Customize your Mattermost theme#

The colors of the Mattermost user interface are customizable. You can choose from five standard themes designed by the Mattermost team, design your own theme based on a standard theme, or import your theme colors from a Slack instance. Your theme changes apply to all teams you’re a member of, and are visible across all Mattermost clients.

Tip

Mattermost Enterprise customers can configure a different theme for every team they’re a member of.

To customize your Mattermost theme:

Web/desktop

Select the Settings icon, then go to Display > Theme. Select Theme Colors to choose from five standard themes designed by the Mattermost team.

You can customize a standard theme further to truly make it your own. After selecting a standard theme, select Custom Theme and modify your color choices based on your preferences. See the custom themes documentation to learn what’s configurable, and see the custom theme examples documentation for inspiration.

Mobile

Tap Theme to select one of 5 standard Mattermost themes.

Note

You can define a custom theme using Mattermost in a web browser or the desktop app.

Import a Slack theme#

Using Mattermost in a web browser or the desktop app, you can select Import theme colors from Slack to import a Slack theme.

In Slack, go to Preferences > Sidebar Theme and open the custom theme option. From there, copy the theme color vector and then paste it into the Input Slack Theme input box in Mattermost. Any theme settings that are not customizable in Slack will default to the “Sapphire” standard theme settings.

Custom themes#

Select Custom Theme, then expand the Sidebar Styles, Center Channel Styles, and Link and Button Styles options to customize individual interface colors, such as backgrounds, links, text, and borders.

Your custom theme changes are applied in Mattermost as you make them. Select Save to confirm your theme changes. Discard your changes by exiting the Display Settings window and selecting Yes, Discard.

Sidebar styles#

Sidebar BG: Background color of the Channels pane, and Account and Team settings navigation sidebars.
Sidebar Text: Text color of read channels in the Channels pane, and tabs in the Account and Team settings navigation sidebar.
Sidebar Header BG: Background color of the header above the Channels pane and all dialog window headers.
Team Sidebar BG: Background color of the Global Header.
Sidebar Header Text: Text color of the header above the Channels pane and all dialog window headers.
Sidebar Unread Text: Text color of unread channels in the Channels pane.
Sidebar Text Hover BG: Background color behind channel names and settings tabs as you hover over them.
Sidebar Text Active Border: Color of the rectangular marker on the left side of the Channels pane or Settings sidebar indicating the active channel or tab.
Sidebar Text Active Color: Text color of the active channel or tab in the Channels pane or Settings sidebar.
Online Indicator: Color of the online indicator appearing next to team members names in the direct messages list.
Away Indicator: Color of the away indicator appearing next to team members names in the direct messages list when they have had no browser activity for 5 minutes.
Do Not Disturb Indicator: Color of the do not disturb indicator appearing next to team members names in the direct messages list.
Mention Jewel BG: Background color of the jewel indicating unread mentions that appears to the right of the channel name. This is also the background color of the “Unread Posts Below/Above” indicator appearing at the top or bottom of the Channels pane on shorter browser windows.
Mention Jewel Text: Text color on the mention jewel indicating the number of unread mentions. This is also the text color on the “Unread Posts Below/Above” indicator.

Center channel styles#

Center Channel BG: Color of the center pane, right-hand sidebar and all dialog window backgrounds.
Center Channel Text: Color of all the text - with the exception of mentions, links, hashtags and code blocks - in the center pane, right-hand sidebar, and dialogs.
New Message Separator: The new message separator appears below the last read message when you navigate to a channel with unread messages.
Error Text Color: Color of all error text.
Mention Highlight BG: Highlight color behind your words that trigger mentions in the center pane and right-hand sidebar.
Mention Highlight Link: Text color of your words that trigger mentions in the center pane and right-hand sidebar.
Code Theme: Background and syntax colors for all code blocks.

Link and button styles#

Link Color: Text color of all links, hashtags, teammate mentions, and low priority UI buttons.
Button BG: Color of the rectangular background behind all high priority UI buttons.
Button Text: Text color appearing on the rectangular background for all high priority UI buttons.

Export your custom theme#

Export a theme from Mattermost by copying the theme values from the Custom Theme menu.

Import a custom theme#

Import a theme into Mattermost by pasting the theme values into the Custom Theme menu. Copy existing theme values, then paste the theme values into the Copy and paste to share theme colors field. Select Save to confirm your theme changes.

Import theme from Slack#

To import a theme, in Slack, go to Preferences > Themes, select Create a custom theme, then copy the theme color values.

In Mattermost, select Import theme colors from Slack, then paste the color values into the input box and select Submit. Any theme settings that are not customizable in Slack will default to the “Mattermost” standard theme settings. Select Save to confirm your theme changes.

Custom theme examples#

Customize your theme colors and share them with others by copying and pasting theme values into the input box. Below are some example themes with their corresponding theme values.