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adwaita-icon-theme for Mac

Icons for the GNOME project

Quick answer: adwaita-icon-theme is a design tool for macOS. Install it with brew install adwaita-icon-theme. It is distributed under the LGPL-3.0-or-later OR CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence. It has 818 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What adwaita-icon-theme is

adwaita-icon-theme is a design tool for macOS: icons for the GNOME project.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. It is distributed under the LGPL-3.0-or-later OR CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence.

How to install adwaita-icon-theme

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install adwaita-icon-theme.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install adwaita-icon-theme on Mac?

Run brew install adwaita-icon-theme in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is adwaita-icon-theme open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the LGPL-3.0-or-later OR CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence.

Does adwaita-icon-theme run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is adwaita-icon-theme?

It was installed 818 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #1181 in this catalogue.

What version of adwaita-icon-theme is current?

The latest packaged version is 51.0.