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Dark7zip is project to experiment with dark mode for7-Zip and its fork7-Zip-zstd.
It is mainly for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Some controls might, might not use dark/custom colors on older OS.

Replace 7z original files (e.g.C:\Program Files\7-Zip\) with files from downloaded zip file.

• 7zFM.exe - file manager, "main exe"
• 7zG.exe - mainly extraction, compression dialogs
• 7z.sfx- optional, file needed for creating self-extracting archives
• 7zDark.ini - optional, more information below

7zDark.ini is configuration file to allow mainly to set custom colors.7zDark.ini should be in same folder as7zFM.exe and7zG.exe.

• [main]

  • mode - determine which sections color "key=value" pairs will be used and theming of title bar, buttons, scrollbars, and tooltips
    • 0 - use light mode
    • 1 - use dark mode, default value
    • 2 - follow system settings

• [dark]

  • tone - set default colors for [dark.colors] sections, there are no tones for light mode
    • 0 - black, default value
    • 1 - red
    • 2 - green
    • 3 - blue
    • 4 - purple
    • 5 - cyan
    • 6 - olive
  • micaExtend - apply Mica material on all window/dialog, experimental, only for "dark" mode
    • 0 - apply Mica material only on title bar, default value
    • 1 - extend Mica material on all window/dialog

• [dark]/[light]
  • mica - apply Mica material on title bar, requires Windows 11 22H2 build 22621
    • 0 - let OS automatically decide the use of Mica material, default value
    • 1 - do not use Mica material
    • 2 - apply Mica material
    • 3 - apply "acrylic" effect
    • 4 - apply Mica Alt material

Values for custom colors are in RGB hex format - RRGGBB.

• [dark.colors]/[light.colors]

  • background - for some controls (status bar, ...)
  • backgroundInteractive - mainly for controls with some input
  • backgroundHot - for hot item
  • backgroundDlg - for dialog and some controls
  • text - for most text
  • textItem - for some controls
  • textDisabled - for disabled controls
  • edge - for border
  • edgeHot - for hot border
  • edgeDisabled - for disabled border

• [dark.colors.view]/[light.colors.view] - for listview and treeview

  • backgroundView
  • textView
  • gridlines - color for listview grid lines, when View -> Details is used and Tools -> Options... -> Settings tab -> Show grid lines is checked
  • backgroundHeader
  • backgroundHotHeader
  • textHeader
  • edgeHeader

All options are optional. You can define only "[section]" and "key=value" you want to be applied.

Examples:

• full config

[main]mode = 1[dark]tone = 0mica = 0micaExtend = 0[dark.colors]background ="202020"backgroundInteractive ="404040"backgroundHot ="404040"backgroundDlg ="202020"text ="E0E0E0"textItem ="C0C0C0"textDisabled ="808080"edge ="646464"edgeHot ="9B9B9B"edgeDisabled ="484848"[dark.colors.view]backgroundView ="293134"textView ="E0E2E4"gridlines ="646464"backgroundHeader ="202020"backgroundHotHeader ="404040"textHeader ="C0C0C0"edgeHeader ="646464"[light]mica = 0[light.colors]background ="F0F0F0"backgroundInteractive ="FFFFFF"backgroundHot ="C0DCF3"backgroundDlg ="F0F0F0"text ="000000"textItem ="000000"textDisabled ="6D6D6D"edge ="8D8D8D"edgeHot ="0078D4"edgeDisabled ="6D6D6D"[light.colors.view]backgroundView ="FFFFFF"textView ="000000"gridlines ="F0F0F0"backgroundHeader ="FFFFFF"backgroundHotHeader ="D9EBF9"textHeader ="000000"edgeHeader ="E5E5E5"

• only views, with defaults:[main]mode=1, and[dark]tone=0

[dark.colors.view]backgroundView ="112435"textView ="C3BE98"gridlines ="4F5F5F"

7-Zip-zstd is popular 7-Zip fork which contains additional compression algorithms such as Zstandard and Brotli.Source code for dark mode for it is in7z-zstd branch.

For more information about 7-Zip-zstd fork check7-Zip-zstd.

Most code related to dark mode is under license MIT, or GPLv3 or later version.

For 7-Zip check DOC folder for information on used license.
License.txt
readme.txt

7-Zip website:7-zip.org