Breeze KDE Plasma theme
Shares rank 4 of 5 desktop themes by recommenders
People recommend Breeze as a good-looking default theme for KDE Plasma, and its dark version gives a pure black taskbar that suits OLED screens.
People recommend Breeze as a good-looking default theme for KDE Plasma, and its dark version gives a pure black taskbar that suits OLED screens.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Dark version with pure black taskbar
“I've been using the Breeze Dark theme for approximately forever”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'” “gives a nice Win10-like pure black taskbar, lovely on OLED”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 on Hacker News Good light theme that works
“Plasmas Breeze (light) does all of that for me, again.”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “FVWM-95 (2001)” “But they aren't. So Breeze it is, which is bliss...”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “FVWM-95 (2001)” “Breeze is pretty good imho.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Voxtral 3” Praised as an amazing theme
“It's an amazing teme, really.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “FVWM-95 (2001)” “Breeze is pretty good imho.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Voxtral 3”
Other desktop themes people recommend
The four most recommended other desktop themes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago95 theme for XFCE | 18 | 1 | 95% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Zac-OS-9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
| Platinum Mac OS 8 theme | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Breeze KDE Plasma themeThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
| AeroThemePlasma | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Breeze is pretty good imho.”
“gives a nice Win10-like pure black taskbar, lovely on OLED”
“I don't think Breeze's concept fixes that since it's still up to the girl to match.”
“they can't help themselves from messing with it instead of crating a new theme”
“But they aren't. So Breeze it is, which is bliss...”
“It's an amazing teme, really.”
“Plasmas Breeze (light) does all of that for me, again.”
“I've been using the Breeze Dark theme for approximately forever”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.