feat: add support for loading custom themes from files (#2218)

* feat: add support for loading custom themes from files

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Co-authored-by: jeffvli <jeffvictorli@gmail.com>
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Louis Dalibard
2026-07-19 04:27:09 +02:00
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import type { FSWatcher } from 'fs';
import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, shell } from 'electron';
import { promises as fs, watch as fsWatch } from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import { validateHTMLColor } from 'validate-color';
const isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
const defaultUserDataPath = app.getPath('userData');
const userDataPath = isDevelopment
? path.normalize(`${defaultUserDataPath}-dev`)
: path.normalize(defaultUserDataPath);
export const THEMES_DIRNAME = 'Themes';
export const themesPath = path.join(userDataPath, THEMES_DIRNAME);
const JSON_EXTENSION = '.json';
// How long to wait after the last fs event before re-reading the folder.
// Multiple files landing at once (e.g. git pull, zip extract) fire multiple
// events; debouncing collapses them into a single reload.
const RELOAD_DEBOUNCE_MS = 150;
// Extending themes can only go this many links deep before we assume a
// cycle or a mistake and bail out, rather than looping forever.
const MAX_EXTENDS_DEPTH = 10;
const isValidCssColor = (value: unknown): value is string => {
if (typeof value !== 'string' || !value.trim()) return false;
return validateHTMLColor(value); // treats color names as invalid
};
// Validates every value in a theme's `colors` object, dropping (and
// warning about) anything that isn't a recognizable CSS color rather than
// letting it through to the renderer where it would crash color
// generation. Returns the sanitized colors plus a list of rejected keys so
// callers can decide whether to surface them as a theme-level error.
const sanitizeColors = (
colors: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
themeId: string,
): { invalidKeys: string[]; sanitized: Record<string, unknown> | undefined } => {
if (!colors) return { invalidKeys: [], sanitized: undefined };
const sanitized: Record<string, unknown> = {};
const invalidKeys: string[] = [];
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(colors)) {
if (isValidCssColor(value)) {
sanitized[key] = value;
} else {
invalidKeys.push(key);
console.warn(`Custom theme "${themeId}" has an invalid color for "${key}": ${value}`);
}
}
return { invalidKeys, sanitized };
};
export interface CustomTheme {
app?: Record<string, unknown>;
colors?: Record<string, unknown>;
error?: string;
extends?: string;
filename: string;
id: string;
label: string;
mantineOverride?: Record<string, unknown>;
mode: 'dark' | 'light';
// Absolute paths on disk. The renderer never sees these directly, it
// gets the resolved CSS text via `stylesheetContents` instead.
stylesheetContents?: string[];
stylesheetPaths?: string[];
// Non-fatal problems found while loading (e.g. unparseable color
// values that were dropped). The theme still loads and can be
// selected; this is surfaced in Settings so the user can fix it.
warnings?: string[];
}
interface RawCustomTheme {
app?: Record<string, unknown>;
colors?: Record<string, unknown>;
// Name (without .json) of another custom theme, or a built-in theme id,
// to merge on top of. Custom themes always win over what they extend.
extends?: string;
mantineOverride?: Record<string, unknown>;
mode?: 'dark' | 'light';
// Paths to .css files, relative to the theme's own json file, that
// should be inlined into the app's stylesheet when this theme is active.
stylesheets?: string[];
}
let watcher: FSWatcher | null = null;
let debounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
let cache: CustomTheme[] = [];
const idFromFilename = (filename: string) => path.basename(filename, JSON_EXTENSION);
const labelFromId = (id: string) =>
id
.replace(/[-_]+/g, ' ')
.replace(/\b\w/g, (char) => char.toUpperCase())
.trim() || id;
const readJsonFile = async (filePath: string): Promise<RawCustomTheme> => {
const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
const parsed = JSON.parse(content);
if (typeof parsed !== 'object' || parsed === null || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
throw new Error('Theme file must contain a JSON object');
}
return parsed as RawCustomTheme;
};
// Resolves a theme's `stylesheets` entries (relative to its own json file)
// to absolute paths, and drops anything that tries to escape the themes
// folder (e.g. `../../etc/passwd`) so theme files can't be used to read
// arbitrary files off disk.
