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Manage RStudio themes

Source: R/rstudiothemes-actions.R
rstudiothemes-actions.Rd

Install, list, preview or remove the RStudio themes included in rstudiothemes. These functions are adapted from selected rsthemes functions. MIT License Copyright © rsthemes authors.

Important: These functions only work in RStudio and return NULL when called from other IDEs. The exception is list_rstudiothemes(list_installed = FALSE).

Usage

install_rstudiothemes(
  style = c("all", "dark", "light"),
  themes = NULL,
  destdir = NULL
)

remove_rstudiothemes(style = c("all", "dark", "light"))

list_rstudiothemes(style = c("all", "dark", "light"), list_installed = TRUE)

try_rstudiothemes(style = c("all", "dark", "light"), themes = NULL, delay = 0)

Arguments

style

Theme group: "all", "dark" or "light".

themes

Optional character vector of theme names. If provided, only these themes are used and style is ignored.

destdir

Optional directory for .rstheme files. By default, themes are installed with rstudioapi::addTheme(). Use this argument to copy themes to a non-standard directory instead.

list_installed

If TRUE (default), list installed rstudiothemes themes. If FALSE, list themes available in the package.

delay

Number of seconds to wait between themes. Set to 0 to be prompted to continue after each theme.

Value

install_rstudiothemes() and remove_rstudiothemes() return NULL invisibly.

list_rstudiothemes() returns a character vector of theme names.

try_rstudiothemes() has side effects. It cycles through bundled themes, lets you preview each one and restores your original theme when you quit.

Functions

  • install_rstudiothemes() installs bundled themes.

  • remove_rstudiothemes() removes bundled themes.

  • list_rstudiothemes() lists installed or available themes.

  • try_rstudiothemes() previews bundled themes.

Bundled themes

rstudiothemes includes RStudio themes based on the following editor themes:

  • Andromeda Theme by Eliver Lara (MIT License).

  • Ayu Theme by teabyii (MIT License).

  • Barbie Theme by Milene Toazza (MIT License).

  • Bluloco Light Theme by Umut Topuzoglu (GNU Lesser General Public License version 3).

  • Catppuccin Theme by Catppuccin (MIT License).

  • Cobalt2 Theme by Wes Bos (MIT License).

  • CRAN Theme by dieghernan, based on the CRAN (R Project) website theme created with Pandoc (MIT License).

  • Dracula Theme by Dracula (MIT License).

  • GitHub Dark and Light Themes by GitHub (MIT License).

  • JellyFish Theme by Pawel Borkar (Apache License 2.0).

  • Matcha Theme by Luca Falasco (MIT License).

  • Matrix Theme by UstymUkhman (MIT License).

  • Night Owl Dark and Light Themes (no italics) by Sarah Drasner (MIT License).

  • Nord Theme by Arctic Ice Studio (MIT License).

  • OKSolar Theme by dieghernan (MIT License).

  • One Dark Pro Theme by binaryify (MIT License).

  • Overflow Theme by dieghernan (MIT License).

  • Panda Theme by Panda Theme (no license declared).

  • Positron Dark and Light Themes by dieghernan, inspired by the Positron IDE (MIT License).

  • Selenized Themes by dieghernan (MIT License).

  • Skeletor Syntax Theme by dieghernan (MIT License).

  • SynthWave '84 Theme by Robb Owen (MIT License).

  • Tokyo Night Theme by Enkia (MIT License).

  • Visual Studio Code Dark and Light Themes by Microsoft (MIT License).

  • Winter is Coming Theme by John Papa (MIT License).

References

Aden-Buie G (2026). rsthemes: Full Themes for RStudio v1.2+. rsthemes version 0.5.1, commit 48fc078f772e5e63669bc9773eabc8e9cdc7f699, https://github.com/gadenbuie/rsthemes.

See also

convert_to_rstudio_theme() to convert and install a custom theme file.

Author

Garrick Aden-Buie https://github.com/gadenbuie

Examples

list_rstudiothemes(list_installed = FALSE)
#>  [1] "Andromeda"                  "ayu Dark"                  
#>  [3] "ayu Light"                  "Barbie Theme"              
#>  [5] "Bluloco Light"              "CRAN"                      
#>  [7] "Catppuccin Latte"           "Catppuccin Mocha"          
#>  [9] "cobalt2"                    "Dracula2025"               
#> [11] "GitHub Dark"                "GitHub Light"              
#> [13] "JellyFish Theme"            "Matcha"                    
#> [15] "Matrix"                     "Night Owl"                 
#> [17] "Night Owl Light"            "Nord"                      
#> [19] "OKSolar Dark"               "OKSolar Light"             
#> [21] "OKSolar Sky"                "One Dark Pro"              
#> [23] "Overflow Dark"              "Overflow Light"            
#> [25] "Panda Syntax"               "Positron Dark"             
#> [27] "Positron Light"             "Selenized Dark"            
#> [29] "Selenized Light"            "Skeletor Syntax"           
#> [31] "SynthWave 84"               "Tokyo Night"               
#> [33] "Tokyo Night Light"          "Tokyo Night Storm"         
#> [35] "VSCode Dark"                "VSCode Light"              
#> [37] "Winter is Coming Dark Blue" "Winter is Coming Light"