RStudio Theme Collection

This is a collection of custom RStudio themes that offer alternatives to the default built-in themes. Below, you will find a list with 229 RStudio themes that have been created by users (194 dark themes, 35 light themes).

You can find here a CSV file, also including links to screenshots if available.

If you would like to learn more about how to create custom themes for RStudio, please see the RStudio theme creation website.

To add your own theme to the list, please open a pull request, add your theme to the file data-raw/rstudio_themes.csv and re-knit the file README.rmd.

How to install/use custom themes

RStudio supports custom themes in version 1.20 or higher. Themes can be installed via “Tools” - “Global Options” - “Appearance” - “Add Theme”. Once a theme is installed, the theme name will appear in the theme list and it can be activated by simply clicking on it.

The “rstudioapi” package includes an “addTheme” function that allows to install custom themes.

Moreover, this Github repository comes with a little pseudo-package that allows to install specific themes from the list below, also coming with the possibility for a bulk install. Below is a quick overview how to use this function.

    # install the pseudo-package from this Github repository
    devtools::install_github("max-alletsee/rstudio-themes")

    library(rstudiothemes) # ... then load the library

    # example 1: bulk-install all light themes
    install_rstudio_themes(theme = "all_light")

    # example 2: install two specific light themes
    install_rstudio_themes(theme = c("Ayu Light", "Github {rsthemes}"))

Dark Themes from R Users

• 49th Parallel (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark theme as a tribute to a Vancouver coffee shop
• a11y-dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Alice (repo, direct link): similar to the Kiss theme
• An Old Hope (repo, direct link): inspired by a galaxy far far away
• Apprentice (repo, direct link): based on the Apprentice color scheme for vim
• Ariake Dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): Full RStudio IDE port of Ryosuke Goto’s Ariake Dark theme
• Asher Theme (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark theme emulating the style of Visual Studio
• Atarax 4 (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark theme with red some colourful highlights, suggesting Ubunto Mono as font
• ayu-dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): part of an ayu-ish theme collection by graiffgarcia (which is a port of the Ayu sublime theme)
• ayu dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): part of the Ayu theme collection by David Gibson (which is a port of the Ayu sublime theme)
• ayu mirage (repo, direct link, screenshot): part of the Ayu theme collection by David Gibson (which is a port of the Ayu sublime theme)
• Barbie Theme Dark (repo, direct link)
• Barbie Theme Light 1 (repo, direct link)
• Barbie Theme Light 2 (repo, direct link)
• base16 3024 {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Apathy {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Ashes {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Cave {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Dune {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Estuary {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Forest {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Heath {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Lakeside {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Plateau {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Savanna {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Seaside {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Atelier Sulphurpool {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Bespin {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Brewer {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Bright {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Chalk {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Codeschool {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Cupcake {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Darktooth {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Default Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Dracula {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Eighties {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Base16 Eighties Dark (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• base16 Embers {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Flat {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Google Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Grayscale Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Green Screen {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox dark, hard {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox dark, medium {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox dark, pale {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox dark, soft {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Harmonic16 Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Hopscotch {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 IR Black {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 IR Isotope {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 London Tube {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Macintosh {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Marrakesh {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Materia {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Mocha {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Monokai {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Nord {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Ocean {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 OceanicNext {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 OneDark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Paraiso {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 PhD {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Pico {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Pop {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Railscasts {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Rebecca {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Seti UI {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Solar Flare {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Solarized Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Spacemacs {rsthemes, modified}, modified version (repo, direct link): modified version of the theme from the rsthemes package
• base16 Spacemacs {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Summerfruit Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Tomorrow Night {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Twilight {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Woodland {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Behave (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Bluebell / JTheme (repo, direct link): part of the JTheme package
• BreezeDark (repo, direct link, screenshot): a theme matching the Breeze theme in KDE Plasma
• BrendaTheme (repo, direct link)
• Brewer_Dune (repo, direct link)
• CobaltFlag (repo, direct link)
• colornew (repo, direct link): based on the Monokai palette with comment colors like Stata
• Custom (repo, direct link)
• Custom One Dark Pro (repo, direct link): inspired by the One Dark theme from Atom
• DarkThemeRStudio (repo, direct link, screenshot): dark theme for RStudio that fits to the IDE’s sky theme
• Darkula (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• DarkulaAdwaita (repo, direct link): dark theme plus Qt style sheet
• Dracula (repo, direct link, screenshot)
• Engineering Pad (repo, direct link): a theme inspired by the creator’s favorite engineering pad
• EvangelionUnit01 (repo, direct link, screenshot): modeled after one of the mechas in the manga Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Eye Salvation - Dark (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Fairyfloss {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Fairyfloss Dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the fairlyfloss theme but a bit less candy and pastel - more a late evening dream
• Fairyfloss Dark 2020 (repo, direct link): darker remix version of the Fairyfloss Dark theme
• Fringe (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark mint theme for RStudio
