Nous Alt Theme
A whole-editor theme for Zed matching Hermes' Nous Alt palette: glass neutrals with brand blue in light mode, and cream on mission-blue in dark mode.
Both variants style the entire interface, not just the editor pane — title bar, tab bar, status bar, panels, toolbars, scrollbars, search highlights, pane borders, terminal, and syntax highlighting.
Design
- Brand blue
#0053FD— light-mode primary, focus rings, pane borders, editor accents - Mission blue
#0D2F86— dark-mode background, already used for the editor and terminal - Cream
#FFE6CB— dark-mode text, keywords, active line numbers, and focus borders - Glass neutrals — light surfaces stay near-white with restrained blue-tinted borders
Palette mapping
Derived from Hermes' nousAltTheme (apps/desktop/src/themes/presets.ts):
| Hermes token | Light | Dark |
|---|---|---|
background |
#F8FAFF |
#0D2F86 |
foreground |
#17171A |
#FFE6CB |
card / elevated surface |
#FFFFFF |
#12378F |
primary |
#0053FD |
#FFE6CB |
secondary |
blue 7% on white | #1B45A4 |
accent |
blue 10% on white | #1540B1 |
border |
blue 22% alpha | #3158AD |
muted |
blue 5% on white | #183F9A |
mutedForeground |
#666678 |
#B5C7F3 |
destructive |
#C72E4D |
#C0473A |
sidebarBackground |
#F3F7FF |
#09286F |
sidebarBorder |
blue 18% alpha | #234A9C |
ring / composerRing |
#0053FD |
#FFE6CB |
Every style property in the Zed theme schema v0.2.0 is set explicitly for both appearances, so no surface falls back to a default.
Variants
- Nous Alt Light
- Nous Alt Dark
Install
- Open Zed's Extensions panel.
- Search for Nous Alt Theme.
- Install it and pick Nous Alt Light or Nous Alt Dark in the theme picker.
For local development, use Install Dev Extension and select this repository's directory.
License
MIT. See LICENSE.