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Bibata Cursor
TLDR; This cursor set is a masterpiece of cursors available on the internet, hand-designed by Abdulkaiz Khatri.
Bibata is an open source, compact, and material designed cursor set that aims to improve the cursor experience for users. It is one of the most popular cursor sets in the Linux community and is now available for free on Windows as well, with multiple color and size options. Its goal is to offer personalized cursors to users.
What does "Bibata" mean?
The sweetest word I ever spoke was "BI-Buh," which, coincidentally, is also the word for peanuts. To make it more pronounceable and not sound like a baby's words, I added the suffix "Ta." And with that, my journey in the world of open source began.
Bibata: End of an Era (v2.x.x Marks the Final Major Version)
I wanted to give you a quick update on what's happening with my open-source projects. You may have noticed that I haven't been very active on this particular repository lately. That's because I've been keeping myself busy with a bunch of other exciting open-source ventures.
One such project is bibata. I am thrilled to introduce this project to you a user-friendly web application designed for personalizing Bibata cursors. This initiative allows you to effortlessly download personalized versions of Bibata with just a few clicks, eliminating the need for intricate commands and potential headaches. It's all about simplicity and convenience.
Your support is crucial to maintaining the servers for https://www.bibata.live. Please consider sponsoring my work through GitHub Sponsor to ensure the continued operation of this platform.
Notes
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All cursor's SVG files are found in svg directory or you can also find them on Figma.
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This repository is now synchronized with the bibata project, which has become the new mainstream for acquiring new features and updates. I recommend downloading from there. However, this repository is still periodically maintained to ensure its relevance and usability for linux packages.
Variants:
- Bibata Original Amber: Yellowish and sharp edge bibata cursors.
- Bibata Modern Amber: Yellowish and rounded edge bibata cursors.
- Bibata Original Classic: Black and sharp edge bibata cursors.
- Bibata Modern Classic: Black and rounded edge bibata cursors.
- Bibata Original Ice: White and sharp edge bibata cursors.
- Bibata Modern Ice: White and rounded edge bibata cursors
Cursor Sizes
Xcursor Sizes:
16 20 22 24 28 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96
Windows Cursor Size:
- 16x16 - Small
- 24x24 - Regular
- 32x32 - Large
- 48x48 - Extra Large
Colors:
Bibata Amber
- Base Color -
#FF8300
(Amber) - Outline Color -
#FFFFFF
(White) - Watch Background Color -
#001524
(Rich Black)
Bibata Classic
- Base Color -
#000000
(Black) - Outline Color -
#FFFFFF
(White) - Watch Background Color -
#000000
(Black)
Bibata Ice
- Base Color -
#FFFFFF
(White) - Outline Color -
#000000
(Black) - Watch Background Color -
#FFFFFF
(White)
How to get it
Easiest Way
You can download latest stable
& development
releases from
Release Page.
Packages
Note
If you're having trouble with the packages please submit a request to the package maintainer before creating an issue.
Arch Linux/Manjaro
AUR @yochananmarqos
paru -S bibata-cursor-theme-bin # (recommended)
paru -S bibata-cursor-theme
Or PKGBUILD
Fedora
copr-repo by @peterwu (recommended)
sudo dnf copr enable peterwu/rendezvous
sudo dnf install bibata-cursor-themes
copr-repo by @muhalantabli
sudo dnf copr enable muhalantabli/copr-repo
sudo dnf install bibata-cursor-theme
Installing Bibata Cursor
Linux/X11
Installation:
tar -xvf Bibata.tar.gz # extract `Bibata.tar.gz`
mv Bibata-* ~/.icons/ # Install to local users
sudo mv Bibata-* /usr/share/icons/ # Install to all users
Uninstallation:
rm ~/.icons/Bibata-* # Remove from local users
sudo rm /usr/share/icons/Bibata-* # Remove from all users
Windows
Installation:
- Unzip
.zip
file - Open unziped directory in Explorer, and right click on
install.inf
. - Click 'Install' from the context menu, and authorize the modifications to your system.
- Open Control Panel > Personalization and Appearance > Change mouse pointers, and select Bibata Cursors.
- Click 'Apply'.
Uninstallation:
Run the uninstall.bat
script packed with the .zip
archive
OR follow these steps:
- Go to Registry Editor by typing the same in the start search box.
