diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 386e60b..b507a78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ tags
 .vim
 
 # End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/vim,linux
+
+# Ignore dynamic colorschemes set by styler
+colorscheme.vim
+colorscheme
+colorscheme.py
+colorscheme.rasi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc63a71..abf8137 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 # dotfiles Read-Me and Roadmap
 
 ## What's in these dotfiles
+
 * [x] vim configuration for simple programming tasks (especially go/typescript/python/bash) and prose
 * [x] academic workflow tools, to allow quick citation, pdf compilation, and preview
-* [x] simple, efficient polybar with package update notification, and spotify integration
+* [x] simple, efficient polybar with package update notification, and spotify (mpris) integration
 * [x] tmux session management through `tm` and `tl` tools
-* [x] quick terminal-wide color management through `sd`/`sD`/`sl`/`sL` commands, allowing two light and dark color-schemes
-* [x] many vim color-schemes with quick light/dark switching (`F8`) and theme switch (`<Space>+F8`)
+* [x] tmux fuzzy-searching of terminal sessions to switch to with hot-key (`<C-A><C-j>`)
+* [x] system-wide color management (terminals, vim, qutebrowser, polybar, xresources) through `styler` command using [base16](http://chriskempson.com/projects/base16/) themes
+* [x] quick theme switching by activating `styler` and fuzzy-searching themes with hot-key (`<Super>+F8`)
+* [x] many vim color-schemes with quick light/dark switching (`F8`) and individual theme switch (`<Space>+F8`)
 * [x] quick directory jumping using z, with fzf integration
 * [x] fzf integrations for bibtex citation, vim buffer management, most recently used switching, shell command history, and more
 
diff --git a/home/.Xresources b/home/.Xresources
deleted file mode 100644
index 4988cbe..0000000
--- a/home/.Xresources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-! ~/.Xresources
-
-! Setting up commonly changed vars
-#define myfontsize 11
-#define myfont Fira Code
-#define myOpacity 90
-
-! Set up URxvt
-#include ".config/Xresources/urxvt.Xresources"
-
-! Add Nord theme to every terminal emulator respecting Xresources
-#include ".config/Xresources/nord.Xresources"
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/colo.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/colo.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index cc9ab5a..0000000
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/colo.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-colo nord
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 304fe1c..224c670 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ endif
 " set truecolor (neovim)
 set termguicolors
 
+" load colorscheme from dynamic file
+" first one is here to make airline behave correctly without reload
+runtime colorscheme.vim
+" this one is here to override anything set by default in colorscheme plugin
+" loading
+autocmd VimEnter * runtime colorscheme.vim
+
 " sets tabs to be 2 characters, expanded into spaces, but still removable with
 " one press of backspace.
 " great explanation: http://vimcasts.org/transcripts/2/en/
diff --git a/polybar/.config/polybar/config b/polybar/.config/polybar/config
index b9233bc..4222ae0 100644
--- a/polybar/.config/polybar/config
+++ b/polybar/.config/polybar/config
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 
 [colors]
 ;background = ${xrdb:color0:#222}
-background = #222
-background-alt = #444
+background = ${xrdb:background}
+background-alt = ${xrdb:color8}
 ;foreground = ${xrdb:color7:#222}
-foreground = #dfdfdf
-foreground-alt = #555
-primary = #ffb52a
-secondary = #e60053
-alert = #bd2c40
+foreground = ${xrdb:foreground}
+foreground-alt = ${xrdb:color3}
+primary = ${xrdb:color1}
+secondary = ${xrdb:color4}
+alert = ${xrdb:color2}
 
 [settings]
 ; The throttle settings lets the eventloop swallow up til X events
diff --git a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
index 6dbba74..53cdfa1 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ c.tabs.title.format = '{index} {audio}{perc}{current_title}'
 c.tabs.position = "right"
 c.tabs.width = "15%"
 
-# give the browser nice nord theme colors
-config.source('themes/base16-gruvbox-dark.py')
+# give the browser nice theme colors
+config.source('colorscheme.py')
 
 # Status bar
 # should be visible to prevent 'jumping' bug, see https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2236
diff --git a/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/dmenu.rasi b/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/dmenu.rasi
index c062465..46aab32 100644
--- a/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/dmenu.rasi
+++ b/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/dmenu.rasi
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #listview {
   spacing: 5px;
   lines: 100;
+  border: 0px;
 }
 
