Kakodemon

Kakodemon is an OpenGL-based GUI for Kakoune written in C++

Install from source

1. Install the necessary build dependencies

sudo apt install -y git build-essential cmake libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev xorg-dev libfreetype-dev libfontconfig-dev

2. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/falbru/kakodemon ~/.config/kak/autoload/

3. Build and install the project

cd ~/.config/kak/autoload/kakodemon
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
sudo install -D ./kakod /usr/local/bin

You can then run the application with the command kakod

Warning
Make sure Kakoune version>=2026.04.12 is installed on your system!

Configuration

Kakodemon is configured by setting the option ui_options in Kakoune. The following options are implemented:

Font Options

• kakodemon_font <font_name>: Set the default font for all components
• kakodemon_font_content <font_name>: Set the font for editor content
• kakodemon_font_menu <font_name>: Set the font for menus
• kakodemon_font_infobox <font_name>: Set the font for info boxes
• kakodemon_font_statusbar <font_name>: Set the font for the status bar

Color Options

• kakodemon_color_<color_name> <color_value>: Set terminal colors
  • Standard colors: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white
  • Bright colors: bright_black, bright_red, bright_green, bright_yellow, bright_blue, bright_magenta, bright_cyan, bright_white
• kakodemon_color_border <color_value>: Set the color of UI borders

Example Configuration

set-option global ui_options \
    'kakodemon_font=JetBrains Mono 10' \
    'kakodemon_font_content=JetBrains Mono 14' \
    'kakodemon_color_red=rgb:FF5555' \
    'kakodemon_color_green=rgb:50FA7B' \
    'kakodemon_color_border=rgb:44475A'