- Expand
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
folder and expandControl Panel
folder. - Go to
Cursors
folder and click onSchemes
folder - all the available custom cursors that are installed will be listed here. - Right Click on the name of cursor file you want to uninstall; for eg.: Bibata Cursors and
click
Delete
. - Click 'yes' when prompted.
Build From Source
Prerequisites
Quick start
- Install build prerequisites on your system
git clone https://github.com/ful1e5/Bibata_Cursor
cd Bibata_Cursor
yarn install
yarn generate
- See Installing Bibata Cursor.
Getting Started
Once you have the build prerequisites installed, You can personalize colors, customize sizes, change target platforms, and more. This process involves using external tools, as this repository only contains SVG files and configuration for these tools:
- cbmp: Used for customizing colors and generating PNG files.
- ctgen: Used for customizing sizes and building XCursor and Windows Cursors.
You can refer to the README of each tool for more information on their command-line options.
Crafting Your Bibata
The process of creating custom cursor themes involves two main steps:
- Rendering SVG files to PNG files.
- Building cursor themes from PNG files.
Customize Colors
cbmp
provides three options for changing colors:
-bc
: Base color, which replaces the#00FF00
color in the SVG.-oc
: Outlined color, which replaces the#0000FF
color in the SVG.-wc
(optional): Watch Background color, which replaces the#FF0000
color in the SVG.
npx cbmp [...] -bc '<hex>' -oc '<hex>' -wc '<hex>'
Alternatively, you can provide a JSON configuration file to render SVG files, which contains a sequence of cbmp
commands:
npx cbmp render.json
Customize Sizes
Customize Windows Cursor size
To build Windows cursor with size 16
:
ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Modern-Ice' -n 'Bibata-Modern-Ice' -c 'White and rounded egde bibata cusors with size 16'
You can also customize output directory with -o
option:
ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p windows -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Modern-Ice' -o 'out' -n 'Bibata-Modern-Ice' -c 'White and rounded egde Bibata cursors with size 16'
Customize XCursor size
To build XCursor with size 16
:
ctgen build.toml -s 16 -p x11 -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Modern-Ice' -n 'Bibata-Modern-Ice' -c 'White and rounded egde Bibata cursors with size 16'
You can also assign multiple sizes to ctgen
for XCursors build:
ctgen build.toml -s 16 18 24 32 -p x11 -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Modern-Ice' -n 'Bibata-Modern-Ice' -c 'Custom white and rounded egde Bibata cursors'
Examples
Lets generate Bibata-Modern with green and black colors:
npx cbmp -d 'svg/modern' -o 'bitmaps/Bibata-Hacker' -bc '#00FE00' -oc '#000000'
After rendering custom color you have to build cursor through ctgen
:
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Hacker' -n 'Bibata-Hacker' -c 'Green and Black Bibata cursors.'
Afterwards, Generated theme can be found in the themes
directory.
Bibata Gruvbox
npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaps/Bibata-Gruvbox' -bc '#282828' -oc '#EBDBB2' -wc '#000000'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Gruvbox' -n 'Bibata-Gruvbox' -c 'Groovy Bibata cursors.'
Bibata Solarized Dark
npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaps/Bibata-Solarized-Dark' -bc '#002b36' -oc '#839496' -wc '#000000'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Solarized-Dark' -n 'Bibata-Solarized-Dark' -c 'Solarized Dark Bibata cursors.'
Bibata Solarized Light
npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaps/Bibata-Solarized-Light' -bc '#839496' -oc '#002b36'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Solarized-Light' -n 'Bibata-Solarized-Light' -c 'Solarized Light Bibata cursors.'
Bibata Dracula
npx cbmp -d 'svg/original' -o 'bitmaas/Bibata-Dracula' -bc '#282a36' -oc '#f8f8f2'
ctgen build.toml -d 'bitmaps/Bibata-Dracula' -n 'Bibata-Dracula' -c 'Dracula Bibata cursors.'
You may also like...
- Bibata Adapta - Bibata Based Cursor Made for AdaptaBreath and Manjaro.
- Bibata Translucent - Bibata translucent is a translucent flavor of the Bibata.
Testing Cursor
There are several websites that allow you to test your cursor states by hovering over buttons. This can be very useful when developing or verifying the behavior of a cursor. The following websites cover many of the most commonly used cursors, although they may not include all available options.
For a blueprint for creating XCursors, you may also want to refer to Cursor-demo.