Nous Research — Omarchy Theme

An original Omarchy theme inspired by the visual language of Nous Research: classical Greek imagery, engraved scientific illustration, deep violet, luminous purple, and experimental research-instrument aesthetics.

The desktop combines a dark purple research atmosphere with bright violet accents and textured, etched artwork. Kitty, btop, Fastfetch, Neovim, and the rest of the system use a consistent purple interface designed to remain readable without losing the distinctive Nous aesthetic.

Install

Install directly with Omarchy:

omarchy-theme-install https://github.com/notkisk/Omarchy-nous-research-purple

Then select the installed Nous Research theme if Omarchy does not activate it automatically.

The included install.sh also installs the scoped global theme hook required for Fastfetch, Waybar's full layout, GTK, Starship, btop refresh, and Kitty's final caret override. This matters because Omarchy does not execute hooks stored inside a theme directory.

Optional Waybar layout(Compatible only with Omarchy versions prior to Omarchy quatro)

To overwrite the active Waybar configuration with this theme's layout:

waybar_theme_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$waybar_theme_dir"' EXIT
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notkisk/Omarchy-nous-research-purple "$waybar_theme_dir/nous-theme"
mkdir -p ~/.config/waybar
cp "$waybar_theme_dir/nous-theme/waybar/config.jsonc" \
  "$waybar_theme_dir/nous-theme/waybar/style.css" ~/.config/waybar/
omarchy restart waybar

The wallpaper is selected automatically from backgrounds/ by Omarchy. To cycle it later:

omarchy theme bg next

Included components

• colors.toml — source palette for Omarchy's dynamic templates.
• kitty.conf — deep violet terminal with a complete ANSI palette, selection/tabs/borders, and a smooth beam caret.
• fastfetch.jsonc + fastfetch-logo.txt — terminal-native Nous artwork rendered directly through Fastfetch.
• lua/nous/ + colors/nous.lua — standalone Neovim colorscheme with Treesitter, LSP, completion, Telescope, WhichKey, statusline/tabline, floats, search, folds, Git signs, and inactive-pane groups.
• waybar/ — an optional full Waybar configuration and matching layout CSS using the new thin, minimal purple design.
• walker.css + fuzzel.ini — native Omarchy launcher styling with matching violet accents.
• mako.ini, gtk.css, hyprland.conf, hyprlock.conf, swayosd.css, and supporting terminal/editor files.
• backgrounds/ — Nous-inspired classical and scientific artwork designed specifically for the theme.

Wallpapers

Light themed version of this

Light themed version

Install directly with Omarchy:

omarchy-theme-install https://github.com/notkisk/omarchy-nous-theme