Themes
The web UI's color palette is variable-driven. ANetBBS ships with
several themes plus a custom-theme editor.
Default themes
| Slug | Look |
|---|---|
modern-dark |
High-contrast Catppuccin-style slate (recommended, default) |
classic-green |
Green-on-black classic BBS terminal look |
amber-terminal |
Warm amber on dark brown |
blue-ice |
Cyan accent on deep navy |
matrix |
Bright neon green on pure black |
synthwave |
Hot pink + cyan on dark purple |
paper-white |
Light theme for daytime use |
enhanced |
"VOID SIGNAL" — triple neon (green/cyan/magenta) on black, scanlines, glitch effects |
hackers |
"HACKERS (1995)" — neon violet/lime/cyan cyberpunk homage |
graphite-teal |
Neutral graphite dark with a single refined teal accent, built for long reading sessions |
ivory-editorial |
Warm cream daytime theme, deep forest-teal accent, serif headlines |
retro-web |
"Retro Web '99" — tiled pinstripe background, beveled Win95 chrome, Times New Roman |
command-deck |
Fixed icon-rail app shell (not a top navbar) — mission-control blue + amber, real mobile drawer/tab-bar support |
Per-user
/profile/edit → Theme. Stored on User.theme_id.
The selected theme's CSS variables are emitted in a <style> tag at
the top of every page (see base.html).
Site-wide default
Sysop sets one theme as is_default=True. Anonymous visitors and
new accounts see this theme until they change it.
Custom themes
/admin/theme-builder lets the sysop author a new theme. Pick
variable values from a color-picker; preview live; save. Every theme
is just a set of CSS variables — --theme-bg, --theme-primary,
--theme-text, etc.
Light themes
ANetBBS is dark-by-default — every list-group, table-row tint, and
alert palette is hand-tuned for dark backgrounds. paper-white and
ivory-editorial are the two shipped light themes; building another
one requires overriding the same "dark" assumptions in base.html.
Terminal menu art
The web theme system doesn't affect the telnet/SSH/rlogin menus —
those use CP437 ANSI art files instead. See Custom ANSI Screens
for the full slot reference and how to drop in your own .ans files.