Flavours.md

OpenCore Content Flavours

See Configuration.pdf for a technical description of the OpenCore content flavour system.

This document provides a list of recommended flavours, so that icon pack artists understand what they must and can do, and so that different icon packs can use consistent names for optional icons.

Please follow this guide when providing non-default icons in icon packs.

Please raise a Pull Request or create an Issue to request additional flavours added to the lists below.

Recommended Icon Flavours

In general, users are recommended to apply the full specified flavour names from the lists below (in bold), and icon pack authors are strongly encouraged to create icons with file names from the lists below (in monotype)

Icon pack authors are encouraged to provide only those icons for which there is real demand. The complete lists below are provided for consistency of naming, and not because there is a requirement to provide all (or even most, or any - except for the required system icons listed last) of the icons listed here in a given icon pack.

Note that for all boot entry icon files <Flavour>.icns specified below, an Ext<Flavour>.icns version may be provided as well. If the selected flavour is specified for an external drive then, if present, Ext<Flavour>.icns will be used, otherwise for security reasons OpenCore will use ExtHardDrive.icns instead (not <Flavour>.icns). Providing Ext<Flavour>.icns is optional for icon providers, the fallback behaviour will be perfectly acceptable anyway, in most cases.

macOS

In the case of macOS only, a flavour based on the detected OS version is applied automatically (as shown below), and the user does not normally need to override this.

For icon pack authors, the Apple icon is recommended, AppleRecovery and AppleTM are suggested, all others are entirely optional.

• Apple12:Apple - Monterey (Apple12.icns)
• Apple11:Apple - Big Sur (Apple11.icns)
• Apple10_15:Apple - Catalina (Apple10_15.icns, etc.)
• Apple10_14:Apple - Mojave
• Apple10_13:Apple - High Sierra
• Apple10_12:Apple - Sierra
• Apple10_11:Apple - El Capitan
• Apple10_10:Apple - Yosemite
• Apple10_9:Apple - Mavericks
• Apple10_8:Apple - Mountain Lion
• Apple10_7:Apple - Lion
• Apple10_6:Apple - Snow Leopard
• Apple10_5:Apple - Leopard
• Apple10_4:Apple - Tiger

In addition, per-OS Recovery variants and Time Machine variants may be supported by adding Recv and TM to each element of the flavour as shown below.

Recovery flavours also automatically add the OS version:

• AppleRecv11:AppleRecv:Apple11:Apple - macOS Big Sur Recovery (AppleRecv11.icns, etc.)
• ...
• AppleRecv10_4:AppleRecv:Apple10_4:Apple - macOS Tiger Recovery

Time machine icons do not automatically add the OS version, so per-OS versions would require manual specification by the user (e.g. in .contentFlavour) as follows, in order to be found and used:

• AppleTM:Apple - macOS Time Machine, default flavour, not version specific
• AppleTM11:AppleTM:Apple11:Apple - macOS Big Sur Time Machine (AppleTM11.icns, etc.)
• ...
• AppleTM10_4:AppleTm:Apple10_4:Apple - macOS Tiger Time Machine

Windows

Windows is automatically detected by OpenCore, so the basic Windows flavour will be applied automatically. Unlike macOS, Windows versions are not detected automatically, so per-version icons will require manual specification by the user (e.g. in .contentFlavour) as follows, in order to be found and used.

Windows icon is recommended, all others are optional.

• Windows - Microsoft Windows (auto-detected by OC; fallback: HardDrive)
• Windows11:Windows - Microsoft Windows 11 (Windows11.icns)
• Windows10:Windows - Microsoft Windows 10 (Windows10.icns)
• Windows8_1:Windows - Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Windows8_1.icns, etc.)
• Windows8:Windows - Microsoft Windows 8
• Windows7:Windows - Microsoft Windows 7

Linux

Icon support for Linux is optional. It is not required to provide all flavours even if some are provided; icon pack authors are encouraged to respond to real user demand.

Note: Media pack authors should understand that it is not required, but optional, to provide Linux.icns even if, for example, Debian.icns or Ubuntu.icns are provided. Provided icons will be used (if selected in flavours specified by the user); icons which are not present will always fall back eventually to OC defaults. (In the case of an OS this will fall back to HardDrive.icns.) Similar rules apply in all sections.

