Short Giraffe Theme

Short Giraffe Theme

Minimalistic, dark and easy-to-eye syntax theme for VSCode, Zed, and your favorite terminals.

Built from the ground up, the Short Giraffe Theme uses a playful yet subtle color palette for a your coding experience.

Zed

• Run Zed: Extensions
• Search for Short Giraffe Theme and install
• Done 🎉

VSCode

• Open Extensions on the sidebar.
• Search for Short Giraffe Theme.
• Install & reload.
• ⌘ + ⇧ + p and type "Color Theme".
• Pick Short Giraffe from the list and hit enter.
• Done 🎉

iTerm2

1. Download a theme:
   • Short Giraffe
   • Short Giraffe Darker
   • Short Giraffe High Contrast
2. Open iTerm2 → Settings → Profiles → Colors
3. Click "Color Presets..." dropdown → Import...
4. Select the downloaded .itermcolors file
5. Select the imported preset from the dropdown

Ghostty

Install the theme directly:

mkdir -p ~/.config/ghostty/themes && curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kumamaki/Short-Giraffe/main/src/ghostty/Short%20Giraffe" -o ~/.config/ghostty/themes/"Short Giraffe"

Or download manually:

• Short Giraffe
• Short Giraffe Darker
• Short Giraffe High Contrast

Then add to your Ghostty config (~/.config/ghostty/config):

theme = Short Giraffe

Otty

Import and activate the default variant:

otty theme import "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kumamaki/Short-Giraffe/main/src/otty/Short%20Giraffe.ottytheme" --activate

Or from a local clone:

otty theme import "./src/otty/Short Giraffe.ottytheme" --activate
otty theme import "./src/otty/Short Giraffe Darker.ottytheme"
otty theme import "./src/otty/Short Giraffe High Contrast.ottytheme"

Download manually:

• Short Giraffe
• Short Giraffe Darker
• Short Giraffe High Contrast

Switch later with otty config set theme short-giraffe (or short-giraffe-darker / short-giraffe-high-contrast).

Warp

Install the theme directly:

mkdir -p ~/.warp/themes && curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kumamaki/Short-Giraffe/main/src/warp/Short%20Giraffe.yaml" -o ~/.warp/themes/"Short Giraffe.yaml"

Or download manually:

• Short Giraffe
• Short Giraffe Darker
• Short Giraffe High Contrast

Then select the theme in Warp: Settings → Appearance → Themes

opencode

opencode loads themes from ~/.config/opencode/themes/. Install all three variants:

mkdir -p ~/.config/opencode/themes && curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kumamaki/Short-Giraffe/main/.opencode/themes/short-giraffe.json" -o ~/.config/opencode/themes/short-giraffe.json && curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kumamaki/Short-Giraffe/main/.opencode/themes/short-giraffe-darker.json" -o ~/.config/opencode/themes/short-giraffe-darker.json && curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kumamaki/Short-Giraffe/main/.opencode/themes/short-giraffe-high-contrast.json" -o ~/.config/opencode/themes/short-giraffe-high-contrast.json

Or download manually:

• Short Giraffe
• Short Giraffe Darker
• Short Giraffe High Contrast

Activate the theme by setting "theme": "short-giraffe" in your ~/.config/opencode/tui.json, or switch at runtime with /theme short-giraffe inside opencode.

Color Pallette

A harmonious blend of playful accents and soothing tones that will keep you focused and engaged.

Cheers to the Short Giraffes