Gnome folder icons
This repository contains some custom .svg folder icons which I personally use on my current OS (Fedora 36 with GNOME 42).
What I use
Icons source: https://icones.js.org/
Editor: https://www.figma.com/
Installation
To use the icons, just clone the repository on your local machine.
You then have to choose the icon on your machine you want to change, right click then Properties and click on the folder icon. Now select the new custom icon to apply.
Note that changing the repository place will result in GNOME not displaying the custom icons after the reboot. Choose a safe location in advance (for example the default
~/Picturesfolder).
Feedback
If you have any feedback, please reach out to me through the issue panel.
Contributing
Feel free to contribute adding new icons to the repository. Just make a new PR and I will evaluate your request.
To get started use the default.svg file wich represent the basic GNOME icon.
Some notes on new icons
- name the icon
{something}_folder.svg - icons should be of the outline type
- icons should follow the bi-color style
- If a logo is not recognisable anymore after you change the colors you can leave the original, trying to be as much consistent as possible (like the VS Code icon).
- for more information check the property-reference
Property Reference
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Folder Color | |
| Icon Color | |
| Folder Dimensions | 512px 512px |
| Folder Padding* | auto 114px 70px 114px |
| Icon Dimensions | 188px 188px |
| Stroke width (where needed) | 16px |
*padding follows the CSS standard TOP-RIGHT-BOTTOM-LEFT