 #entry {
diff --git a/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/settings.rasi b/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/settings.rasi
index f1d0f5c..93146a1 100644
--- a/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/settings.rasi
+++ b/rofi/.config/rofi/themes/settings.rasi
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *      but try to keep the two separated as much as possible, so we can adjust global options easily from here
  */
 
+//default import
 @import "colorschemes/gruvbox-dark.rasi"
 
 * {
diff --git a/shell/.config/shell/rc.d/autostartx.sh b/shell/.config/shell/rc.d/autostartx.sh
index f598e0b..6a50795 100644
--- a/shell/.config/shell/rc.d/autostartx.sh
+++ b/shell/.config/shell/rc.d/autostartx.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ ! "$DISPLAY" ] && [ "$XDG_VTNR" -eq 1 ]; then
-  exec startx ~/.xinitrc
+  exec startx "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/xresources/xinitrc
 fi
diff --git a/styler/.local/bin/styler b/styler/.local/bin/styler
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..912079c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styler/.local/bin/styler
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+readonly BASE_PATH="${STYLER_DATA_PATH:-${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/styler}"
+
+readonly PACKAGE_PATH="$BASE_PATH/packages"
+readonly PROCESSOR_PATH="$BASE_PATH/processors"
+
+readonly VERSION="0.3.0"
+
+main() {
+  local cmd=""
+  local ret=0
+
+  case "$1" in
+  -t | --theme | theme)
+    cmd="switch_theme"
+    ;;
+  -s | --set | set)
+    cmd="set_theme"
+    ;;
+  -l | --list | list)
+    cmd="list"
+    ;;
+  -d | --download | download)
+    cmd="download"
+    ;;
+  -v | --version | version)
+    printf "Program theming script.\n\n©Marty Oehme\n\nVersion: %s\n" "$VERSION"
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  -h | --help | help | *)
+    cmd="usage"
+    ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+
+  $cmd "$1"
+  ret=$((ret + $?))
+  exit $ret
+}
+
+usage() {
+  printf "%s\n" \
+    "" \
+    " styler -      Quickly switch your linux style." \
+    "               Uses base16 themes to quickly set them for a variety of applications." \
+    "" \
+    " Usage: styler [-hv | set base16-themename]" \
+    "" \
+    " Options:" \
+    "" \
+    "     -t | theme      Temporarily switch theme. Use any valid base16 theme name (without base16- prefix)." \
+    "                     Theme will be lost upon restart, or application restarts." \
+    "" \
+    "     -s | set        Set the theme. Use any valid base16 theme name (without base16- prefix)." \
+    "                     Same as 'theme' option, but changes will be made permanent." \
+    "" \
+    "     -d | download   Download a base16 template into the package directory or download a processor16" \
+    "                     into the processor directory. Use user/repo format to automatically pull from github." \
+    "" \
+    "     -h | help       Print out this help." \
+    "" \
+    "     -v | version    Print out program information." \
+    "" \
+    ""
+}
+
+# base directory should always exist
+base_dir_exists_or_create() {
+  [[ -d "$BASE_PATH" ]] || mkdir "$BASE_PATH"
+  [[ -d "$PACKAGE_PATH" ]] || mkdir "$PACKAGE_PATH"
+  [[ -d "$PROCESSOR_PATH" ]] || mkdir "$BASE_PATH"
+}
+
+# retrieves all relevant packages from BASE_PATH/packages
+# 'relevant' here means they follow github pattern of author/repository
+get_packages() {
+  for author in "$PACKAGE_PATH"/*; do
+    # TODO should eventually be used to either distinguish between author/pkg and pkg packages
+    # or to spit out a warning if they should not be used.
+    # if grep -q -e '^base16-' <<<"$(basename -- "$author")"; then
+    #   echo ERROR
+    # fi
+    for package in "$author"/*; do
+      [[ -e "$author" ]] || break
+      [[ -d "$package" ]] || break
+      printf "%s/%s\n" "$(basename -- "$author")" "$(basename -- "$package")"
+    done
+  done
+}
+
+# retrieves all processors from BASE_PATH/processors
+# 'relevant' here means they follow github pattern of author/repository
+get_processors() {
+  for author in "$PROCESSOR_PATH"/*; do
+    for package in "$author"/*; do
+      for processor in "$package"/*; do
