Personalize your workspace with custom color schemes, syntax highlighting, and UI preferences, or explore and use themes created by the community.
Themes in Replit allow you to customize the appearance of your workspace, from background colors and UI elements to syntax highlighting for your code. Personalize your development environment for better readability, reduced eye strain, and a more enjoyable coding experience.
Follow these steps to create and customize your own theme:
Global theme settings control the overall UI appearance:
Click Apply Theme to start using your custom theme immediately.
Customize how different code elements appear to improve readability and comprehension.
Proper syntax highlighting makes code easier to scan and understand at a glance. Choose colors that work well together and provide sufficient contrast against your background.
Syntax highlighting elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
Variable Names | Applies to variables where no declaration keyword is used |
Variable Definitions | Colors variable names when defined with keywords like const or var |
Function References | Applies when calling functions |
Function Definitions | Colors function names during declaration |
Keywords | Highlights language keywords like import , function , and return |
Property Names | Colors property access from variables |
Property Definitions | Used when defining object properties |
Function Properties | Applies when calling methods on objects |
Tag Names | Used for HTML and JSX tags |
Type Names | Colors type annotations in typed languages |
Class Names | Applies to class declarations and references |
Attribute Names | Highlights HTML and JSX attributes |
Comments | Applies to all code comments |
Strings | Colors string literals |
Numbers | Highlights numeric values |
Booleans | Formats boolean values (true /false ) |
Regular Expressions | Colors regex patterns |
Operators | Highlights operators like + , - , * , and / |
Brackets | Colors square and angle brackets when appropriate |
Create visually appealing and functional themes by following these guidelines:
Common theme design issues to avoid:
Access and manage all your installed themes from your account settings under the Themes section.
Select the button next to a theme’s title to activate it as your current theme.
Modify your custom themes by selecting the three-dot menu and clicking Edit.
Only custom themes that you’ve created can be edited or deleted. Default themes and themes created by others cannot be modified.
Remove custom themes using the three-dot menu and selecting Delete.
Discover themes created by the Replit community on the Themes Explore Page.
Preview any theme before installing it to see how it will look in your workspace.
Import your favorite VS Code themes to Replit by mapping equivalent colors during the theme creation process.
Share your custom themes with the Replit community by following these steps:
Once published, your theme will appear on the Themes Explore Page, where other users can preview and install it.