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ThemeEngine
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alexzielenski / ThemeEngine

ThemeEngine

OS X App to edit compiled .car files

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OS X App to edit compiled .car files

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-08-04 02:58:23 UTC to 2017-04-08 20:20:32 UTC.

012015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 20152015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 20162016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 2017

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Aug 20152015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20152015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20152015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20152015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20152015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jan 20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20162016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20162016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20162016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20162016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20162016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20162016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20162016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20162016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20172017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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citrusui·Apr 8, 2017
Funny you mention that: I've always had the idea of replicating the Mac's Cocoa interface. Once you extract the System UI assets[0], you have a good reference to use. Actually using that reference to make a (web) framework is something more complicated, but I wouldn't say it's impossible. I haven't tried, mainly because I don't have enough patience, but also because I'm uncertain if it violates any copyright laws, (which it probably does.) [0]: https://github.com/alexzielenski/ThemeEngine
In Show HN: Xel, widget toolkit for native-like Electron apps
jd3·Aug 4, 2015
Hello! I've been customizing my OS X installs since 10.5 with various programs (ThemePark, (S)artFiletool, and most recently Alex Zielenski's ThemeEngine[0]). I'm a fan of the `platinum' theme from Mac OS 9, so I've been creating a system-wide OS-9 theme in my spare time this past ~year. I have .car files available for Yosemite and El-Capitain (the version I'm currently using). The Yosemite files are (mostly) true to the old OS 9 aesthetic, but I thought I'd change up the look of the traffic lights on el-capitain and release it at some point [1]. I have the source files for each different design I've done, along with the Assets.car (the replacement for the deprecated [and absent in 10.11] SArtFile.bin), SystemAppearance.car (change highlight colors in menubar and right-click menus/make window masks sharp instead of rounded [yes it also af
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fects the GraphiteAppearance.car window masks]), and the GraphiteAppearance.car (used for the platinum traffic lights) files. At some point I will finish both of these and release them, but for now (I just finished my summer job working for one of my professors/I'm on vacation at the moment) the Yosemite theme remains slightly incomplete, and I've got some more testing to do on El-Capitain. Also gotta port that Yosemite-System-fontpatcher project to work with the new San Francisco (let's not get that confused with susan kare's 1984 `SanFrancisco'! [2]) typeface so I can finally get Charcoal/Chicago as my system font again like it was in Yosemite... [0]: https://github.com/alexzielenski/ThemeEngine [1]: http://i.imgur.com/fpZemvX.gifv [2]: http://i.imgur.com/Q1tZknV.png
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