# Comparing the Available themes for OpenEdx **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Operators\ **Created:** [July 14, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/comparing-the-available-themes-for-openedx/5409 "2021-07-14T05:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![braden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/braden/32/46_2.png) [@braden](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/braden)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/comparing-the-available-themes-for-openedx/5409/2 "2021-07-14T21:06:08Z")
You can probably use an Open edX hosting provider for that, e.g. you can go to our hosting page at [opencraft.com/hosting](https://opencraft.com/hosting/) and click “Create Your Site” to get a temporary deployment for up to 30 days (no credit card required). Hopefully that will give you a good view of the default theme, and you can use our hosting admin portal to play around with basic customization of its colors. > the various default themes As far as I know, there’s really only the one (default) theme that ships with Open edX. There are technically [a few others](https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/tree/master/themes) but I don’t think they’re very complete or maintained. But there are some third party ones - we offer “simple theme” which is the default theme but with easier customization; there is [Indigo, a new, cool blue, customizable theme for Open edX](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/indigo-a-new-cool-blue-customizable-theme-for-open-edx/1238) , and we (OpenCraft) are working on a substantial and exciting new open source theme for Open edX which we’re discussing in the [What do you love or hate about the MOOC platforms you’ve used?](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/what-do-you-love-or-hate-about-the-mooc-platforms-you-ve-used/4905) thread, and developing at [opencraft / dev / Open edX Theme by Opencraft · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/opencraft/dev/open-edx-theme) . We’d love UX ideas and contributions in that thread! --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/comparing-the-available-themes-for-openedx/5409)._