const resolveStylesheetPaths = (themeDir: string, stylesheets?: string[]): string[] => {
if (!stylesheets || !Array.isArray(stylesheets)) return [];
const resolved: string[] = [];
for (const relativePath of stylesheets) {
if (typeof relativePath !== 'string' || !relativePath.trim()) continue;
const absolutePath = path.resolve(themeDir, relativePath);
const relativeToThemes = path.relative(themesPath, absolutePath);
const escapesThemesDir =
relativeToThemes.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(relativeToThemes);
if (escapesThemesDir) {
console.warn(
`Skipping linked file outside themes folder: ${relativePath} (from ${themeDir})`,
);
continue;
}
resolved.push(absolutePath);
}
return resolved;
};
const readStylesheetContents = async (stylesheetPaths: string[]): Promise<string[]> => {
const contents = await Promise.all(
stylesheetPaths.map(async (stylesheetPath) => {
try {
return await fs.readFile(stylesheetPath, 'utf8');
} catch (error) {
console.warn(`Failed to read linked stylesheet ${stylesheetPath}`, error);
return '';
}
}),
);
return contents.filter(Boolean);
};
const mergeThemeFields = (
base: Omit<CustomTheme, 'error' | 'filename' | 'id' | 'label'>,
override: Omit<CustomTheme, 'error' | 'filename' | 'id' | 'label'>,
): Omit<CustomTheme, 'error' | 'filename' | 'id' | 'label'> => {
return {
app: { ...base.app, ...override.app },
colors: { ...base.colors, ...override.colors },
mantineOverride: { ...base.mantineOverride, ...override.mantineOverride },
mode: override.mode ?? base.mode,
stylesheetContents: [
...(base.stylesheetContents ?? []),
...(override.stylesheetContents ?? []),
],
stylesheetPaths: [...(base.stylesheetPaths ?? []), ...(override.stylesheetPaths ?? [])],
};
};
// Follows a theme's `extends` chain. `extends` may point at another custom
// theme (by filename-derived id) or, as a base case, be left unset / point
// at something we don't recognize as custom (assumed to be a built-in theme
// id, which the renderer resolves on its own via getAppTheme).
const resolveExtends = (
id: string,
byId: Map<string, RawCustomTheme & { themeDir: string }>,
visited: Set<string> = new Set(),
depth = 0,
): {
extendsBuiltIn?: string;
fields: Omit<CustomTheme, 'error' | 'filename' | 'id' | 'label'>;
invalidColorKeys: string[];
} => {
const raw = byId.get(id);
if (!raw) {
return { fields: { mode: 'dark' }, invalidColorKeys: [] };
}
if (visited.has(id) || depth > MAX_EXTENDS_DEPTH) {
console.warn(
`Custom theme "${id}" has a circular or too-deep "extends" chain, ignoring it`,
);
return { fields: { mode: 'dark' }, invalidColorKeys: [] };
}
visited.add(id);
const ownStylesheetPaths = resolveStylesheetPaths(raw.themeDir, raw.stylesheets);
const { invalidKeys, sanitized: sanitizedColors } = sanitizeColors(raw.colors, id);
const ownFields: Omit<CustomTheme, 'error' | 'filename' | 'id' | 'label'> = {
app: raw.app,
colors: sanitizedColors,
mantineOverride: raw.mantineOverride,
mode: raw.mode ?? 'dark',
stylesheetPaths: ownStylesheetPaths,
};
if (!raw.extends) {
return { fields: ownFields, invalidColorKeys: invalidKeys };
}
// extends points at another custom theme we have on disk
if (byId.has(raw.extends)) {
const { fields: parentFields, invalidColorKeys: parentInvalidKeys } = resolveExtends(
raw.extends,
byId,
visited,
depth + 1,
);
return {
fields: mergeThemeFields(parentFields, ownFields),
invalidColorKeys: [...parentInvalidKeys, ...invalidKeys],
};
}
// extends points at something we don't have as a custom theme file;
// treat it as a built-in theme id and let the renderer merge it, since
// only the renderer has access to the built-in theme definitions.