• Github Dark (repo, direct link): A Total IDE build of the GitHub Dark theme for RStudio
• Grubber (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark theme with red, green, orange and turqoise highlights
• Grubbermine (repo, direct link): from a small personal collection of themes
• gruboxr (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• gruvbox2 (repo, direct link): part of a small theme collection
• gruvbox3 (repo, direct link): part of a small theme collection
• gruvboxr (repo, direct link, screenshot): a theme based on the gruvbox color scheme for vim
• Hacker Green (repo, direct link, screenshot): green font on black (without real syntax highlighting)
• Happy Fall Y’All (repo, direct link): part of the theme repository by EFTitus
• Horizon Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Horizon Synthwave {custom-rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): I needed a dark Rstudio theme that didn’t look like an early 2000s application but like my code to really glow.
• IceWorld - Night (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Ital Night Owl (repo, direct link): an adaptation of the Night Owl VS Code Theme
• KindOfDark / OneHalfLight (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• KindOfGruvbox / gruvbox (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Kiss (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on a warm theme for Visual Studio Code
• Kosmosepralle (repo, direct link, screenshot): dark theme with colourful accents
• Limelight (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Material (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material-Theme-Darker (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Material {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material Darker (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material Darker {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material MM (repo, direct link): a modified version of the Material theme
• Material Ocean (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material Ocean {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material Oceanic Next (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Material Palenight (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material Palenight {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• Material Theme Darker (repo, direct link): darker version of RStudio’s Material theme
• matrix_glow (repo, direct link, screenshot): a custom theme in the style of the film Matrix (including some glow effects)
• mayukai-mirage-darker (repo, direct link, screenshot): part of an ayu-ish theme collection by graiffgarcia (which is a port of the Ayu sublime theme)
• Mojave Dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): dark styles across the entire IDE, not just the editor
• Monokai Pro (repo, direct link)
• Monokai_Mod (repo, direct link): adapted from the standard Monokai theme in RStudio
• MusicForProg / Monokai Datashat Edit (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Mxblsdl (repo, direct link): variation on the material theme for RStudio
• My Theme (repo, direct link, screenshot): mixing pastel and strong colors
• Necklace Contrast (repo, direct link, screenshot)
• Night Owl (repo, direct link, screenshot): an adaptation of the Night Owl VS Code Theme
• Night Owl {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Noctis (repo, direct link)
• Noctis Greener (repo, direct link)
• Noctis Minimus (repo, direct link)
• Nord-RStudio (repo, direct link, screenshot): an arctic, north-bluish theme
• Nord (edavidaja) (repo, direct link, screenshot): an arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant RStudio theme, based on the Sublime Text implementation
• Nord (lusignan) (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Nord theme
• Nord (WIP) (repo, direct link): port of the Nord theme, work-in-progress according to the author
• Nord One (repo, direct link): a combination of Nord and (Atom’s) One Dark theme
• Nord Polar Night (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the Nord Polar Night palette
• Nord Polar Night Aurora {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Northern Lights (repo, direct link)
• Oceanic - Eighties (repo, direct link, screenshot): a cool dark mode theme
• Oceanic Plus {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• One Dark (jealcalat) (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• One Dark (rileytwo) (repo, direct link): port of the Atom One Dark theme
• One Dark (tkrabel) (repo, direct link): port of the Atom One Dark theme
• One Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• One Dark Darker (repo, direct link): even darker version of the Atom One Dark theme
• One Dark Pro (repo, direct link, screenshot): adapted from Mojave Dark - a total IDE based on Atom One Dark
• One Dark Tomorrow (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• One Monokai (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the rscodeio theme
• Outrun (Arcade) (repo, direct link, screenshot): a theme inspired by the 1986 arcade racing game, based on the chaos editor theme
• Outrun (Electric) (repo, direct link, screenshot): an Outrun-inspired editor theme which is based on the VS Code Outrun Electric theme
• Panda Syntax (repo, direct link)
• PaperColor3 (repo, direct link): part of a small theme collection
• Pebble-dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark theme based on Merbivore
• Pebble-grey (repo, direct link, screenshot): a dark monochrome theme with bright comments
• Pebble-Safe Dark (repo, direct link, screenshot): a colourblind-safe theme based on Pebble. coming in a dark and a light variant
• Poolside {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): a virtual vacation where the sun never sets
• Prelude (repo, direct link, screenshot): dark theme with light purple accents
• Qwick_Ambiance (repo, direct link, screenshot): remix of the Ambiance theme
• rscodeio (anthonynorth) (repo, direct link, screenshot): inspired by Visual Studio Code, the full package also modifies other RStudio interface elements
• rscodeio (jealcalat) (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Serendipity Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the VS Code theme from wickedtemplates, dark variant
• Solarized Dark {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• Synthwave (repo, direct link): https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/64669432/116753267-1c3a2e00-aa07-11eb-9723-8c1eae395a9a.png
• Synthwave84 (repo, direct link): version of Synthwave85, tones the original down for better performance
• Synthwave85 (repo, direct link, screenshot): dark theme with a light glow effect, an interpretation of Synthwave84 for RStudio
• SynthwaveBlack (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the Synthwave85 theme, but with a pure black background and adjusted colors
• Tanjiro (repo, direct link, screenshot): RStudio Editor theme inspired by Tanjiro Kamado
• Today (repo, direct link)
• Today_CUSTOM_MADE (repo, direct link)
• Tomorrow Night Bright (rscodeio) (repo, direct link): version of the Tomorrow Night theme
• Umi (repo, direct link, screenshot): using various shades of green for syntax highlighting
• V-Ink Flavoured (repo, direct link, screenshot): Vibrant Ink theme with purple, green and orange accents
• vaporwave (repo, direct link, screenshot): rewind back in time with the funk of k-mart mix tapes. This macintosh plus inspired theme will put the elevator jazz back in your step.
• Vibrant Ink SB 2 (repo, direct link): based on the built-in Vibrant Ink theme
• Viridis (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the viridis color palette
• Visual Studio Dark (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• VSC Dark Adwaita (repo, direct link): dark theme resembling VS Code
• VSCode Theme (repo, direct link): customized RStudio theme to resemble VS Code
• VScodeTheme (repo, direct link, screenshot): inspired by VS Code’s Dark+ theme, based on RStudio’s built-in Tomorrow Night theme
• Wombat (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Yule RStudio (repo, direct link, screenshot): a holiday theme for RStudio
• Yule RStudio (Reduced Motion) {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• Yule RStudio {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• Zinogre (repo, direct link, screenshot): modeled after a monster in the video game Monster Hunt

