{"slug": "claude-code-on-desktop-now-lets-users-build-custom-themes-with-mods", "title": "Claude Code on desktop now lets users build custom themes with mods", "summary": "Anthropic added custom themes to Claude Code on desktop, letting users describe a look and have Claude build it as a mod, according to Anthropic's developer account ClaudeDevs. Users can change colors, add an animated background, or start from the theme-examples plugin, with the feature initially limited to local sessions while cloud sessions are still to come. TestingCatalog amplified the announcement on November 14th, calling it a Friday feature drop.", "body_md": "# Claude Code on desktop now lets users build custom themes with mods\n\n**Anthropic is opening the desktop Code tab to user-made colors and animated backdrops, with local sessions first and cloud sessions still to come.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nAnthropic has added custom themes to Claude Code on desktop, letting users describe the look they want and have Claude build it as a mod. Anthropic's developer account, ClaudeDevs, said users can change colors, add an animated background, or start from the theme-examples plugin. TestingCatalog amplified the announcement on November 14th, calling it a Friday feature drop.\n\nVideo from the original post on X.…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-code-on-desktop-now-lets-users-build-custom-themes-with-mods", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/claude-code-desktop-custom-themes-mods", "published_at": "2026-11-14 03:16:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-14 03:21:46.281374+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products", "developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Code", "ClaudeDevs", "TestingCatalog"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-code-on-desktop-now-lets-users-build-custom-themes-with-mods", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-code-on-desktop-now-lets-users-build-custom-themes-with-mods.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-code-on-desktop-now-lets-users-build-custom-themes-with-mods.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-code-on-desktop-now-lets-users-build-custom-themes-with-mods.jsonld"}}