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README.md

AeroThemePlasma

Microsoft® Windows™ is a registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation. This name is used for referential use only, and does not aim to usurp copyrights from Microsoft. Microsoft Ⓒ 2026 All rights reserved. All resources belong to Microsoft Corporation.

Introduction

This is a project which aims to recreate the look and feel of Windows 7 as much as possible on KDE Plasma, whilst adapting the design to fit in with modern features provided by KDE Plasma and Linux.

ATP is in constant development and testing, it has been tested on:

Arch Linux x64 and other Arch derivatives
Plasma 6.8.0, KDE Frameworks 6.30.0, Qt 6.11.2
96 DPI scaling, multi monitor
Wayland, X11 (Before Plasma 6.8)

This software comes "as is" without warranty of any kind. It's always recommended to make backups of your system just in case. I am not responsible for broken systems, please proceed with caution.

The Plasma 5 version of ATP is available as a tag in this repository, however it is unmaintained and no longer supported.

If you find my work valuable consider donating:

AeroThemePlasma and all of its AeroShell components are available as read-only GitHub mirrors.

Installation

See INSTALL.md for a detailed installation guide.

Credits

Huge thanks to everyone who helped out along the way by contributing, testing, providing suggestions and generally making ATP possible:

Forked code

Intika's Digital Clock Lite plasmoid
Adhe, oKcerG and SnoutBug for making SevenStart possible
Zren's Win7 Show Desktop plasmoid
Mirko Gennari, DrGordBord and bionegative for making SevenBlack possible
DrGordBord's Windows 7 Kvantum theme
taj-ny's kwin-effects-forceblur

Contributors

Souris-2d07 for making the following:
- Cursor theme
- Plymouth theme (old)
- SDDM theme
- KWin decoration theme
- Most KWin C++ effects
- Other minor KWin features and scripts
That Linux Dude Dominic Hayes for making the following:
- Lock screen UI
- Icon theme
catpswin56 for help with SevenTasks, Sound Mixer plasmoid, Gadgets menu, Polkit UAC skin, as well as many more contributions
QuinceTart10 and Gamer95875 for making the sound themes
(In collaboration with) kfh83, TorutheRedFox and ALTaleX for figuring out accurate Aero glass blur and colorization effects
AngelBruni for contributing several SVG textures, most notably the clock in DigitalClockLite Seven
ricewind012 for .bashrc Microsoft Windows header
furkrn for creating and maintaining the Plymouth theme
IcyGuidance for designing the notification badges in SevenTasks

Special Thanks

MondySpartan for inspiring the notification design

Contributing

If you with to contribute in any way, please read CONTRIBUTING for more details.

Cool projects you should really check out

Geckium by AngelBruni
Aero UserChrome by Souris (Geckium in combination with Aero UserChrome works well with AeroThemePlasma)
VistaThemePlasma by catpswin56
LonghornThemePlasma by catpswin56
VB1ThemePlasma by catpswin56
Harmony by catpswin56
SMOD Themes by catpswin56, a collection of themes that can be used with the SMOD window decoration theme
X6Shell by catpswin56
Ice2K.sys by 0penrc
AeroThemePlasma-Nix by nyakase

Vista variant

Initially I wanted to make a Vista variant of AeroThemePlasma but catpswin56 beat me to it, use VistaThemePlasma if you want a Vista theme.

Aero apps for AeroThemePlasma

To install most of these, the commands to run after cloning are:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -B build . 
cmake --build build
sudo cmake --install build

Complete re-creations

Linux Explorer by ActuallyAridan
Control Panel by ActuallyAridan
Device Manager by ActuallyAridan
Windows 7 Minesweeper by ActuallyAridan
TuxManager (task manager) by benapetr
Gadgets by catpswin56
execbin (run dialog) by catpswin56
LinVer (version dialog)

KDE app forks

Aero Dolphin by Albert Tomanek
Aero GwenView by Albert Tomanek
Aero KolourPaint by Albert Tomanek

Other Aero Apps

Aero App Store by Albert Tomanek

Development Libraries

libAeroQt -- Re-usable QtWidgets and QML components for writing Aero apps. Also contains function to make glassy window headers.
SARibbon -- Ribbon control for Qt. Gets styled by libAeroQt.