> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.lapce.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.lapce.dev/development/theme.md).

# Theme

Developing a theme plugin for Lapce is easy. Firstly [open settings](/get-started/settings.md), and you can change colours in theme settings, and change the UI appearance in UI Settings.

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[Open command palette](/get-started/command-palette.md), choose the command `Export current settings to a theme file`, it will generate the theme file for you.

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Change the name of the theme, and save the file.

To create a theme plugin for Lapce, follow the format of this repo <https://github.com/lapce/atom-one>, the important files are `volt.toml` and the theme file.

After that is done, you can [publish it](/development/plugin-development.md#publish-plugin).