使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 hellwal

项目链接

• 主页

命令和别名

• hellwal

项目历史

The repository was created in November 2024. The first public release, v1.0.0, described hellwal as a pywal-inspired color palette generator with support for templates, themes, and command-line arguments.

Subsequent releases added cache support, JSON output, neon mode, preview flags, contrast checking, more templates, and fixes to parser and palette behavior. The README credits pywal as the inspiration.

采用历史

The project crossed from source builds into package-manager use early in its life. The README documents Homebrew and Nix installation, and the supplied package metadata also lists Homebrew and Nix packaging.

Its audience is the Unix desktop theming and 'rice' community: users who want one image or theme file to drive terminal, launcher, compositor, notification, editor, and shell color files.

使用方式

Users run `hellwal -i [image]` to generate a palette from a wallpaper image, or use `--theme` to apply a static palette. Generated templates are written under the user's cache directory, and theme files can live under `~/.config/hellwal/themes`.

The tool can emit JSON for scripts, write terminal color scripts, run a post-generation command, choose light or dark modes, adjust brightness and grayscale, and fill template variables such as `color0.hex`, `background.rgb`, and alpha values.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

hellwal is notable as a compact C entry in a space often occupied by Python scripts. That makes it attractive to packagers who want a fast, dependency-light theming utility with predictable build behavior.

It is also a good example of desktop theming tools becoming package-manager artifacts: templates, cache paths, shell completions, and example themes matter almost as much as the binary.

时间线

• 2024: Public GitHub repository created.
• 2024: v1.0.0 release published with templates, themes, and command-line options.
• 2024: v1.0.2 added palette caching under the user cache directory.
• 2025: v1.0.3 added JSON output and neon mode.
• 2025: v1.0.5 noted Homebrew packaging and additional templates, flags, and parser fixes.

Related projects

• pywal is the direct inspiration credited by the README.
• swww, Themecord, terminal color scripts, and theme collections appear in project examples or release notes.
• Homebrew and Nix are the package-manager channels present in the supplied metadata.

来源

• https://api.github.com/repos/danihek/hellwal
• https://github.com/danihek/hellwal
• https://github.com/danihek/hellwal/releases