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[ANSWERED] Should i prefer GTK apps or QT apps for customization?
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Theming GTK2 and GTK3 applications was simple. Applying custom themes to GTK4/libadwaita apps is unsupported. You can enable dark mode and change the accent colours, but that's about it.
KDE/Qt supports theming out of the box, but theming apps outside KDE is painful. You have to juggle with several utilities (
qt5ct,qt6ct, Kvantum manager) and many environmental variables. For example, Krita doesn't respect the theme you set usingqt5ctunless you setKRITA_NO_STYLE_OVERRIDE=1. Usingqt6ctI can make Okular (and other Qt6 apps) use the style that emulates Windows 95, but I can't make them use a custom colour palette, so they stick out.The worst thing you could do is try to make GTK and Qt apps look consistent.