✦ v2.0-elite — Fedora & Arch Linux

🌊 Hyprland · Liquid Glass · OxygenOS 16

Hydra

Minimal · Fluid · Beautiful

A smooth OxygenOS 16-inspired Hyprland rice for Fedora & Arch — liquid glass aesthetic with blur, animations, auto backup, and one-script install.

View on GitHub Installation Guide

yogarajjuju/Hydra — v2.0-elite Hyprland 0.54+

What you get

Everything, pre-configured

One script. Full setup. Auto-detects your distro and configures everything beautifully.

🎞️

OxygenOS 16 Animations

Switchable smooth & bouncy styles on the fly — SUPER+SHIFT+F1/F2.

💜

Liquid Glass Aesthetic

High blur, transparency, and purple glow effects throughout the entire desktop.

📦

Dual Distro Support

Auto-detects Fedora (dnf) or Arch (pacman) and installs accordingly.

🔄

Update & Uninstall

Pull latest configs with one command. Clean removal preserving your backups.

💾

Auto Backup & Rollback

Backs up existing configs before touching anything. Auto-rolls back on failure.

🎵

Media Integration

Waybar + Spotify/MPRIS + floating Cava visualizer toggled with SUPER+C.

🌐

WiFi TUI

Quick network manager via nmtui in a floating terminal — SUPER+W.

📋

In-built Cheatsheet

View all keybinds from Rofi anytime — SUPER+/.

🎨

Random Wallpaper

Shuffle wallpapers on the fly with SUPER+ALT+W using swww daemon.

Screenshots

See it in action

Click any screenshot to view fullscreen · Arrow keys to navigate

Main Desktop

Full Hydra experience

Desktop + Rofi

Desktop + Rofi Launcher

App launcher over desktop

Media + Fastfetch

Spotify + system info

Spotify + NeoVim

Side-by-side glass transparency

Cava Visualizer

Audio bars — SUPER+C

Cava — Alt Style

Cava — Alternate Style

Floating Cava variant

Lockscreen

Custom hyprlock blur

Power Menu

Rofi Power Menu

Shutdown · Reboot · Lock · Logout

Lockscreen v1

Lockscreen — Smiley

v1 style

Lockscreen v1 Dragon

Lockscreen — Dragon

v1 dragon variant

Rofi v1

Rofi Launcher v1

Dragon wallpaper

Kitty Terminal

Neofetch system info

Main Desktop

Full Hydra experience

Desktop + Rofi

Desktop + Rofi Launcher

App launcher over desktop

Kitty Terminal

Neofetch system info

Media + Fastfetch

Spotify + system info

Spotify + NeoVim

Side-by-side glass

Cava Visualizer

SUPER+C to toggle

Cava Alt

Cava — Alternate Style

Floating variant

Lockscreen

Custom hyprlock

Power Menu

Rofi Power Menu

Shutdown · Reboot · Lock · Logout

Lockscreen v1

Smiley style

Lockscreen Dragon

Dragon variant

Requirements

▸Fedora 39/40/41 or Arch Linux
▸Internet connection
▸Git installed
⚠NVIDIA may need extra driver config

Who is this for?

✦Users wanting a ready-to-use setup
✦Beginners who prefer no manual config
✦Linux users who love aesthetic desktops

What gets installed

Hyprland Waybar Kitty Rofi Cava swww hyprlock hypridle grim+slurp brightnessctl wireplumber NetworkManager

Shortcuts

Keybindings

SUPER + TTerminal (Kitty)

SUPER + BBrowser (Chrome)

SUPER + VVS Code

SUPER + EFile Manager (Dolphin)

SUPER + AApp Launcher (Rofi)

SUPER + QClose Window

SUPER + LLock Screen

SUPER + WWiFi Manager

SUPER + PScreenshot (region)

SUPER + /Keybind Cheatsheet

SUPER + CToggle Floating Cava

SUPER + ALT + WRandom Wallpaper

SUPER + FFullscreen

SUPER + SHIFT + SPACEToggle Floating

SUPER + Arrow KeysMove Focus

SUPER + SHIFT + ArrowsMove Window

SUPER + ALT + ArrowsResize Window

SUPER + TabCycle Layout

SUPER + SHIFT + F1Smooth Animations

SUPER + SHIFT + F2Bounce Animations

XF86AudioRaiseVolumeVolume Up

XF86AudioLowerVolumeVolume Down

XF86AudioMuteMute Toggle

XF86Brightness Up/DownBrightness Control

ALT + CTRL_RReload Waybar

SUPER + 1–5Switch Workspace

SUPER + SHIFT + 1–5Move Window to Workspace

Get started

Installation

Auto-detects your distro. One script configures everything.

git clone https://github.com/yogarajjuju/Hydra.git
cd Hydra
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Update

./update.sh

Uninstall

./uninstall.sh

⚠️This setup modifies system configuration files. The installer automatically backs up your existing configs before making any changes.