Seară - Dark Mode Fix for Linux

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Enables Anki on Linux to instantly react to system light/dark mode changes by subscribing to D-Bus color-scheme updates instead of polling every five minutes.
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Votes
2 (👍 2 · 👎 0)
Updated
2025-11-16
Anki versions
2.1.1~
License
MIT (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages
Python, CSV, YAML
Description language
en

Maintenance

stale

  • Last update or commit: 2026-03-22 (224 days before the snapshot).
  • Commits in the last year: 15.
  • Issues: 0 open, 0 closed.
  • Pull requests: 0 open, 0 merged.

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Repository
rodrada/seara · more by rodrada
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⭐ 1 · forks 0 · open issues 0
Last commit
2026-03-22
License
MIT
Languages
Python, Nix
Tests
0

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Description

On Linux, Anki does not immediately detect modifications in the system's theme polarity (light/dark mode). Instead, it polls for the new value every 5 minutes.

This add-on allows Anki to instantly react to those changes by subscribing to updates to the org.freedesktop.appearance.color-scheme property on D-Bus.

If you want to report any bugs or have a look at a video showcase, please visit the GitHub repo.

README

Seară
/ˈse̯arə/

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f4e5ebf1-910f-4288-84ad-7fb0d3a31fad

What's this for?

On Linux, Anki does not immediately detect modifications in the system's theme polarity (light/dark mode). Instead, it polls for the new value every 5 minutes.

This add-on allows Anki to instantly react to those changes by subscribing to updates to the org.freedesktop.appearance.color-scheme property on D-Bus.

Installation

NixOS (using Flakes and Home Manager)

Add the following to your flake inputs:

anki-seara.url = "github:rodrada/seara";

Then, in your Anki configuration:

programs.anki.addons = [
    inputs.anki-seara.packages."x86_64-linux".default
];

Other distros

The easiest way to install the add-on is to download it from AnkiWeb.

However, if you do not want to do so, you can simply get the .zip from the latest GitHub release and extract it in your Anki add-on directory.