Builder
Using the Theme Builder online
The Saint Studios Builder is available at saintstudios.io/builder — no software to install.
Access Tiers:
- Sandbox (free account): Full editor access. Design freely with all widgets, colors, fonts, and pages. Export is disabled — become a Designer to save and share your work.
- Designer (free): Everything in Sandbox plus export .saint files, upload to the marketplace, and earn from sales.
- Pro ($9.99/month): Everything in Designer plus Cloud Push — send themes directly to your car's head unit over the internet. No cables, no file transfers. 14-day free trial.
To open the builder, sign in at saintstudios.io and click Builder in the navigation bar.
Key Features:
- Drag-and-drop widgets: clocks (analog + digital), music controls, app shortcuts, speed/trip displays, nav info, panels, images, text, sprite animations, and more
- Multiple pages with swipeable navigation on the car
- Styles for theme variations (dark/light modes)
- Photoshop-style layers panel with drag reorder and grouping
- Widget rotation with handle, properties input, and 15° snap (hold Shift)
- Smart guides — magenta alignment lines appear during drag
- Proportional resize — hold Shift while dragging corner handles
- Multi-select — click and drag to marquee select, then edit shared properties
- Effects on every widget: shadow, inner shadow, glow, stroke
- Content-aware effects — shadows and glow follow text letterforms and icon shapes, not bounding boxes
- Clipping masks: 10 preset shapes (circle, diamond, hexagon, star, etc.) + custom PNG alpha masks
- Slide drawer widgets — edge-anchored panels that slide in on swipe
- Sprite animation widgets — spritesheet frame-by-frame animations
- Canvas size picker — choose from presets or enter custom resolution
- Section presets: Clock Header, Dock Bar, Nav Panel, App Grid, Analog Clock
- System UI color customization — match built-in launcher pages to your theme
- Cloud project storage — save and load projects from any computer
- Full undo/redo system across all operations
- Image compression controls when pushing to car
Last updated: Apr 5, 2026