This Meta Branded theme is special. Can I use it on my forum too?

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I wanna acknowledge & appreciate something. I really love Discourse’s Meta Branded theme. Many other forum sites look depressing/overwhelming.
I find this theme very beautiful, without being flashy. Appealing as mellow, peaceful, pleasant, modest, modern, polished, sophisticated & quietly elegant. I was surprised feeling such a difference in enthusiasm; even compared to well designed forum apps. This UI literally made me like working on these pages so much more. It’s like the feeling of getting a satisfying keyboard (though I’ve never bought such stuff cuz I don’t encourage such consumerism)

Specifically the subtle neomorphism, accents, minimalism & colors used tastefully (see eg image). To the designers who made this theme, you’ve got taste.

There are beautiful UIs you come across time to time & this is one of those rare occasions. This is a rarer occasion I’m commenting about it publicly.
I’m using the free version & only 2 themes seemed available; foundation & horizon. Horizon is fine.
Q Is there no way to get this theme on my forum?

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You can develop something similar yourself or find someone to do that for you in the Marketplace category.

What exactly do you like about the theme? Some of the highlighted parts on your screenshot seem more like Discourse features than features of the branded theme itself. For example, the language dropdown is part of Discourse core.

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Many thanks for the info. Most of what I’ve highlighted are just to point out subtle shading, depth, colors & corners