# Aesthetic – Create themes directly on your handheld

**URL:** https://community.muos.dev/t/aesthetic-create-themes-directly-on-your-handheld/195
**Category:** Release
**Tags:** theme, custom, pixie
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.muos.dev/t/aesthetic-create-themes-directly-on-your-handheld/195 "2025-04-17T22:24:14Z")
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### Author: ![mxdamp](https://community.muos.dev/user_avatar/community.muos.dev/mxdamp/32/358_2.png) [@mxdamp](https://community.muos.dev/u/mxdamp)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.muos.dev/t/aesthetic-create-themes-directly-on-your-handheld/195/1 "2025-04-17T22:24:14Z")

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An application for creating minimalistic duo-tone themes directly on your handheld.

![preview_animated](https://community.muos.dev/uploads/default/original/1X/9488c6fb0d36cf62ced504965054d261265b3255.webp)

 ![screenshot_main_menu_screen](https://community.muos.dev/uploads/default/original/2X/9/998ba2545fb0ccfba4f984328e3f222c9e2b5576.png) ![screenshot_palette_screen](https://community.muos.dev/uploads/default/original/2X/4/48b0c1de75a651a178edce493a25f263dbae3bfb.png) ![screenshot_font_family_screen](https://community.muos.dev/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9273deeb5b57a1b430557086e3f4da9c5feba26a.png)

# ✨ Features

- **Theme Customization**
  - **Home Screen Layout** : Choose between grid and list view
  - **Colors** : Customize background and foreground colors using a palette, HSV picker, or hex code
    - **Background** : Set a solid color or two-color gradient

  - **RGB Lighting** : Configure mode (solid, breathing, rainbow, off), with adjustable color, speed, and brightness
  - **Font** : Choose from _Inter_, _Montserrat_, _Nunito_, _JetBrains Mono_, _Cascadia Code_, _Retro Pixel_, or _Bitter_ — supporting clean, rounded, monospaced, serif, and pixelated styles
  - **Icons** : Enable or disable list glyphs
  - **Header, Navigation, Status, Time** : Independently adjust alignment and transparency (alpha) for each section

- **Theme Management**
  - **Name and Export** : Save your theme directly to your theme collection
  - **Apply** : Automatically apply your theme before exiting to instantly see your creation
  - **Auto-Restore** : Remembers your last theme configuration for easy adjustments when you return
  - **Presets** : Save and load theme presets with 8 built-in presets – _Win95_, _Purple Noir_, _Terminal_, _Vaporwave_, _Orange Cream_, _DMG_, _Fami_, _Bumblebee_
  - **Manage Installed Themes** : Delete themes you no longer need

- **OTA Updates** : Download the latest version directly within the app

# 📦 Installation

> **Aesthethic** is designed for muOS version 2502.0 PIXIE. You can check your muOS version via **_Information_** \> **_System Details_**.

1. Download the latest `Aesthetic-x.x.x.muxupd` from [Releases (GitHub repo)](https://github.com/joneavila/aesthetic/releases).
2. Transfer `Aesthetic-x.x.x.muxupd` to your handheld’s `SD1 (mmc)/ARCHIVE` directory.
3. Open **_Applications_** \> **_Archive Manager_**.
4. Select **[SD1] Aesthetic-x.x.x.muxupd** to install.
5. Launch the application via **_Applications_** \> **_Aesthetic_**.

# ⚙ Usage

1. From the main menu, select the theme options to customize. Each screen includes helpful control hints at the bottom.
2. Select “Create theme” to save your theme to your device’s collection.
3. Apply your theme automatically, or apply it manually later via **_Configuration_** \> **_Customisation_** \> **_muOS Themes_**.

# ❤ Support

You can support this project by starring the [repo](https://github.com/joneavila/aesthetic), sharing it with others, showcasing it in a video, or donating via Ko-fi. Any support is greatly appreciated – thank you for supporting open source software!

[![ko-fi](https://community.muos.dev/uploads/default/original/1X/db3266b37197f985727cf3e50a2e759ebd4e391d.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/F1F51COHHT)

Looking for more muOS community apps? Check out: [RomM](https://github.com/rommapp/muos-app) (connect to self-hosted ROM manager), [Scrappy](https://github.com/gabrielfvale/scrappy) (art scraper), [Bluetooth App](https://github.com/nvcuong1312/bltMuos) (Bluetooth settings), [RGB Controller](https://github.com/JanTrueno) (RGB lighting settings).

# 🔗 GitHub Repo

For more on how to contribute, roadmap, credits, and more, check out the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/joneavila/aesthetic).

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