App Themes allows you to customize your app’s visual appearance with personalized or preset color schemes. Whether you’re starting a new app or updating an existing one, you can create, manage, and apply themes to match your vision.
Theme manager with options to create, edit, and delete custom themes

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Features

App Themes provides flexible customization options for your app’s appearance:
  • Preset themes: Choose from Replit’s collection of professionally designed color schemes available to all users
  • Custom themes: Create and save your own unique color combinations for future use
  • Real-time preview: See color changes applied instantly as you customize your app
  • Theme management: Organize, edit, and delete your saved themes in one central location

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Usage

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Starting a new app with themes

You can start a new app with a theme by selecting a theme from the dropdown on the new prompt page
Selecting a theme when creating a new app
Available theme options:
  • Replit presets: Professional color schemes designed by Replit, available to all users
  • Your saved themes: Custom color combinations you’ve created and saved in previous projects

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Managing existing themes

In the theme manager, you can:
  • Edit existing themes: Modify colors in any of your saved themes
  • Create new themes: Design and save new color schemes for future apps
  • Delete themes: Remove themes you no longer need (preset themes cannot be deleted)
  • Preview changes: See how theme modifications look before saving
Theme manager with options to create, edit, and delete custom themes

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Customizing themes in existing apps

Editing theme colors from the preview panel in a running app
Once the theme panel is open, you can:
  • Switch themes: Choose from your saved themes or Replit presets
  • Live color editing: Modify individual colors and see changes instantly in your app
  • Save changes: Apply your color adjustments to the current app
  • Publish themes: Make your custom theme available for use in future apps
Changes made to themes are applied in real-time, allowing you to experiment and find the perfect look for your app.

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Team and Organization Themes

App Themes work differently depending on whether you’re using a personal account or working within an organization.

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Personal themes

When using App Themes on a personal account, all themes you create are private to your account. You have full control over creating, editing, and deleting your custom themes.

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Organization themes

App Themes in organizations enable collaborative design across your team:
  • Shared access: Themes created by any organization member are available to everyone in the organization
  • Collaborative editing: All users with edit permissions can create and modify organization themes
  • Admin controls: Only organization administrators can delete themes to prevent accidental removal of shared resources
Organization themes help maintain consistent branding and design standards across all apps built by your team.