<imgwidth="600"alt="Clicking the Boost buttons makes the rocket icon seeming like it's taking off. Clicking the favorite button makes it bounce. Cliking the bookmark button makes it shake vertically."src="https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/assets/914451/31d41d04-6ef1-4ef0-80c3-b4b445ee98a1">
Tangerine UI automatically switches from light to dark mode based on your system or browser preference.[^1]
[^1]: Tangerine UI uses the [`prefers-color-scheme`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme) CSS media feature to detect if you have requested a light or dark theme through an operating system setting or a user agent setting.
It can be easy to mistake a DM for a regular post on Mastodon. Tangerine UI gives DMs a specific look, so they stand out in your timeline, and you don't make any embarrassing mistakes.
Custom emojis are great, but they may be difficult to distinguish when they are overly detailed. Tangerine UI allows you to hover and pause over an emoji to enlarge it.
Tangerine UI was designed with care and great attention to detail. Feel free to explore all the changes it brings to Mastodon's UI, and feel free to [message me](https://nileane.fr/@TangerineUI) if you ever have any feedback to share or [bugs to report](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/issues). :)
[^2]: If you're an admin and have installed Tangerine UI on your instance, **feel free to add yours to this list**. (Make a Pull Request, or just [DM me](https://nileane.fr/@tangerineui))
[^3]: Tangerine UI (v2._x_) is also compatible with instances running a version of **Glitch-soc** based on Mastodon 4.3 and newer, as long as it is [installed as a vanilla theme](#installation-for-glitch-soc-admins) on these instances.
⚠️ For instances running Mastodon 4.1._x_ or 4.2._x_, use [**Tangerine UI Legacy** (v1.9)](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/tree/legacy) instead.[^4][^5]
[^4]: The advanced web interface (multi-column layout) is not supported by Tangerine UI Legacy (v1.9) and will fall back to Mastodon's default appearance if enabled.
[^5]: The Cherry variant is not available with Tangerine UI Legacy (v1.9).
1.**Check your Mastodon version**. For Tangerine UI to work properly, you need to make sure you're installing the right version for your Mastodon instance. Please refer to the [Compatibility](#compatibility) section in this document before you proceed.
2. Copy & paste the contents of 🍊 [`TangerineUI.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI.css) to the '***Custom CSS***' field in the administration panel on your Mastodon instance (Navigate to https://*domain*/admin/settings/appearance).
* 🪻 For the Purple variant, copy the contents of [`TangerineUI-purple.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI-purple.css) instead.
* 🍒 For the Cherry variant, copy the contents of [`TangerineUI-cherry.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI-cherry.css) instead.
* 🐠 For the Lagoon variant, copy the contents of [`TangerineUI-lagoon.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI-lagoon.css) instead.
> **Using the '*Custom CSS*' field to apply Tangerine UI will prevent all users on your instance from being able to choose another theme in their Appearance settings** ([see *Accessibility*](#accessibility)).
> Please make sure there is a consensus among your users for doing so. If not, see below how to install Tangerine UI as an optional theme for your users.
Follow these instructions to install Tangerine UI as an optional theme on your Mastodon instance.
Your users will be able to select Tangerine UI in their settings on the web, and you will be able to set Tangerine UI as the default theme for your instance.
Run the following commands as the `mastodon` user to install Tangerine UI using the [included script](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/install.sh.sample):
Optionally, run with `--skip-confirm` to bypass all confirmation prompts:
```sh
./install.sh --skip-confirm
```
4.**\[Optional\] Add a localized name.** You can edit each desired language's locale file in `config/locales/[lang].yml` to add a localized string name for Tangerine UI. You need to do this for every language you expect your users to use. Otherwise, in their themes list, they will see the unlocalized theme name ("*tangerineui-purple*"), instead of a readable theme name ("*Tangerine UI (Purple)*").
