Eldritch for Zed

A community-driven dark theme inspired by Lovecraftian horror.

Ported from eldritch.nvim with Neovim-matched syntax highlighting across 200+ languages.

For more information, see the main Eldritch theme repository.

Variants

Variant	Description
Eldritch	Default palette -- vibrant accents on dark backgrounds
Eldritch Dark	Official darker palette from eldritch.nvim -- deeper backgrounds with desaturated accents
Eldritch Deeper	Deeper backgrounds with the original vibrant accent colors

Showcase

HTML — Dark mode script	JSON — package.json
TypeScript — Supabase SSR hooks	CSS — Nested rules and custom properties
TypeScript — Vite config	TSX — React component with Tailwind
TSX — React component (Dark variant)	C++ — Split pane with parser macros
C++ / JSON / Terminal — Multi-pane layout

Installation

From Zed Extensions (Recommended)

1. Open Zed
2. Open the Extensions panel (cmd+shift+x)
3. Search for "Eldritch"
4. Click Install
5. Open Settings (cmd+,) and set your theme:

{
  "theme": {
    "mode": "dark",
    "dark": "Eldritch"
  }
}

Manual Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Copy themes/eldritch.json to ~/.config/zed/themes/
3. Restart Zed and select the theme from Settings

Color Palette

Color	Default	Dark	Hex (Default)
Background			#212337 / #171928
Foreground			#ebfafa / #d8e6e6
Cyan			#04d1f9 / #0396b3
Green			#37f499 / #2dcc82
Purple			#a48cf2 / #8b75d9
Pink			#f265b5 / #d154a1
Red			#f16c75 / #cc5860
Yellow			#f1fc79 / #ccd663
Orange			#f7c67f / #d4a666

Eldritch Deeper uses the darker backgrounds with the default (vibrant) accent colors.

Disabling Italics

Zed supports per-token style overrides via experimental.theme_overrides in your settings. To disable italics without switching themes:

{
  "experimental.theme_overrides": {
    "syntax": {
      "comment": { "font_style": "normal" },
      "comment.doc": { "font_style": "normal" }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT