---
name: "marco-theme-viewer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "marco"
version: "1.29.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/marco-theme-viewer"
---

# marco-theme-viewer(1)

Marco Theme Previewer

## NAME

marco-theme-viewer - Marco Theme Previewer

## SYNOPSIS

**marco-theme-viewer \[THEME\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**marco-theme-viewer** allows you to preview any installed Marco theme.

When designing a new Marco theme, you can use **marco-theme-viewer** to benchmark the performance of a window frame, and to preview it around different types of windows in various mock scenarios.

## USAGE

Usage of **marco-theme-viewer** is fairly simple. \
 Just call **marco-theme-viewer** followed by the Name of any valid Marco or Metacity theme installed in "~/.themes" or "/usr/share/themes".\
 It is case-sensitive.

## EXAMPLE

**marco-theme-viewer Crux**

Preview the Crux theme if it is installed.

## FILES

- \~/.themes

  user themes directory

- /usr/share/themes

  system themes directory

- /usr/share/themes/\*/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml

  **OR**

  /usr/share/themes/\*/marco-1/marco-theme-1.xml

  theme specification files

## BUGS

### Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues

## AUTHORS

### This Man Page has been updated/re-written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman \<hekel@archlinux.info\> (2014)

## HISTORY

### Portions of this manpage were originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by:

Jose M. Moya \<josem@die.upm.es\> (2004)

## SEE ALSO

### Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs

[**marco**(1)](/marco/1.md), [**marco-message**(1)](/marco-message/1.md), [**marco-window-demo**(1)](/marco-window-demo/1.md)