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supabase/apps/studio
Danny White 512201dcd0 chore(ui): remove the Classic Dark theme (#50387)
## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Chore.

## What is the current behaviour?

Classic Dark remains available across the shared theme library and
several apps. Studio now supports System, Dark, and Light as its theme
modes, but still carries compatibility paths for Classic Dark.

## What is the new behaviour?

- Removes Classic Dark from shared theme options, application commands,
stylesheets, previews, examples, and replay handling.
- Deletes the Classic Dark and faux Classic Dark stylesheets.
- Removes the now-unused Classic Dark branches from Studio theme colour
controls.
- Migrates `classic-dark` to `dark` so first rendered frame renders Dark
(not Light)

| After |
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| <img width="1458" height="1778" alt="CleanShot 2026-09-18 at 11 07
40@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/679bf87f-a3c1-4599-ad2f-292d98d0b856"
/> |

## To test

1. In Studio, open Account Preferences → Appearance. Confirm the
available themes are System, Dark, and Light, and that theme colour
controls still work in each resolved mode.
2. Set the `theme` local storage value to `classic-dark`, then reload
Studio. Confirm it renders as Dark immediately and the stored value
becomes `dark`.
3. Open the theme switcher in Design System, Learn, and UI Library.
Confirm Classic Dark is no longer available and Light, Dark, and System
still apply correctly.


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Changes**
* Removed the Classic Dark theme option from theme menus and settings
across the application.
* Classic Dark selections are automatically migrated to the standard
Dark theme.
* Updated theme documentation and demonstrations to list only System,
Light, and Dark.
* Removed Classic Dark styling and preview support; existing Dark,
Light, and System themes remain available.

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Supabase Studio

A dashboard for managing your self-hosted Supabase project, and used on our hosted platform. Built with:

What's included

Studio is designed to work with existing deployments - either the local hosted, docker setup, or our CLI. It is not intended for managing the deployment and administration of projects - that's out of scope.

As such, the features exposed on Studio for existing deployments are limited to those which manage your database:

  • Table & SQL editors
    • Saved queries are unavailable
  • Database management
    • Policies, roles, extensions, replication
  • API documentation

Managing Project Settings

Project settings are managed outside of the Dashboard. If you use docker compose, you should manage the settings in your docker-compose file. If you're deploying Supabase to your own cloud, you should store your secrets and env vars in a vault or secrets manager.

How to contribute?

  • Branch from master and name your branches with the following structure
    • {type}/{branch_name}
      • Type: chore | fix | feature
      • The branch name is arbitrary — just make sure it summarizes the work.
  • When you send a PR to master, it will automatically tag members of the frontend team for review.
  • Review the main contributing guide to help test your feature before sending a PR.
  • The Dashboard is under active development. You should run git pull frequently to make sure you're up to date.

Developer Quickstart

Note

Supabase internal use: To develop on Studio locally with the backend services, see the instructions in the internal infrastructure repo.

# You'll need to be on Node v22
# in /studio

## For external contributors
pnpm install # install dependencies
pnpm run dev # start dev server

## For internal contributors
## First clone the private supabase/platform repo and follow instructions for setting up mise
mise studio  # Run from supabase/platform alongside `mise infra`

## For all
pnpm run test # run tests
pnpm run test -- --watch # run tests in watch mode

Running within a self-hosted environment

Follow the self-hosting guide to get started.

cd ..
cd docker
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f ./dev/docker-compose.dev.yml up

Once you've got that set up, update .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=
SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY=

Then run the following commands to install dependencies and start the dashboard.

npm install
npm run dev

If you would like to configure different defaults for "Default Organization" and "Default Project", you will need to update the .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_NAME=
DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME=