Xaringan Themes

Themes for the Xaringan Slide Show Format

Author
Affiliation

Andy Grogan-Kaylor

University of Michigan

Published

April 1, 2026

1 Introduction

Xaringan is a slideshow system for RMarkdown. Alison Hill has an excellent demonstration of the possibilities of Xaringan.

2 Themes

2.1 University of Michigan Xaringan Theme

Show the code 
embed_xaringan(url = "https://agrogan1.github.io/R/xaringan-themes/MichiganTest.html",
               ratio = "4:3")

2.2 OsloMet Xaringan Theme

Show the code 
embed_xaringan(url = "https://agrogan1.github.io/R/xaringan-themes/OsloMetTest.html",
               ratio = "4:3")

Inspired by: https://github.com/martinhelso/OsloMet

2.3 Tufte(-ish) Xaringan Theme

Show the code 
embed_xaringan(url = "https://agrogan1.github.io/R/xaringan-themes/TufteTest.html",
               ratio = "4:3")

2.4 Moments of Rising Mist Xaringan Theme

Show the code 
embed_xaringan(url = "https://agrogan1.github.io/R/xaringan-themes/Moments-Of-Rising-Mist.html",
               ratio = "4:3")

CSS to replicate design of Moments of Rising Mist: A Book of Sung Poetry

2.5 Banff Xaringan Theme

Show the code 
embed_xaringan(url = "https://agrogan1.github.io/R/xaringan-themes/BanffTest.html",
               ratio = "4:3")

Based upon design ideas from the Banff Mountain Film Festival

3 Supplemental Materials

4 Example

  • My ggplot flipbook uses the CSS from the University of Michigan Xaringan theme.