Light Themes from R Users

• a11y-light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• Ayu-light-owl (repo, direct link, screenshot): Ayu-light modified by the color scheme from Light Owl
• Ayu Light (repo, direct link, screenshot): part of the Ayu theme collection by David Gibson (which is a port of the Ayu sublime theme)
• base16 Default Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Google Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Grayscale Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox light, hard {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox light, medium {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Gruvbox light, soft {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Harmonic16 Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Mexico Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Shapeshifter {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Solarized Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Summerfruit Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Tomorrow {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• base16 Unikitty Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): from the rsthemes package
• BreezeDefault (repo, direct link, screenshot): a theme matching the Breeze theme in KDE Plasma
• Driven Snow (repo, direct link, screenshot): a light bare-bones custom theme
• Dutch Delight (repo, direct link): part of a repository that is meant as a private theme collection
• Espresso (repo, direct link): part of a collection of modified tmthemes
• Flat White {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• gamelad (repo, direct link, screenshot): a theme limited to the greens of the original Nintendo Game Boy
• GitHub {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• Material Lighter (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Material theme in five variants
• Material Lighter {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): port of the Visual Studio Code Material theme in five variants
• NHL Light (repo, direct link, screenshot): a collection of themes with color schemes based on the NHL themes. all in a light setting. currently only works on Mac
• Nord Snow Storm {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• One Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• OneHalfLight (repo, direct link)
• Pebble-safe (repo, direct link, screenshot): a light theme with colourblind-friendly colours from the RColorBrewer package
• Pebble-Safe Light (repo, direct link, screenshot): a colourblind-safe theme based on Pebble. coming in a dark and a light variant
• Serendipity Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link, screenshot): based on the VS Code theme from wickedtemplates, light variant
• Solarized Light {rsthemes} (repo, direct link): from the rsthemes package
• Textmate (high contrast comments) (repo, direct link): a version of the default Textmate theme with higher contrast comments
• Tomorrow IDLE (repo, direct link): from devnich’s theme collection

Built-in RStudio Themes

The list below shows the full list of the currently built-in RStudio themes that are installed by default.

Dark

• Ambiance
• Chaos
• Clouds Midnight
• Cobalt
• Dracula
• Gob
• Idle Fingers
• Katzenmilch
• Kr Theme
• Material
• Merbivore
• Merbivore Soft
• Mono Industrial
• Monokai
• Pastel on Dark
• Solarized Dark
• Tomorrow Night
• Tomorrow Night Blue
• Tomorrow Night Bright
• Tomorrow Night 80s
• Twilight
• Vibrant Ink

Light

• Chaos
• Chrome
• Clouds
• Crimson Editor
• Dawn
• Dreamweaver
• Eclipse
• iPlastic
• Solarized Light
• SQL Server
• Textmate (default theme)
• Tomorrow
• Xcode