+        [[ -e "$processor" ]] || break
+        [[ -f "$processor" ]] || break
+        if grep -q -e '/theme_[[:alnum:]]\{1,\}$' <<<"$processor"; then
+          printf "%s\n" "$(basename -- "$processor")"
+        fi
+      done
+    done
+  done
+}
+
+# retrieves all installed themes from all packages, appends applications they exist for
+get_themes() {
+  local themes
+  themes=$(find "$PACKAGE_PATH" -type f -name 'base16-*')
+  echo "$themes" | sed "s/.*\\/base16-//" | sed "s/\\..*//" | sort | uniq
+}
+
+# temporarily switch theme, same thing as setting, only with permanence flag turned off for processors
+switch_theme() {
+  set_theme "$1" "false"
+}
+
+# call processors for all installed packages
+set_theme() {
+  local theme="$1"
+  local permanent="${2:-true}"
+
+  local packages
+  packages="$(get_packages)"
+  if [[ -z "$packages" ]]; then
+    printf "ERROR: No base16 packages installed. Please install at least 1 base16 package in %s/.\n" "$PACKAGE_PATH" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  local processors
+  processors="$(get_processors)"
+  if [[ -z "$processors" ]]; then
+    printf "ERROR: No application processors installed. Please install at least one processor in %s/.\n" "$PROCESSOR_PATH" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  for pkg in $packages; do
+    local appext
+
+    # filter the application a package targets, since base16 packages
+    # carry standard names this removes everything before base16-
+    # the result is the application it targets
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2001
+    appext=$(sed "s|^[[:alnum:]]\{1,\}/base16-||" <<<"$pkg")
+
+    # Compares application extension with existing processors and runs the appropriate processor if found
+    processor=$(find "$PROCESSOR_PATH" -type f -name "theme_$appext")
+    if [[ -f "$processor" ]]; then
+      "$processor" "$PACKAGE_PATH" "$pkg" "$theme" "$permanent"
+    else
+      printf "WARN: No processor found for application %s in %s. Make sure you install a processor for the application.\n" "$appext" "$PROCESSOR_PATH/" >&2
+    fi
+
+  done
+}
+
+list() {
+  local selected="$1"
+
+  case "$selected" in
+  packages)
+    get_packages
+    ;;
+  processors)
+    get_processors
+    ;;
+  themes)
+    get_themes
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Please select one of packages | processors | themes to list."
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+download() {
+  local pkg="$1"
+  local page="https://github.com"
+  local repo="$page/$pkg"
+
+  [[ -z "$pkg" ]] && {
+    echo "No package to download passed in. Please provide a package to download in the form user/repository."
+    exit 1
+  }
+
+  type git >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo "git is required to clone base16 package. Please install git."
+    exit 1
+  }
+
+  base_dir_exists_or_create
+
+  if ! git ls-remote --exit-code -h "$repo" >/dev/null; then
+    echo "Repository $repo not found."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # if package has patter name/base16-program, put it in packages; if name/process16-program put it in processors
+  # if none of the above, assume it's a processor but warn the user
+  if grep -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}/base16-[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}$' <<<"$pkg"; then
+    git clone "$repo" "$PACKAGE_PATH/$pkg"
+  elif grep -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}/process16-[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}$' <<<"$pkg"; then
+    git clone "$repo" "$PROCESSOR_PATH/$pkg"
+  else
+    echo "Package does not fit default naming scheme of packages/processors. Assuming it is a processor but please check manually."
+    git clone "$repo" "$PROCESSOR_PATH/$pkg"
+  fi
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/sxhkd/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc b/sxhkd/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
index d435e50..3896a7f 100644
--- a/sxhkd/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
+++ b/sxhkd/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ super + x
 super + BackSpace
   rofi -modi "powermenu:~/.config/rofi/modes/powermenu" -show powermenu -theme themes/powermenu
 
