

Once you have the theme in the folder, just make sure it is activated. The easiest way to get to the Themes folder, is to click on Themes in the settings as listed above and then click ‘Open Folder’. Once you have actually downloaded a theme, all you need to do is copy and paste the theme into the Themes folder. *Note that I’m linking their server because you not only get updates on development, but the community is great too and releases modified versions of their base themes. If you want to go ahead and grab the same theme as me, or at least by the same author, go to the following link for their Discord: ClearVision When you next go to open up Discord, way down at the bottom of the settings will be a brand new section called Bandaged BD, with the listed settings, emotes, plugins, themes and even an area for you to edit your theme directly with custom CSS. Now, it should automatically detect your Discord installation, but if you have it on a different drive like D: or E: then it may have to be set manually by clicking on ‘Browse’. If you are a general Discord user, chances are you have the stable build, so check the box next to stable. Next, you will be greeted with the following image that lets you choose where you want to install it to.

Afterall, Discord is at its core a web-based application meaning all the plugins are written using JavaScript and the themes are just CSS files.Īs soon as you have downloaded and run the installer, do the thing and click on ‘Install BandagedBD’. How? let’s get into it.īetterDiscord is a brilliant tool that really opens up Discord and helps lay the framework to allow plugins to be written and custom themes to be created. The main problem I have with Discord is just it’s boring and bland interface, which is why I actually haven’t used it in years except for on mobile. Discord is a simply fantastic voice, video and IM service which has hundreds of thousands of community ran servers for gaming, chatting and the like, making keeping in touch with not just your friends easier, but even some companies have their own Discord servers.
