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Themes

Customize ARI's visual appearance with 20+ theme presets, your own custom themes, fonts, and sidebar layouts.

Overview

ARI includes a comprehensive theme system with 20+ built-in presets, and you can create your own themes as simple files. Pick a theme from Settings > Themes.

Built-In Themes

Choose your theme to customize the look and feel of your workspace. Themes range from minimal and clean to bold and colorful. Or you can build your own themes to match your corporate brand or personal style!

ARI dashboard in a light theme with indigo accents ARI dashboard in a light theme with blue accents ARI dashboard in a warm off-white light theme ARI dashboard in a dark theme with green accents ARI dashboard in a soft pink light theme ARI dashboard in a terminal green-on-black dark theme ARI dashboard in a slate dark theme ARI dashboard in a black theme with orange accents ARI dashboard in a dark navy theme ARI dashboard in a dark teal theme ARI dashboard in a retro pixel dark theme ARI dashboard in a monochrome light theme ARI dashboard in a retro pixel dark theme with red accents ARI dashboard in a minimal grayscale light theme

Creating Your Own Themes

Every ARI theme is just a small folder of files — no build tools, no registration, no coding required. Copy a built-in theme, change a few colors, restart ARI, and your creation appears in Settings > Themes right next to the originals. Match your corporate brand, recreate your favorite editor's palette, or design something entirely new.

Three steps:

  1. Copy a theme you like from the themes-core folder into themes-custom — for example, duplicate the dark folder and rename it my-theme.
  2. Make it yours — open theme.json inside your copy, set the id to your folder name, give it a display name, and start playing with the colors.
  3. Restart ARI — your theme is live and selectable like any other.

And it's built to be worry-free:

  • Update-proof. Your themes live in themes-custom, which ARI updates never touch. The built-in themes stay fresh in themes-core.
  • Zero-risk tweaking. Want to adjust a built-in theme? Copy it into themes-custom keeping the same id and your version takes over. Delete your copy and the original is back instantly.
  • Never breaks ARI. A theme file with a mistake in it is simply skipped until you fix it — your workspace always starts.
  • Shareable. Themes are just folders. Drop one from a friend or colleague into themes-custom, restart, done.
  • Room to go further. Themes can set their own font and size, and even ship extra CSS for background patterns and finishing touches — that's how the built-in Terminal and Grayscale themes get their signature looks.

The full theme format reference ships with ARI — see the README inside the themes-core folder, or just ask your AI assistant to design a theme for you.

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