Please open an Issue or Pull Request if an additional Linux flavour is required. (Please base this on actual need, e.g. it will affect at least several users.)

• Linux - Base icon for Linux (Linux.icns)
• Arch:Linux - Arch Linux (Arch.icns, etc.)
• Astra:Linux - Astra Linux
• CentOS:Linux - CentOS
• Debian:Linux - Debian
• Deepin:Linux - Deepin
• elementaryOS:Linux - elementary OS
• Endless:Linux - Endless OS
• Gentoo:Linux - Gentoo Linux
• Fedora:Linux - Fedora
• KDEneon:Linux - KDE neon
• Kali:Linux - Kali Linux
• MX:Linux - MX Linux
• Mageia:Linux - Mageia (fork of former Mandriva)
• Manjaro:Linux - Manjaro
• Mint:Linux - Linux Mint
• openSUSE:Linux - openSUSE
• Oracle:Linux - Oracle Linux
• PopOS:Linux - Pop!_OS
• RHEL:Linux - Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Rocky:Linux - Rocky Linux
• Solus:Linux - Solus
• Ubuntu:Linux - Ubuntu
• Lubuntu:Ubuntu:Linux - Lubuntu (Lubuntu.icns, etc.)
• UbuntuMATE:Ubuntu:Linux - Ubuntu MATE
• Void:Linux - Void Linux
• Xubuntu:Ubuntu:Linux - Xubuntu
• Zorin:Linux - Zorin OS

Other Operating Systems

All optional.

Additional sub-flavours are obviously possible for Android, but none are currently defined in this list. Create a Pull Request or Issue if you believe there is a genuine need - e.g. affecting at least several users - to include these.

• Android - Android OS
  • It is down to user preference whether to specify the flavour as Android:Linux or just Android - depending on whether the user wishes to use Linux.icns as a fallback where available, or to fallback directly to HardDrive if no Android.icns is available
• BSD - Base icon for BSD
• FreeBSD:BSD - FreeBSD
  • Typically at most one of the above two icon files will be provided
• ReactOS - ReactOS (alpha version open-source Windows Server binary compatible OS; not currently UEFI bootable, but reserved here anyway) (ReactOS.icns)
  • It is user preference whether to specify ReactOS:Windows or just ReactOS - depending on whether the user wishes to use Windows.icns as a fallback, or to fallback directly to HardDrive.icns if no ReactOS.icns is available.

Tools

Create an Issue or Pull Request to request additional tool icons. If doing so please provide a clear case, e.g. showing that it affects at least several users.

Generic Tool Icon

It is recommended to provide this icon.

• Tool - Any tool entry
  • If provided, is used as fallback for non-OS entries in OpenCore; if not provided falls back again to HardDrive (which is required)

Shell Tools

It is recommended to provide one of these files (more is optional, and not normally required).

If providing just one file, name it Shell.icns if the theming of the icon is generic to any shell tool (as in the examples in OcBinaryData). Name it OpenShell.icns or UEFIShell.icns if the theming is more specific (e.g. includes specific text on the icon).

• Shell - Any shell-style tool
• UEFIShell:Shell - EDK II UEFI Shell
  • As an example of how flavours work: UEFIShell:Shell will try UEFIShell.icns, then Shell.icns (and then, by OC default behaviour, Tool.icns, then HardDrive.icns)
  • Note: Including UEFIShell anywhere in the flavour triggers picker audio-assist for "UEFI Shell"
• OpenShell:UEFIShell:Shell - Themed specifically for OpenCore OpenShell (which is a variant of the EDK II UEFI Shell)
  • This is the recommended flavour to use for OpenShell.efi, as is done in the sample config files
  • Although this is the recommended flavour, icon artists are not required to provide this icon file, since this flavour will automatically find and use Shell.icns or UEFIShell.icns anyway
  • Because UEFIShell is included in this flavour, it will also trigger picker audio-assist for "UEFI Shell"
• GRUBShell:Shell - GRUB Shell themed icon

NVRAM Tools

It is recommended to either i) only provide NVRAMTool.icns, as this will be applied to the Reset NVRAM tool and the Toogle SIP tool, or else ii) provide ResetNVRAM.icns and ToggleSip.icns separately (in which case NVRAMTool.icns is not normally required).

