Change appearance

GOAT follows system appearance by default. You can choose a theme and adjust reading preferences without changing project data or permissions.

Choose a theme

Open Settings → Appearance and select System or a built-in theme. System follows the Mac’s light/dark setting; it is not a time-of-day schedule. Imported themes use the same underlying theme format.

Adjust reading fonts

Choose the chat/composer and code fonts separately. The picker lists locally available fonts; selecting a font does not download it. Use the size controls and preview to check readability, then reset the preferences if needed.

Chat text supports 11–28 pt and code supports 10–24 pt. A missing saved font falls back to a system font while preserving the preference. Web preview documents own their own typography and may look different from the surrounding native interface.

Resize the sidebar

In the 0.1.1 (Kid), drag the divider beside the chat sidebar to choose a width between 200 and 600 points. Its preferred starting width is 300 points. This wider range is not in 0.1.0 build 1343.

Reset appearance and general preferences

In 0.1.1, Settings → General → Manage → Reset preferences lists the defaults and applies them immediately. It keeps your data, connections and permissions. See Reset appearance and general preferences for the exact scope.

Create a custom theme

Use the theme-format reference for folder layout, fields and font declarations. GOAT’s own theme artwork has separate artwork terms; the format, code and documentation are MIT-licensed.

For document output rather than interface styling, see Paddock previews.