+# quick-switching of theme using styler
+super + F8
+  styler set $(styler list themes | rofi -dmenu -theme /themes/dmenu -matching fuzzy)
+
 # enable function (/media) key functionality
 # TODO: set up next song, previous song, pause, etc
 # see: https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/3a6nh3/help_how_to_use_function_keys_in_i3_config/
diff --git a/xresources/.config/xresources/Xresources b/xresources/.config/xresources/Xresources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd35b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xresources/.config/xresources/Xresources
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+! ~/.Xresources
+
+! Setting up commonly changed vars
+#define myfontsize 11
+#define myfont Iosevka Mono
+#define myOpacity 90
+
+! Font settings
+#include "Xresources.d/fonts"
+
+! Colorscheme
diff --git a/xresources/.config/xresources/Xresources.d/fonts b/xresources/.config/xresources/Xresources.d/fonts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58faa41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xresources/.config/xresources/Xresources.d/fonts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Xft.antialias: 1
+Xft.autohint: 0
+Xft.dpi: 92
+Xft.hinting: true
+Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
+Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
+Xft.rgba: rgb
diff --git a/xresources/.config/xresources/nord.Xresources b/xresources/.config/xresources/nord.Xresources
deleted file mode 100644
index 3122e26..0000000
--- a/xresources/.config/xresources/nord.Xresources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-! title      Nord XResources                                    +
-! project    nord-xresources                                    +
-! version    0.1.0                                              +
-! repository https://github.com/arcticicestudio/nord-xresources +
-! author     Arctic Ice Studio                                  +
-! email      development@arcticicestudio.com                    +
-! copyright  Copyright (C) 2016                                 +
-! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-#define nord0 #2E3440
-#define nord1 #3B4252
-#define nord2 #434C5E
-#define nord3 #4C566A
-#define nord4 #D8DEE9
-#define nord5 #E5E9F0
-#define nord6 #ECEFF4
-#define nord7 #8FBCBB
-#define nord8 #88C0D0
-#define nord9 #81A1C1
-#define nord10 #5E81AC
-#define nord11 #BF616A
-#define nord12 #D08770
-#define nord13 #EBCB8B
-#define nord14 #A3BE8C
-#define nord15 #B48EAD
-
-*.foreground:   nord4
-*.background:   [myOpacity]nord0
-*.cursorColor:  nord4
-*fading: 0
-*fadeColor: nord3
-
-*.color0: nord1
-*.color1: nord11
-*.color2: nord14
-*.color3: nord13
-*.color4: nord9
-*.color5: nord15
-*.color6: nord8
-*.color7: nord5
-*.color8: nord3
-*.color9: nord11
-*.color10: nord14
-*.color11: nord13
-*.color12: nord9
-*.color13: nord15
-*.color14: nord7
-*.color15: nord6
diff --git a/xresources/.config/xresources/urxvt.Xresources b/xresources/.config/xresources/urxvt.Xresources
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ff2d59..0000000
--- a/xresources/.config/xresources/urxvt.Xresources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-!Font
-URxvt.font: xft:myfont:size=myfontsize,style=medium
-URxvt.boldFont: xft:myfont:size=myfontsize,style=bold
-URxvt.italicFont: xft:myfont:size=myfontsize,style=italic
-URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:myfont:size=myfontsize,style=bold,italic
-URxvt.letterSpace: -1
-
-!UI
-URxvt.scrollBar: false
-URxvt.borderless: true
-URxvt.saveLines: 20000
-URxvt.dynamicColors: true
-URxvt.fading: 25
-
-!Sane utility defaults
-URxvt.loginShell: true
-URxvt.scrollTtyKeypress: true
-URxvt.scrollTtyOutput: false
-URxvt.scrollWithBuffer: false
-URxvt.skipScroll: true
-
-!Extensions
-!Tabbing disabled by default (TMUX used for tabbed terminals)
-!to enable tabbing comment the bottom line and uncomment the one above.
-!URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher,tabbed
-URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
-
-! Link Clicking
-URxvt.url-launcher: /usr/bin/xdg-open
-URxvt.matcher.button: 1
-URxvt.matcher.rend.0: Uline Bold fg5
-
-!Tab Styling
-URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg: 2
-URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg: 0
-URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg: 3
-URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg: 0
diff --git a/home/.xinitrc b/xresources/.config/xresources/xinitrc
similarity index 93%
rename from home/.xinitrc
rename to xresources/.config/xresources/xinitrc
index f2f4a59..97fbf52 100644
--- a/home/.xinitrc
+++ b/xresources/.config/xresources/xinitrc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
-usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
+userresources=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xresources/Xresources
+usermodmap=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xresources/Xmodmap
 sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
 sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
 # sets default to EURkey layout, with possibility to switch to german
 # sets german layout to be default for the only pc I have with a german keyboard
-if [[ $HOST == "marty-desk" ]] || [[ $HOSTNAME == "marty-desk" ]]; then
+if [ "$HOST" = "marty-desk" ] || [ "$HOSTNAME" = "marty-desk" ]; then
   setxkbmap -layout de,eu
 else
   setxkbmap -layout eu,de