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Fedaykin Themes

v1.0.0

Dark Dune-inspired themes for Zed - industrial monochrome and warm desert palettes

Updated 10 months ago
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Install in Zed
zedext main
// Load settings, retrying a few times
fn load_config(path: &str) -> Result<Config, Error> {
    let retries = 3;
    let text = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
    let name = "settings.json";
    Ok(Config { text, retries, name })
}

Fedaykin Themes for Zed

A comprehensive collection of Dune-inspired themes for Zed Editor - from dark atmospheric palettes to warm light themes.

Screenshots

Dark Theme Example - Dune Caladan Storm

Dune Caladan Storm

Light Theme Example - Dune Mentat

Dune Mentat

Warm Theme Example - Dune Arrakis Incandescent

Dune Arrakis Incandescent

Themes Included (36 Total)

Each theme comes in two variants:

  • Opaque - Classic solid backgrounds
  • Blurred - Transparent backgrounds with macOS vibrancy blur effect

House & Faction Themes

  • Dune Giedi Prime - A stark industrial monochrome theme with subtle pastel accents
  • Dune Harkonnen - A dark industrial theme with cold blues and purples inspired by the brutalist Harkonnen homeworld
  • Dune House Atreides - The noble house from oceanic Caladan - deep ocean blues, sea greens, silver nobility, and misty grays
  • Dune Sardaukar Imperial - The Emperor's elite forces - imperial purple and gold with crimson ruthlessness
  • Dune Bene Gesserit - The mystical sisterhood - midnight blues, silver robes, and subtle gold wisdom

Character Themes

  • Dune Muad'Dib - Paul's desert leadership - fierce Fremen blue eyes, royal purples, and survival greens
  • Dune Fremen Sietch (Light Theme) - Desert survival - warm beige backgrounds with earth tones and precious water blues

Planet Themes

  • Dune Arrakis Incandescent - A warm desert theme with glowing incandescent tones - golden spice and sunset rose
  • Dune Sandworm - Inspired by the great makers - sandy beiges, deep earth browns, and electric spice blue
  • Dune Kaitain - The Imperial capital planet - deep oceanic backgrounds with vibrant yet grounded syntax highlighting featuring olive drab strings, warm amber numbers, and bright function blues
  • Dune Caladan Storm - The tempestuous Atreides homeworld - storm grays, ocean navy, and lightning blues
  • Dune Salusa Secundus - The prison planet that forged the Sardaukar - volcanic reds, ash grays, and molten metal
  • Dune Ix Technology - The machine planet - sleek metallics, circuit greens, and holographic purples

Guild & Commerce Themes

  • Dune Guild Navigator - Spice-mutated navigators - deep space blacks, nebula purples, and bright orange spice gas
  • Dune Spacing Guild - Interstellar commerce - corporate steel grays, gold wealth accents, and technology blues

Mystical & Mental Themes

  • Dune Water of Life - The sacred transformation - luminous blues, ethereal whites, and transcendent purples
  • Dune Mentat (Light Theme) - Human computers - clean whites, Sapho juice reds, and precise computational blues
  • Dune Spice Vision - Prescient visions and spice trance - golden amber base, electric blue flashes, mystical purples, and shifting oranges

Installation

Local Development Installation

  1. Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/btriapitsyn/zed-fedaykin-themes.git
cd zed-fedaykin-themes
  1. Create a symlink to your Zed extensions directory:
ln -s $(pwd) ~/.config/zed/extensions/fedaykin-themes

  1. Restart Zed or reload extensions

  2. Open Zed's theme selector (Cmd+K, Cmd+T) and search for "Fedaykin"

Development

Adding New Themes

  1. Create a color palette file in color_palettes/:

    • Use color_palettes/palette-template.json as a base
    • Define all 46 required colors
    • Add descriptive comments for each color's purpose

  2. Generate the theme:

python3 generate_theme.py color_palettes/your-palette.json
  1. Both opaque and blurred variants will be added to themes/fedaykin-themes.json

Managing Themes

List all themes:

python3 generate_theme.py --list

Remove a theme:

python3 generate_theme.py --remove "Theme Name"

Regenerate a single theme:

python3 generate_theme.py color_palettes/your-palette.json

Regenerate all themes:

python3 generate_theme.py --regenerate-all

Blur Customization

Blur transparency levels are defined in generate_theme.py via BLUR_ALPHA dict. Adjust values and regenerate to customize the blur effect intensity.

Color Palette System

The themes use a unified 46-color system:

  • Colors 1-6: Background colors (darkest to lightest)
  • Colors 7-8: Borders and dividers
  • Colors 9-13: Text hierarchy (brightest to dimmest)
  • Colors 14-19: Syntax highlighting (different token types)
  • Colors 20-24: Semantic state colors (errors, warnings, info, success)
  • Colors 25-26: UI accent colors
  • Colors 27-29: Terminal special colors
  • Colors 30-46: Transparencies and overlays

Design Philosophy

These themes follow the principle of narrative-driven design:

  • Carefully calibrated contrast for reduced eye strain
  • Semantic color consistency across all themes
  • Color intensity that matches each theme's inspiration - from subtle monochromes to vibrant spice oranges
  • Context-aware contrast levels for different UI elements
  • Accessibility through proper luminance ratios
  • Each theme tells a story from the Dune universe through its color choices

License

MIT

Author

FedaykinDev

"The spice must flow"

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