Themes

Out of the box, Martypex now opens in Martypex System, a warm, paper-toned light theme and a matching warm dark theme that track your device’s appearance automatically, in place of the cooler grays it used to ship with. Pro unlocks full custom theming on top of that for the whole app, not just the editor’s syntax colours. A theme you pick or build recolours both the text you’re editing and the interface around it (toolbars, panels, and all) so Martypex can look and feel like your setup.

Martypex System, light and dark, is free and on by default. Every other built-in theme, and bringing your own, customizing one, or theming the whole app, is a Martypex Pro feature. See what Pro includes →

Martypex under the default warm Vellum light theme, on iPhone

Martypex under the default warm dark theme, on iPhone

Martypex under the default warm Vellum light theme, on iPad

Martypex under the default warm dark theme, on iPad

Built-in themes

Open Settings → Editor Themes to browse the built-in set: Martypex System (light and dark, free), Default Light and Dark, Dracula, Solarized (light and dark), Monokai, One Dark, GitHub Light, Nord, and High Contrast. Each one covers both the syntax highlighting in the editor and the app’s own interface colours, so switching a theme changes everything at once. Martypex System is the only entry in the list that isn’t Pro-gated.

Pro also lets you go further than the built-in set, building or importing a theme of your own:

Martypex under a custom Dracula theme, on iPhone

Martypex under a custom Dracula theme, on iPhone

Martypex under a custom Dracula theme, on iPad

Martypex under a custom Dracula theme, on iPad

Create, duplicate, and customize

Tap + to start a new theme from scratch, or Import Theme… to bring one in from a file. Built-in themes are read-only; tap Duplicate to Edit on one to get an editable copy seeded with its colours, ready to tweak without losing the original.

The theme editor is a live-preview colour editor: a preview pane at the top shows your changes as you make them, alongside sections for Theme Info (name, and whether it’s a light or dark theme), Syntax Colors, Editor Colors, and UI Colors. Every colour is a direct picker: tap a swatch, choose a colour, and the preview updates immediately, with no separate “apply” step.

Theme editor on iPhone, light mode

Theme editor on iPhone, dark mode

Theme editor on iPad, light mode

Theme editor on iPad, dark mode

Importing themes from elsewhere

Already have a theme you like in another editor? Import Theme… reads:

  • VS Code theme files (.json), including a .vsix extension package, extract it first to reach the .json theme file inside.
  • RStudio .rstheme files.
  • Sublime Text / TextMate .tmTheme files.

Martypex maps the imported colour roles onto its own syntax and UI colours, so your theme carries over rather than needing to be rebuilt by hand.

Export and share

Any theme you create, duplicate, or import can be exported, ready to hand to another Martypex user or keep as a backup. Swipe or use the row actions to Edit, Duplicate, Export, or Delete a theme in your list.

Because a theme covers the whole app, not just the editor, exporting and sharing one hands over a complete look, not just a colour scheme for your code.