# @theme-ui/preset-base

> Theme UI includes `@theme-ui/preset-base` which can be used as an example or starting point for extending your own themes.

Latest version **0.17.4** (published 2026-01-02) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @theme-ui/preset-base
pnpm add @theme-ui/preset-base
yarn add @theme-ui/preset-base
bun add @theme-ui/preset-base
```

## Health

**Score 55/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; pre 1.0.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.17.4 |
| Published | 2026-01-02 |
| First published | 2019-07-30 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 14.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 5396 |
| Author | Brent Jackson |
| Maintainers | jxnblk, johno, hasparus, lachlanjc |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@theme-ui/preset-base
- Repository: https://github.com/system-ui/theme-ui
- Homepage: https://github.com/system-ui/theme-ui#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/system-ui/theme-ui/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@theme-ui/preset-base

## Recent versions

- 0.17.4 (latest) — 2026-01-02
- 0.17.2-develop.1 (develop) — 2025-02-14
- 0.16.2-scale-tuples.0 (canary) — 2023-09-26
- 0.6.0-alpha.8 (next) — 2021-03-19
- 0.17.2 — 2025-02-14
- 0.17.2-develop.0 — 2024-12-18
- 0.17.1 — 2024-10-24
- 0.17.1-develop.0 — 2024-10-24
- 0.17.0 — 2024-10-18
- 0.17.0-develop.1 — 2024-10-18
- 0.17.0-develop.0 — 2024-10-18
- 0.16.2 — 2024-02-19
- 0.16.2-develop.5 — 2024-02-19
- 0.16.2-develop.2 — 2024-01-05
- 0.16.2-develop.1 — 2023-11-29
- … 410 more at https://npm.io/package/@theme-ui/preset-base/versions

## README

# [@theme-ui/preset-base](https://theme-ui.com/presets/base)

Theme UI includes `@theme-ui/preset-base` which can be used as an example or
starting point for extending your own themes.

```sh
npm i @theme-ui/preset-base
```

```jsx
// example theme
import theme from '@theme-ui/preset-base'

export default {
  ...theme,
  styles: {
    ...theme,
  },
}
```

[See all built-in presets][demo]

## Contributing

We'd love to have more presets added to the Theme UI project.
If you'd like to add a new preset or improve upon the existing ones, please open an [issue][] or [pull request][].

[issue]: https://github.com/system-ui/theme-ui/issues
[pull request]: https://github.com/system-ui/theme-ui/pulls
[demo]: https://theme-ui.com/demo

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