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rubb1/skins
===========

This extension adds a dark skin (dark theme) to the TYPO3 backend. The colors are customizable and can be changed to your favorite colors.

11.4.1(11mo ago)7688↓70%2MITPHPPHP ^8.0 || ^8.1 || ^8.2 || ^8.3 || ^8.4

Since Oct 6Pushed 11mo ago3 watchersCompare

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 [![Skins](Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg "TYPO3 extension skins")](Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg)TYPO3 extension `skins`
=======================

[](#typo3-extension-skins)

[![release](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/97cd6a3d4ea68c0b5fbd444dc641239e759d971d4d6e642401b58de1583a9a19/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f762f72656c656173652f446f6d696e696b2d5363682f736b696e733f736f72743d73656d766572)](https://github.com/Dominik-Sch/skins/releases/latest)[![TYPO3](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c77040cc245c81c9855a438d70aa46160289904525762cb985d49e5a31623799/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5459504f332d7631332d666638373030)](https://typo3.org/)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bf729e9204c0a1efd2eec28c5681f5c3b2961280f85be37eb4679984035cce69/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f446f6d696e696b2d5363682f736b696e73)](LICENSE)

Skins
-----

[](#skins)

This extension adds a dark skin (dark theme) to the TYPO3 backend. The colors are customizable and can be changed to your favorite colors.

All notable changes to this project will be documented in the [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) file.

Available Skins
---------------

[](#available-skins)

- Light (TYPO3 default skin)
- Dark (default if enabled)
- Custom (you can choose your own colors for your backend)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Click on the paint brush in the top bar
2. Choose your skin and enabled it by activating the toggle

    [![](Documentation/Resources/skins-be-dropdown-2.png)](Documentation/Resources/skins-be-dropdown-2.png)

save-and-close
--------------

[](#save-and-close)

- You can enable the save-and-close button in the "Extension Configuration (Global Configuration)"
    - Admin Tools -> Settings -> Configure extensions -> skins -> basic.saveAndCloseEnabled
    - default value is 0

preview renderer
----------------

[](#preview-renderer)

- You can enable preview renderer for textmedia and textpic in the "Extension Configuration (Global Configuration)"
    - Admin Tools -> Settings -> Configure extensions -> skins -> basic.enableCustomPreviewRenderer
    - default value is 0

Features planned
----------------

[](#features-planned)

- load default color settings
- create and save configurations in different slots
- export / import color configurations
- create new color configurations

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.4% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~151 days

Recently: every ~196 days

Total

10

Last Release

357d ago

Major Versions

10.5.3 → 11.0.02023-05-07

PHP version history (4 changes)10.5.3PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

11.0.0PHP ^8.0 || ^8.1 || ^8.2

11.1.6PHP ^8.0 || ^8.1 || ^8.2 || ^8.3

11.4.0PHP ^8.0 || ^8.1 || ^8.2 || ^8.3 || ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/888cacb7cce74bdd0e76355004a69a50358560c723af4d6431754a11ae9acc3c?d=identicon)[rubb1](/maintainers/rubb1)

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Top Contributors

[![Dominik-Sch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11158602?v=4)](https://github.com/Dominik-Sch "Dominik-Sch (80 commits)")[![NoelClick](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/93366977?v=4)](https://github.com/NoelClick "NoelClick (21 commits)")[![Maaaarcel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18512190?v=4)](https://github.com/Maaaarcel "Maaaarcel (1 commits)")

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Tags

extensionbackendpreviewskintypo3custommodedarkdarkmodesave-and-closepreview-render

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