Monobrut

// 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 })

}

A dark, high-contrast brutalist theme for Zed with unified surfaces, crisp borders, and expressive signal colors.

Default: Warm, balanced signal colors on a deep black field.

Monobrut default theme in Zed with a Go service, project navigation, and terminal

Breuer: Hard brutalism: one concrete-black field, uncompromising white structure, rust active states, and exposed signal colors. Named for brutalist architect Marcel Breuer.

Monobrut Breuer theme in Zed with a Go service, project navigation, and terminal

Säure: Cold cyberpunk structure with cyan borders, acid-green interaction states, and a near-black field.

Monobrut Säure theme in Zed with a Go service, project navigation, and terminal

Installation

Open Zed Extensions with ctrl-shift-x.
Search for Monobrut and install it.
Open the theme selector with cmd-k cmd-t on macOS or ctrl-k ctrl-t on Linux and Windows.
Select Monobrut.

To try the development version, clone this repository and run zed: install dev extension from Zed's command palette, then select the cloned directory.

Development

The theme lives in themes/monobrut.json and follows Zed's theme schema.