LightDM-weebkit theme — Animated Background Gradient + Animated Button + Multi-account support.
NOTE: This login engine been DEPRECATED, please use anoter login system more modern version.
The lightdm-webkit-greeter lets you choose a background image directly on the login screen.
This theme adds a smooth animated gradient background instead of a static image.
By default, images are sourced from /usr/share/backgrounds. You can change the background directory by editing lightdm-webkit-greeter.conf.
- lightdm-webkit-greeter — https://github.com/JezerM/web-greeter
- Balsamiq — already included (
static/Balsamiq_Sans/) - Segoe UI — optional https://github.com/meloncholy/mt-stats-viewer/raw/master/public/fonts/segoe-ui/segoeui.ttf
- Iosevka — optional https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases/download/v2.0.1/01-iosevka-2.0.1.zip
Or customize in static/style.css.
1. Install lightdm and lightdm-webkit-greeter
sudo apt install lightdm lightdm-webkit-greeter
2. In the terminal, navigate to /usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/
3. Clone this repository here, it should create a folder called lightdm-gab-gradient
sudo git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/lightdm-gab-gradient.git
4. Enable the theme in your /etc/lightdm/lightdm-webkit-greeter.conf
theme = lightdm-gab-gradient
5. Replace lightdm-gtk to lightdm-webkit in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/60-lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
greeter-session = lightdm-webkit-greeter
6. Restart lightdm
sudo systemctl restart lightdm
See MOD.md for how to customise the theme, run it locally during development, and how the code is structured.
MIT License.