---
title: "Settings and themes"
description: "What is scoped to a workspace, a project or a machine, the five app appearance choices, and how zoom and layout preferences follow you between machines."
url: "https://www.fredrin.com/docs/settings"
updated: "2026-08-11"
---

# Settings and themes

Settings live at three different scopes, and knowing which is which saves a lot of hunting.

## The three scopes

**Workspace.** Billing, members, teams, the model mode. Changing one affects everyone in the workspace.

**Project.** Approval gates, connectors, conversation sync, the repository binding. Per board.

**User or machine.** Appearance, zoom, shortcuts, layout. Yours alone.

Most "where is that setting" confusion is a scope mismatch: conversation sync feels like a personal preference but is per project, because it governs what teammates can see.

## Appearance

Five choices under **Settings → Preferences → Appearance**:

| Theme | What it is |
|---|---|
| **Light** | The light palette. |
| **Dark** | Pastel steel blue-grey. The default. |
| **Metal** | Cool brushed gunmetal. |
| **Beige** | Warm paper, desaturated taupe accent. |
| **System** | Follows your OS between Light and Dark. |

Your theme is stored on your user, not your machine, so it follows you to any computer you sign in on.

## Zoom

`⌘+`, `⌘-` and `⌘0` zoom the app. Useful on a large display where the default is smaller than you want, and on a laptop where it is not.

## Deep links

Most places in the app that mention a setting link straight to it. If a banner tells you something is misconfigured, the fix is usually one click from the banner rather than a hunt through a settings tree.

## Next steps

- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://www.fredrin.com/docs/shortcuts) - including how to rebind.
- [Workspaces, members and roles](https://www.fredrin.com/docs/teams) - the workspace-scoped half.
- [Privacy](https://www.fredrin.com/docs/memory/privacy) - the project-scoped setting that matters most.