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frost-icon-theme

Frosted-glass icon theme for Linux — folders, apps, 134 file types and status icons

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GITHUB · launched Sep 19, 2026 · 32 upvotes (top 26%) · 1 view

Niche: desktop environment and customization software · 283 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -43% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • glassmorphism
  • gnome
  • gtk
  • icon-theme
  • icons
  • linux
  • +2 more

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Could you build this?

No This is primarily an art and graphic design asset pack consisting of hundreds of custom vector SVG icons, which requires human illustration skill rather than code generation.

What it would actually take: Creating a complete Linux icon theme requires vector graphic design proficiency in software like Inkscape or Illustrator, along with knowledge of the Freedesktop icon theme specifications (directory layouts, symlinks, index.theme configuration). The hard part is authoring consistent, high-quality visual assets (glassmorphism/frosted effects across 134+ file types and application icons) rather than writing code. An AI coding assistant cannot vibe-code original visual art assets.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 483 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #121 of 484 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 297 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Frost · hn · 2026-09-19 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.82
  • OmaPixIcon · github · 2026-11-06 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • NothingTranslucentIcons · github · 2026-10-30 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • FF-Gnome-Web · github · 2026-09-21 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • nothing-icongen · github · 2026-11-01 · 63 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • AuroraFlow- · github · 2026-09-21 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • MacDuo · github · 2026-09-12 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • Logoshots · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49

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