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I’ve modified the normal Jellyfin theme so that the accent color can be changed.

The idea was to put some orange in the UI during halloween, and I got carried away. It is now completely configurable with a single variable and allows for easy seasonal changes, so I’ve decided to share it.

Here is the result:

I generally dislike custom themes, so my goal was to change as little as possible. Indeed, if used with a hue of 195, the theme should be exactly the same as the default one.

What do you think?

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 month ago

    To install the theme, put the contents of theme.css in Custom CSS code and set a hue:

    @import url("https://glcdn.githack.com/smaniottonicola/jellyfin-custom-accent/-/raw/master/theme.css");

:root {
   --custom-hue: <value>;
}

    If I want to take that theme.css file and just save it to my server itself instead of having Jellyfin fetch it each time the CSS loads, what would I put in the @import rule? I placed the file in my Jellyfin Docker container’s config folder and used @import "/config/theme.css”;, but that does not seem to change the CSS at all.

    • shmanioOPEnglish
      1•1 month ago

      You should put it in Jellyfin web’s root folder (paths are relative to it). In the official container it’s /jellyfin/jellyfin-web.

      Then you just @import "theme.css";.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 month ago

        Where on my host filesystem is /jellyfin/jellyfin-web? I am using the official container image. Is that somewhere within /config or something?

        • shmanioOPEnglish
          3•1 month ago

          It’s a path inside the container, but not inside /config. You should mount the file like this:

          volumes:
  - /path/to/local/theme.css:/jellyfin/jellyfin-web/theme.css