Download your theme as a ZIP

Download a ZIP when you want a theme file to upload under Ghost Settings → Design, archive, review, or hand to a client. The ZIP is a normal Ghost theme package.

Free projects can download when the builder does not show a Pro-content block. If download is blocked by Pro content, follow the builder message or see Download blocked.

ZIP vs publish

ZIP gives you manual control and a file artifact. Publish sends the theme to a connected Ghost site without the upload step. Both paths ship theme files; neither path edits Ghost posts, members, navigation labels, or other publication content.

If your project changes routes or collections, routes.yaml may still need a separate Ghost Labs upload even after a successful ZIP download or publish.

Steps

  1. Finish edits and check preview.
  2. In Fantasma, run Download ZIP.
  3. If the app mentions routes.yaml, download it and plan a Labs upload.
  4. In Ghost: Design → Change theme → Upload, then Activate.

After each theme change

Download and upload again, or publish through a connected Ghost site. Ghost does not pull updates from Fantasma by itself.

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