The 7 Best Custom Kodi Skins

Aeon Nox has been a popular theme for quite a while. The Silvo variant is the latest iteration that supports Kodi 18 Leia. In addition to Leia support, Aeon Nox Silvo includes a few additional enhancements and tweaks.

Aeon Nox Silvo looks and feels somewhat similar to the previous default Kodi theme, but enhanced. Aeon Nox offers more customization than the default. It also moves system tasks out of the way and replaces them with more media categories and options on the home screen.

Aeon Nox Silvo is an excellent option for nearly any screen size or setup. The interface is free from clutter, and it's simple to navigate with a mouse and keyboard or remote.

Pellucid is a departure from the norm. It's beautifully minimal and puts your library front and center. With Pellucid, most of the screen motion, extra animation, and large graphics are removed in favor of a simple menu on one screen, highlighted by a large background image.

Add-ons, programs, and system settings are conveniently stored under one menu in Pellucid. It displays your options in a grid, and you can quickly pick what you need. The layout is well designed and features smooth minimal animations to spice things up.

Pellucid is another great option on just about any screen. Its more minimal layout makes it a particularly good option for smaller devices.

BOX takes a more minimal approach by condensing your library options to one area of your screen. It relies on a tiled layout to make efficient use of that screen space and position library options in a convenient way.

By default, BOX offers three media screens for music, movies, and TV, but it can be customized. Cycle through the screens by moving from side to side using your mouse, keyboard, or remote. Settings and add-ons occupy the fourth screen. The default Box configuration is rather plain. There are no background images, and the library screens look incomplete and empty. When you start customizing and add in your library, things get much livelier.

BOX is another great option on all screens. It makes efficient use of screen space and offers multiple ways to navigate.

Revolve takes a radically different approach. With this skin, your menu literally revolves around a circle to the left of the screen. It may sound awkward, but navigation is actually smooth and snappy.

Revolve is designed to be used with a keyboard or remote, rather than a mouse. With either method, you can zip through your media library, moving easily through each level of navigation. It's an unusual layout, but it's surprisingly effective.

fTV brings the original Fire TV user interface to Kodi. Its layout is reminiscent of Netflix, giving it a look and feel familiar to anyone who uses streaming services.

Each category unfolds into a series of rows in the right portion of the screen. Each row represents a different way to sort and categorize your media. Moving around in fTV is simple, and you shouldn't have any trouble adapting.

fTV doesn't work with a mouse, however. It even warns you to disable your mouse. For this reason, fTV is best suited for media PCs you control with a remote or Bluetooth keyboard.

Chroma is well-designed and fast. Everything has an elegant look, from its icons to the seeking bar, and the interface is responsive. Chroma offers five themes with varying color palettes and supports multiple input devices, though the keyboard seems to work best. This skin's mix of colors and designs is beautiful, and its level of detail means it wouldn't be appropriate for a lower-end device.