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Free SMF themes

A new look for your Simple Machines Forum, at no cost. Every theme here is free to download and use, made for SMF 2.1 and tested on 2.1.7. Pick a design, share Traxio, and the download is yours.

Try them on the live demo forumHow to install a theme
Brickverse SMF theme: bright sky-blue lobby over a green baseplate

Brickverse

A bright block-world gaming theme with a floating-block lobby, player cards, colour-coded board cards, day and night modes, and a mobile dock.

Neon Tide SMF theme: deep indigo with neon glow and sunset tones

Neon Tide

A neon-lit gaming theme with an animated sunset welcome scene, numbered category chapters, glowing board cards, a radar-style who’s online and Dusk and Daybreak looks.

Zonefall SMF theme: dark navy with storm blues and purples

Zonefall

A battle-royale gaming theme with a storm-lit hero header, a shrinking safe-zone ring, glowing board cards and player cards with levels.

Dark Meridian SMF theme: near-black with night-vision green

Dark Meridian

A tactical military theme with a command-centre board index, a radar sweep, live stats, boards styled as mission cards and posts styled as operator cards.

Smush SMF theme: near-black with a silver title

Smush

A low-key, near-black theme with quiet greys, thin dividers, outlined chat icons and a wide-spaced silver forum title.

Raven SMF theme: violet and purple with a light content area

Raven

A light content panel over a misty violet forest, with purple menu and category bars and feather board icons.

Next SMF theme: white board index, navy category bars, serif type

Next

A clean, light theme in the Lora serif font, under a night-sky mountain header, with search built into the menu bar.

Insidious II SMF theme: near-black with one blue accent

Insidious II

The follow-up to Insidious, with rounded charcoal frames, a gothic blackletter title and a single blue accent.

GrayStyle SMF theme: amber board names on charcoal

GrayStyle

A dark grey theme with rounded mid-grey panels on a charcoal weave background, and a centred silver title.

Gamer SMF theme: deep red glow over dark glass

Gamer

A dark gaming theme with smoky glass panels, frosted category bars, controller board icons and a large header search box.

Cleo SMF theme: slate-blue frame with a white content panel

Cleo

A light, calm theme with a white content panel on a slate-blue frame, a dark top bar and a tabbed main menu.

How the downloads work

  1. Pick a themeOpen its page to see the features, colours and licence, or switch to it on the demo forum without an account.
  2. Share TraxioChoose any share option. It opens the network you picked and the download button appears straight away. We can’t see whether you actually post.
  3. Download and installUpload the .zip in SMF’s Admin › Configuration › Themes and Layout, then make it the default.

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