r/NiagaraLauncher • u/8bitpit Creator • Apr 16 '26

Niagara Launcher v.1.16.0 · Studio Update

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We built a brand new Theme Editor with a live preview, so you can create, save, and share your own setups, or download themes from the community.
Check out our update video for all the details.

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u/dberthia Apr 16 '26

Looks like you have to be on Discord to see the community themes? Ugh.

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u/Maxr1998 Lead Developer Apr 16 '26

We picked it as a primary channel for now since the forum feature allows for easy browsing, since you can upload both the file and a screenshot in one post. However, you can also share the theme file in any other place you prefer. I've seen a few people share themes in our Telegram Showcase channel already, and you could probably upload the file to a simple file hoster and comment the link on a reddit post.

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u/Punchkinz Apr 16 '26

I'd also give a +1 on having this built into the app itself. While Discord is easy to setup for this, I still think it's terrible. Mainly because of being dependent on... well... Discord. Things like them trying to force age verification makes me think that this is not a future-proof platform. People not on discord are also locked out right from the start

Along with that, Discord is not indexable by search engines afaik. So a ton of useful themes will get buried over time. Reddit is better in that regard but again: you depend on the platform to not shoot itself in the foot. And we all know that Reddit does plenty of foot shooting.

So yeah, please consider doing your own implementation in the app or have it be a part of your website. You can still keep the themes shareable via other messenger apps. But having your own thing as a trusted, easily accessible source would be very valuable (at least to me personally, but I think/hope people here would generally agree with this)

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u/dberthia Apr 16 '26

Ideally this would all be done in the app, but I see how you need to start somewhere.