Arctikai — ZedExt

Arctikai ❄️

Arctikai theme poster

A cool-toned, muted, and restrained dark theme for Zed.

Arctikai is inspired by the Monokai Pro color scheme, with additional influence from Monokai Pirokai. It keeps the Monokai energy, but shifts it toward a colder, quieter palette for long focused coding sessions.

Preview 🖼️

Arctikai theme screenshot

Installation 📦

From Zed Extensions

Open Zed.
Open the command palette with Cmd+Shift+P on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+P on Linux/Windows.
Run zed: extensions.
Search for Arctikai and install the extension.
Run theme selector: toggle and select Arctikai.

Manual Installation

Clone the repository and copy the theme into your Zed themes directory:

git clone https://github.com/hexqnt/arctikai.git
cd arctikai
mkdir -p ~/.config/zed/themes
cp themes/arctikai.json ~/.config/zed/themes/

Then restart Zed or run workspace: reload, open theme selector: toggle, and choose Arctikai.

Recommended icons

For file icons, Catppuccin Icons are recommended. They are fairly close in color scheme.

Recommended Zed Settings ⚙️

Some visual details are controlled by Zed settings rather than the theme schema. You can add this to your Zed settings.json and adjust it to taste:

{
  "theme": {
    // Keep Arctikai selected for dark mode.
    "mode": "system",
    "dark": "Arctikai"
  },

  // Recommended coding fonts.
  // Try these in order:
  // - "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font"
  // - "Fira Code Nerd Font"
  // - "Hack Nerd Font"
  "buffer_font_family": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font",
  "buffer_font_fallbacks": ["Fira Code Nerd Font", "Hack Nerd Font"]

  // Use the same family in the integrated terminal for consistent icons/glyphs.
  "terminal": {
    "font_family": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font",
  },

  // Arctikai is tuned to look good with programming ligatures enabled.
  "buffer_font_features": {
    "calt": true,
    "liga": true,
    "zero": true,
  }

  "global_lsp_settings": {
    "semantic_token_rules": [
      // I like to see mutable and immutable variables in code
      {
        "token_modifiers": ["mutable"],
        "underline": true,
        "font_style": "normal",
      },
      // And see whether it is a parameter or a local variable
      {
        "token_type": "parameter",
        "style": ["variable.parameter", "variable"]
      },
    ],
  },

  // Languages for which this makes sense.
  // Will work if the LSP can return a mutable modifier
  "languages": {
    "Rust": {
      "semantic_tokens": "combined",
    },
    "Zig": {
      "semantic_tokens": "combined"
    },
    "Kotlin": {
      "semantic_tokens": "combined",
    },
    "Swift": {
      "semantic_tokens": "combined",
    },
    "Scala": {
      "semantic_tokens": "combined",
    },
  },

}