return { extendsBuiltIn: raw.extends, fields: ownFields, invalidColorKeys: invalidKeys };
};
const loadThemesFromDisk = async (): Promise<CustomTheme[]> => {
await fs.mkdir(themesPath, { recursive: true });
const entries = await fs.readdir(themesPath, { withFileTypes: true });
const jsonFiles: typeof entries = [];
for (const entry of entries) {
if (!entry.name.toLowerCase().endsWith(JSON_EXTENSION)) continue;
const fullPath = path.join(themesPath, entry.name);
try {
const stat = await fs.stat(fullPath); // follows symlinks
if (stat.isFile()) {
jsonFiles.push(entry);
}
} catch {
// broken symlink or inaccessible file
}
}
const byId = new Map<string, RawCustomTheme & { themeDir: string }>();
const parseErrors = new Map<string, string>();
await Promise.all(
jsonFiles.map(async (entry) => {
const id = idFromFilename(entry.name);
const filePath = path.join(themesPath, entry.name);
try {
const raw = await readJsonFile(filePath);
byId.set(id, { ...raw, themeDir: themesPath });
} catch (error) {
parseErrors.set(id, error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
}
}),
);
const themes: CustomTheme[] = [];
for (const entry of jsonFiles) {
const id = idFromFilename(entry.name);
if (parseErrors.has(id)) {
themes.push({
error: parseErrors.get(id),
filename: entry.name,
id,
label: labelFromId(id),
mode: 'dark',
});
continue;
}
const { extendsBuiltIn, fields, invalidColorKeys } = resolveExtends(id, byId);
const stylesheetContents = await readStylesheetContents(fields.stylesheetPaths ?? []);
themes.push({
...fields,
extends: extendsBuiltIn,
filename: entry.name,
id,
label: labelFromId(id),
stylesheetContents,
stylesheetPaths: undefined,
warnings:
invalidColorKeys.length > 0
? [`Ignored invalid color value(s) for: ${invalidColorKeys.join(', ')}`]
: undefined,
});
}
return themes.sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
};
const broadcastThemes = (themes: CustomTheme[]) => {
BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().forEach((window) => {
window.webContents.send('custom-themes-updated', themes);
});
};
const reloadThemes = async () => {
try {
cache = await loadThemesFromDisk();
broadcastThemes(cache);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Failed to load custom themes', error);
}
};
const scheduleReload = () => {
if (debounceTimer) clearTimeout(debounceTimer);
debounceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
reloadThemes().catch((error) => console.error('Failed to reload custom themes', error));
}, RELOAD_DEBOUNCE_MS);
};
const startWatcher = async () => {
if (watcher) return;
await fs.mkdir(themesPath, { recursive: true });
try {
watcher = fsWatch(themesPath, (_eventType, filename) => {
if (!filename) {
// Some platforms omit the filename on certain events (e.g. a
// whole-directory rename); safest to just reload.
scheduleReload();
return;
}
// We only care about additions/removals/edits of .json theme
// files themselves. Linked stylesheets are re-read on demand
// as part of loading their parent theme, so we don't need a
// dedicated watch for those files here; edit the .json (or its
// mtime) to pick up stylesheet edits, or just reload manually.
if (filename.toLowerCase().endsWith(JSON_EXTENSION)) {
scheduleReload();
}
});
} catch (error) {
console.error('Failed to watch themes folder', error);
}
};
ipcMain.handle('custom-themes-get', async () => {
if (cache.length === 0) {
await reloadThemes();
}
return cache;
});
ipcMain.handle('custom-themes-open-folder', async () => {
await fs.mkdir(themesPath, { recursive: true });
await shell.openPath(themesPath);
return true;
});
ipcMain.handle('custom-themes-reload', async () => {
await reloadThemes();
return cache;
});
app.whenReady()
.then(async () => {
await startWatcher();
await reloadThemes();
})
.catch((error) => console.error('Failed to initialize custom themes', error));
app.on('before-quit', () => {
if (watcher) {
watcher.close();
watcher = null;
}
if (debounceTimer) {
clearTimeout(debounceTimer);
debounceTimer = null;
}
});
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import './autodiscover';
import './custom-themes';
import './lyrics';
import './player';
import './remote';