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# Customizing Gitea
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Customizing Gitea is typically done using the `custom` folder. This is the central
place to override configuration settings, templates, etc.
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If Gitea is deployed from binary, all default paths will be relative to the gitea
binary. If installed from a distribution, these paths will likely be modified to
the Linux Filesystem Standard. Gitea will create required folders, including `custom/` .
Application settings are configured in `custom/conf/app.ini` . Distributions may
provide a symlink for `custom` using `/etc/gitea/` .
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- [Quick Cheat Sheet ](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/ )
- [Complete List ](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/custom/conf/app.ini.sample )
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If the `custom` folder can't be found next to the binary, check the `GITEA_CUSTOM`
environment variable; this can be used to override the default path to something else.
`GITEA_CUSTOM` might, for example, be set by an init script.
- [List of Environment Variables ](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/specific-variables/ )
**Note:** Gitea must perform a full restart to see configuration changes.
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## Customizing /robots.txt
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To make Gitea serve a custom `/robots.txt` (default: empty 404), create a file called
`robots.txt` in the `custom` folder with [expected contents ](http://www.robotstxt.org/ ).
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## Serving custom public files
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To make Gitea serve custom public files (like pages and images), use the folder
`custom/public/` as the webroot. Symbolic links will be followed.
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For example, a file `image.png` stored in `custom/public/` , can be accessed with
the url `http://gitea.domain.tld/image.png` .
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## Changing the default avatar
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Place the png image at the following path: `custom/public/img/avatar\_default.png`
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## Customizing Gitea pages
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The `custom/templates` folder allows changing every single page of Gitea. Templates
to override can be found in the `templates` directory of Gitea source. Override by
making a copy of the file under `custom/templates` using a full path structure
matching source.
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Any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's templete syntax and
shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components.
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To add custom HTML to the header or the footer of the page, in the `templates/custom`
directory there is `header.tmpl` and `footer.tmpl` that can be modified. This can be
a useful place to add custom CSS files or additional Javascript.
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If all you want is to add extra links to the top navigation bar, or extra tabs to the repository view, you can put them in `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl` inside your `custom/templates/custom/` directory.
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## Customizing gitignores, labels, licenses, locales, and readmes.
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Place custom files in corresponding sub-folder under `custom/options` .
