diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/models/CardType.ts b/apps/frontend/src/models/CardType.ts
index a6627731f6a28..92b90804ab20f 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/models/CardType.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/models/CardType.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,30 @@ export const CardType = {
   WAKATIME: "wakatime",
 } as const;
 export type CardType = (typeof CardType)[keyof typeof CardType];
+
+export const CardCategory = {
+  /**
+   * Cards describing a single repo or gist.
+   * They accept `show_owner` and use the `_repocard` theme variants.
+   */
+  REPO: "repo",
+  /**
+   * Cards describing a user: stats, top languages and WakaTime.
+   */
+  USER: "user",
+} as const;
+export type CardCategory = (typeof CardCategory)[keyof typeof CardCategory];
+
+/**
+ * Category each card belongs to.
+ *
+ * Exhaustive by construction: a new {@link CardType} will not compile until it
+ * is categorised here, rather than silently falling into one of the branches.
+ */
+export const CATEGORY_BY_CARD_TYPE: Record<CardType, CardCategory> = {
+  [CardType.STATS]: CardCategory.USER,
+  [CardType.TOP_LANGS]: CardCategory.USER,
+  [CardType.WAKATIME]: CardCategory.USER,
+  [CardType.PIN]: CardCategory.REPO,
+  [CardType.GIST]: CardCategory.REPO,
+};
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
index aff974c83852e..52788559be50a 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ThemeName } from "@stats-organization/github-readme-stats-core";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { JSX } from "react";
 import { useDispatch } from "react-redux";
@@ -8,7 +9,11 @@ import { authenticate } from "../../api/user";
 import { DEFAULT_OPTION as LANGUAGES_DEFAULT_LAYOUT } from "../../components/Home/LanguagesLayoutSection";
 import { DEFAULT_OPTION as WAKATIME_DEFAULT_LAYOUT } from "../../components/Home/WakatimeLayoutSection";
 import { DEMO_USER } from "../../constants";
-import { CardType } from "../../models/CardType";
+import {
+  CATEGORY_BY_CARD_TYPE,
+  CardCategory,
+  CardType,
+} from "../../models/CardType";
 import { STAGE_LABELS } from "../../models/Stage";
 import type { StageIndex } from "../../models/Stage";
 import { useTheme } from "../../redux/selectors/themeSelectors";
@@ -34,17 +39,13 @@ interface HomeScreenProps {
   setStage: (stageIndex: StageIndex) => void;
 }
 
-function getDefaultTheme(isDark: boolean, isRepoCard: boolean): string {
-  if (isRepoCard) {
+function getDefaultTheme(isDark: boolean, category: CardCategory): ThemeName {
+  if (category === CardCategory.REPO) {
     return isDark ? "dark_github_repocard" : "light_github_repocard";
   }
   return isDark ? "dark_github" : "light_github";
 }
 
-function isRepoCard(selectedCard: CardType): boolean {
-  return selectedCard === CardType.PIN || selectedCard === CardType.GIST;
-}
-
 export function HomeScreen({ stage, setStage }: HomeScreenProps): JSX.Element {
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
 
@@ -77,7 +78,10 @@ export function HomeScreen({ stage, setStage }: HomeScreenProps): JSX.Element {
   }
 
   const { isDark } = useTheme();
-  const [theme, setTheme] = useState(() => getDefaultTheme(isDark, false));
+  const cardCategory = CATEGORY_BY_CARD_TYPE[selectedCard];
+  const [theme, setTheme] = useState(() =>
+    getDefaultTheme(isDark, cardCategory),
+  );
 
   const handleCardTypeChange = (cardType: CardType) => {
     if (cardType === CardType.TOP_LANGS) {
@@ -94,8 +98,8 @@ export function HomeScreen({ stage, setStage }: HomeScreenProps): JSX.Element {
       }));
     }
 
-    if (theme === getDefaultTheme(isDark, isRepoCard(selectedCard))) {
-      setTheme(getDefaultTheme(isDark, isRepoCard(cardType)));
+    if (theme === getDefaultTheme(isDark, cardCategory)) {
+      setTheme(getDefaultTheme(isDark, CATEGORY_BY_CARD_TYPE[cardType]));
     }
 
     setSelectedCard(cardType);
@@ -114,8 +118,8 @@ export function HomeScreen({ stage, setStage }: HomeScreenProps): JSX.Element {
 
   // Preview builder for the customize stage, dark-themed to match the surroundings.
   const customizeCardBuilder = useMemo(
-    () => cardBuilder.theme(getDefaultTheme(isDark, isRepoCard(selectedCard))),
-    [cardBuilder, isDark, selectedCard],
+    () => cardBuilder.theme(getDefaultTheme(isDark, cardCategory)),
+    [cardBuilder, isDark, cardCategory],
   );
 
   // for stage four
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ export function HomeScreen({ stage, setStage }: HomeScreenProps): JSX.Element {
             <ThemeStage
               card={cardBuilder}
               theme={theme}
-              isRepoCard={isRepoCard(selectedCard)}
+              category={cardCategory}
               onThemeChange={(theme) => {
                 setTheme(theme);
                 setStage(4);
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Customize.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Customize.tsx
index 50c828ec55d04..3336aaeaf7ef3 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Customize.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Customize.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ import {
   DEMO_USER,
   DEMO_WAKATIME_USER,
 } from "../../../constants";
-import { CardType } from "../../../models/CardType";
+import {
+  CATEGORY_BY_CARD_TYPE,
+  CardCategory,
+  CardType,
+} from "../../../models/CardType";
 import type { CardUrlBuilder } from "../../../models/CardUrl";
 import type { StageIndex } from "../../../models/Stage";
 import { useIsAuthenticated } from "../../../redux/selectors/userSelectors";
@@ -367,7 +371,7 @@ export function CustomizeStage({
             }}
           />
         )}
-        {(cardType === CardType.PIN || cardType === CardType.GIST) && (
+        {CATEGORY_BY_CARD_TYPE[cardType] === CardCategory.REPO && (
           <CheckboxSection
             title="Show Owner?"
             text="Shows the repo owner's name next to the repo name."
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Theme.tsx b/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Theme.tsx
index 55ad65f27b0c8..54d7688268423 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Theme.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/pages/Home/stages/Theme.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import {
   getCardThemeBackdrop,
   getThemeSortRank,
 } from "../../../components/Card/themeBackdrop";
+import { CardCategory } from "../../../models/CardType";
 import type { CardUrlBuilder } from "../../../models/CardUrl";
 import { useTheme } from "../../../redux/selectors/themeSelectors";
 
-const excludedThemes = [
+const excludedThemes: Array<ThemeName> = [
   "default",
   "default_repocard",
   "github_dark",
@@ -49,18 +50,19 @@ const nonRepoCardThemes = forPicker(
 interface ThemeStageProps {
   card: CardUrlBuilder;
   theme: string;
-  isRepoCard: boolean;
-  onThemeChange: (theme: string) => void;
+  category: CardCategory;
+  onThemeChange: (theme: ThemeName) => void;
 }
 
 export function ThemeStage({
   theme,
   card,
-  isRepoCard,
+  category,
   onThemeChange,
 }: ThemeStageProps): JSX.Element {
   const { isDark } = useTheme();
-  const themeList = isRepoCard ? repoCardThemes : nonRepoCardThemes;
+  const themeList =
+    category === CardCategory.REPO ? repoCardThemes : nonRepoCardThemes;
 
   return (
     <>