Efa Dark Theme

Efa Dark Theme for Zed

A dark theme extension for Zed, inspired by JetBrains IDEs and tuned for long coding sessions with balanced contrast.

Theme Preview

Efa Dark features:

• Deep dark background (#1E1F22) for comfortable viewing
• Vibrant but controlled syntax highlighting
• Distinct colors for keywords, strings, functions, and types
• Italic styling for comments, booleans, and constants
• Matching terminal ANSI palette

Repository Layout

This repository is packaged as a Zed extension:

.
├── extension.toml
├── screenshots/
│   └── efa-dark-theme-preview.png
├── themes/
│   └── efa-dark.json
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

Installation

Install directly from Zed's extension registry:

1. Open the command palette (cmd-shift-p on macOS, ctrl-shift-p elsewhere) and run zed: extensions.
2. Search for efa dark.
3. Click Install on Efa Dark Theme.
4. Open the theme selector with cmd-k cmd-t (ctrl-k ctrl-t on Linux/Windows) and select Efa Dark.

To set it permanently, add to your Zed settings.json:

{
  "theme": "Efa Dark"
}

Local Development & Testing

1. Open Zed and run zed: extensions from the command palette.
2. Click Install Dev Extension.
3. Select this repository folder.
4. Open the theme selector with ctrl-k ctrl-t (cmd-k cmd-t on macOS).
5. Select Efa Dark and verify UI/syntax colors.

If the theme does not appear, run zed: open log and check extension loading output.

Publishing to Zed Extensions

To publish this theme in the official Zed extension registry:

1. Push this repository to GitHub.
2. Fork zed-industries/extensions.
3. In your fork, add this repo as a submodule:

git submodule add https://github.com/valyefimov/zed-theme-efa-dark.git extensions/efa-dark-theme
git add extensions/efa-dark-theme

1. Add an entry to the top-level extensions.toml in the fork:

[efa-dark-theme]
submodule = "extensions/efa-dark-theme"
version = "1.0.0"

1. Run:

pnpm sort-extensions

1. Commit, push, and open a pull request to zed-industries/extensions.

Once the PR is merged, the extension becomes available in Zed’s extension store.

Configuration

Set the theme directly in Zed settings:

{
  "theme": "Efa Dark"
}

Or keep dynamic light/dark mode:

{
  "theme": {
    "mode": "system",
    "light": "One Light",
    "dark": "Efa Dark"
  }
}

Color Palette

• Background: #1E1F22
• Foreground: #BCBEC4
• Blue (functions): #56A8F5
• Orange (keywords): #CF8E6D
• Green (strings): #6AAB73
• Cyan (numbers): #2AACB8
• Magenta (properties): #C77DBB
• Teal (types): #16BAAC

Author

Yefimov Valentyn

License

MIT — see LICENSE.