Obscure SDDM Theme

A minimalist yet customizable SDDM theme that uses IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) characters for password masking, creating an obscure and unique look for your login experience.

Features

• Highly customizable appearance through theme.conf
• Unique IPA character-based password masking
• Support for custom background images

Requirements

• SDDM >= 0.19.0
• Qt >= 6.0.0
• A system font that supports IPA characters (default: Inter)

Installation

Manual Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/saatvik333/obscure-sddm-theme.git

2. Copy the theme to SDDM themes directory:

   sudo cp -r obscure-sddm-theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/obscure

3. Set the theme in SDDM configuration:

   sudo sh -c 'printf "[Theme]\nCurrent=obscure\n" > /etc/sddm.conf'

Using Package Managers

Coming soon...

Configuration

The theme can be customized through the theme.conf file. Here are the available options:

General Appearance

• textColor: Color of the text (default: #ffffff)
• errorColor: Color for error messages (default: #ff4444)
• backgroundColor: Background color (default: #000000)

Font Settings

• fontFamily: Font family to use (default: Inter)
• baseFontSize: Base font size in pixels (default: 14)

Background Settings

• backgroundImage: Path to background image (default: none)
• backgroundFillMode: How to display background image (default: aspectCrop)
• backgroundOpacity: Background image opacity (default: 0.8)

Login Behavior

• allowEmptyPassword: Allow empty passwords (default: false)
• showUserSelector: Show user selection menu (default: false)
• showSessionSelector: Show session type selector (default: false)
• animationDuration: Duration of animations in ms (default: 300)

Shortcuts

The theme provides several keyboard shortcuts for quick access to various functions:

• F1: Toggle help text display
• F2 or Alt+U: Toggle user selector
• Ctrl+F2 or Alt+Ctrl+U: Switch to previous user
• F3 or Alt+S: Toggle session selector
• Ctrl+F3 or Alt+Ctrl+S: Switch to previous session
• F10: Suspend system (if available)
• F11: Shutdown system (if available)
• F12: Reboot system (if available)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by various SDDM themes in the community
• IPA characters sourced from standard Unicode specifications

Support

If you like this theme, consider:

• Starring the repository
• Reporting bugs
• Contributing to the code
• Sharing it with others :)