Codex native themes vs Dream Skin
Choose the right customization layer before downloading or running anything.
Use native appearance for color and type
Codex built-in settings are the simpler, lower-risk path when background, foreground, accent, font, and code colors are enough.
Use Dream Skin for immersive artwork
A third-party skin adds background imagery and translucent layers that built-in appearance controls may not provide.
Do not mix the file formats
A visual recipe for an immersive skin is not automatically a Codex App theme or a Codex CLI TextMate theme.
Compare the trust boundary
Native appearance stays inside the official application. Dream Skin runs reviewed local code and opens a debugging connection.
Choose reversibility over spectacle
Whatever path you choose, test readability across Home, Task, Diff, warnings, menus, and the composer, then practice restoring it.
Ready to choose a theme?
Preview the recipe and readability before applying anything locally.