine. Loud boom-in after this is enough — no tombstone purge needed (optional OCD flag lives on the plugin READMEs).

~/.config/omarchy/plugins/io.github.alxwolfenstein97.chroma/tools/wipe-all-family.sh

Piece-meal (not boom): one plugin’s Workshop paste — plugin add + interactive install.sh (asks [Y/n]) — lives on that plugin’s GitHub README. Single-plugin full wipe: …//uninstall.sh --yes.

Already solved elsewhere (gladly)

• Omacord — Vesktop / Vencord Discord follows Omarchy themes live:
  omarchy plugin add https://github.com/ASwenia/omacord --enable

Agent / desktop bridge

• OMCP — MCP desktop bridge:
  omarchy plugin add https://github.com/btsouth/omarchy-omcp --enable

Browse more on the Omarchy Plugins site.

Taste

Colours and contrast are tuned for what I like to look at. If they feel loud or wrong for you, fork and retune colors.toml without guilt.

Credits / legal-ish

• Visual inspiration and reference art from Valve / Sierra’s Counter-Strike branding and marketing (including Steam library / capsule assets and classic menu key art). Widescreen menu backgrounds courtesy of Murse Faneca’s free megapack (ArtStation / GameBanana / ModDB). Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Valve or Sierra. Just public pixels arranged into an Omarchy theme — no money, no official product.
• If Valve or Sierra hates this existing, they can say so and I’ll deal with the repo accordingly.

License

Do whatever you want with this theme pack unless Valve, Sierra (or the law) says otherwise. Fork it, recolor it, ship it in a rice. No warranty — it’s wallpaper and hex codes.