Your users should now be able to choose '*Tangerine UI*', '*Tangerine UI (Purple)*', '*Tangerine UI (Cherry)*', or '*Tangerine UI (Lagoon)*' as their site theme:
As an admin, you should also now be able to set Tangerine UI as the default theme for your instance (navigate to https://*domain*/admin/settings/appearance):
1.**Check your Mastodon version**. For Tangerine UI to work properly, you need to make sure you're installing the correct version for your Mastodon instance. Please refer to the [Compatibility](#compatibility) section in this document before you proceed.
2.**Copy** the files from `mastodon/app/javascript/styles/` [in this repository](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/tree/main/mastodon/app/javascript/styles/) to your Mastodon themes directory `app/javascript/styles/`:
3.**Add Tangerine UI to `themes.yml`**. To make Tangerine UI available in your users' settings, you need to add a new line to [`config/themes.yml`](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/config/themes.yml). Here, we're adding 4 new lines, one for each variant:
4.**\[Optional\] Add a localized name.** You can edit each desired language's locale file in `config/locales/[lang].yml` to add a localized string name for Tangerine UI. You need to do this for every language you expect your users to use. Otherwise, in their themes list, they will see the unlocalized theme name ("*tangerineui-purple*"), instead of a readable theme name ("*Tangerine UI (Purple)*").
Your users should now be able to choose '*Tangerine UI*', '*Tangerine UI (Purple)*', '*Tangerine UI (Cherry)*', or '*Tangerine UI (Lagoon)*' as their site theme:
As an admin, you should also now be able to set Tangerine UI as the default theme for your instance (navigate to https://*domain*/admin/settings/appearance):
1.**Copy the files** from `mastodon/app/javascript/styles/` [in this repository](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/tree/main/mastodon/app/javascript/styles/) to your Mastodon themes directory `app/javascript/styles/`:
2.**Copy the files** from `mastodon/app/javascript/skins/vanilla/` [in this repository](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/tree/main/mastodon/app/javascript/skins/vanilla/) to your Glitch-soc skins directory `app/javascript/skins/vanilla/`:
1.**Check your Mastodon version**. For Tangerine UI to work properly, you need to make sure you're using the correct version for your Mastodon instance. Please refer to the [Compatibility](#compatibility) section in this document before you proceed.
2.**Install a browser extension** that allows you to inject CSS on a webpage, such as [Stylus](https://add0n.com/stylus.html), or [Live CSS Editor](https://github.com/webextensions/live-css-editor)
3. Copy & paste the contents of 🍊 [`TangerineUI.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI.css) to the extension's editor
* 🪻 For the Purple variant, copy the contents of [`TangerineUI-purple.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI-purple.css) instead.
* 🍒 For the Cherry variant, copy the contents of [`TangerineUI-cherry.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI-cherry.css) instead.
* 🐠 For the Lagoon variant, copy the contents of [`TangerineUI-lagoon.css`](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon/blob/main/TangerineUI-lagoon.css) instead.
> If you are a user on a Glitch-soc instance, you must switch to the Vanilla Mastodon flavour for Tangerine UI to work properly: in your instance settings, navigate to *Flavours* → *Vanilla Mastodon* → select the '*Default*' skin.
> [!NOTE]
> Alternatively, if you wish to use a JavaScript browser extension, [@Write](https://github.com/Write) has written a ready-to-use UserScript to load Tangerine UI on any Mastodon instance. Check out [the TangerineUI-Userscript repository](https://github.com/Write/TangerineUI-Userscript) for instructions.
Please consider that some of your users may depend on Mastodon's High Contrast theme before [setting Tangerine UI as the only theme](#install-tangerine-ui-as-the-only-theme-on-your-instance) on your instance. For this reason, unless you're running a single-user instance, I strongly recommend [installing Tangerine UI as an optional/revertable theme](#install-tangerine-ui-as-an-optional-theme-on-your-instance-recommended) instead.
