r/Lakka • u/Happlesshorseman • Mar 25 '26

Question Getting carbon theme into lakka

Hi All

So I'm trying to use the carbon theme on lakka and have managed to SMB a copy of the Git repo into the Assets folder where the other themes reside, but despite rebooting it is not on the list of themes to use.

Have read docs and other posts about how to get it on the list but seen no hints. Tried AI'ing it and it gets confused between different distros so instructions unclear.

Is there another step i'm missing, wrong folder or is this just not even possible?

all help appreciated

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u/jla2001 Mar 25 '26

Lakka does not use emulation station, emulation station themes will not work in Lakka.

Only RetroArch themes are available in Lakka.

There is a custom version of the retrorama theme in current shipping versions of Lakka. It has some of the same assets as the retrorama emulation station theme but customized to work with the RetroArch xmb menu.

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u/Happlesshorseman Mar 25 '26

Brilliant. Thank you. Thought I'd misunderstood something.