If providing NVRAMTool.icns, it should be themed so that it could be applied to any generic NVRAM tool.

• NVRAMTool - Any NVRAM-related tool (NVRAMTool.icns)
• ResetNVRAM:NVRAMTool - Reset NVRAM tool (ResetNVRAM.icns)
  • This is the recommended flavour, used for the entry created by the ResetNvramEntry.efi driver.
  • As another example of how flavours work: ResetNVRAM:NVRAMTool will look for ResetNVRAM.icns, then NVRAMTool.icns (and then, by OC default behaviour, Tool.icns then HardDrive.icns)
  • Note: Including ResetNVRAM anywhere in a user flavour triggers picker audio-assist and builtin label support for "Reset NVRAM"
• ToggleSIP:NVRAMTool - Icon themed for Toggle SIP tool (ToggleSIP.icns)
• ToggleSIP_Enabled:ToggleSIP:NVRAMTool - Icon themed for Toggle SIP tool when SIP is enabled (system is protected)
• ToggleSIP_Disabled:ToggleSIP:NVRAMTool - Icon themed for Toggle SIP tool when SIP is disabled (system is unprotected)
  • Note: Including ToggleSIP_Enabled or ToggleSIP_Disabled anywhere in a user flavour triggers picker audio-assist and builtin label support for the two states of the Toggle SIP menu entry

Other Tools

A list of other known tools which are common enough that some icon pack artists may wish to provide a standard icon for them:

• FirmwareSettings - A boot menu entry for accessing firmware settings (FirmwareSettings.icns)
  • Note: Including FirmwareSettings anywhere in a user flavour triggers picker audio-assist and builtin label support for "Firmware Settings"
• MemTest - A system memory testing tool such as that available from memtest86.com (MemTest.icns)

Bootloaders

Certain well-known bootloaders have also been assigned a flavour:

• Boatloader - Generic bootloader icon (Bootloader.icns)
• Grub:Bootloader - Icon for the GRUB2 bootloader (Grub.icns)
• OpenCore:Bootloader - OpenCore intentionally does not offer to start instances of itself which have had the OC binary signature applied (i.e. standard release versions), however a) it will show non-signed versions and b) we need to have our own flavour (OpenCore.icns)

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System Boot Entry Icons

Required

OpenCanopy will not start if these are not present.

• ExtHardDrive - Bootable OS (on external drive)
• HardDrive - Bootable OS

Optional

Provided by OcBinaryData. Used automatically by OC in some circumstances, if provided in an icon pack.

• AppleRecv - Apple Recovery (fallback: HardDrive)
• AppleTM - Apple Time Machine (fallback: HardDrive)
• ExtAppleRecv - Apple Recovery (on external drive) (fallback: ExtHardDrive)
• ExtAppleTM - Apple Time Machine (on external drive) (fallback: ExtHardDrive)
• Shell - Shell tool (fallback: Tool)
• Tool - Generic tool (fallback: HardDrive)
• Windows - Microsoft Windows (fallback: HardDrive)

Additional Optional

NOT provided by OcBinaryData. Are used automatically by OC in some circumstances, if provided.

• Apple - macOS (fallback: HardDrive)
• ExtApple - macOS (on external drive) (fallback: ExtHardDrive)
• ExtWindows - Microsoft Windows (on external drive) (fallback: ExtHardDrive)
• ResetNVRAM - Reset NVRAM tool (fallback: Tool)

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System Icons

Required. OpenCanopy will not start if these are not present.

These icons are not directly related to boot entry flavours, but they are included here to provide all relevant icon pack info in one place.

• BtnFocus - show focus on additional (shutdown and restart) buttons (BtnFocus.icns)
• Cursor - mouse cursor (Cursor.icns, etc.)
• Dot - password entry hidden character dot
• Enter - password entry enter symbol
• Left - additional picker entries to left
• Lock - password lock
• Password - password entry text area
• Restart - additional button: restart
• Right - additional picker entries to right
• Selected - selected entry background
• Selector - show selected entry
• SetDefault - show selected entry in 'set default' mode
• ShutDown - additional button: shut down

In addition, Background (Background.icns) is used as the background image for the OpenCanopy boot picker if provided.