Air Theme
Zed port of JetBrains Air — calm dark + light theme. Lavender keywords, pink strings, amber numbers, green types. Includes italic variants.
How to install
With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.
You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for Air Theme. The extension's id is air-theme.
Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.
README
From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.
Air Theme for Zed
Zed port of JetBrains Air — a calm theme family with lavender keywords, pink strings, amber numbers, and green types.
Variants
Four variants included:
- Air Dark — Dark theme
- Air Dark Italic — Dark with italic parameters/strings and bold functions
- Air Light — Light theme
- Air Light Italic — Light with italic parameters/strings and bold functions
Air Dark
Air Dark Italic
Air Light
Air Light Italic
Italic styles
| Token | Style |
|---|---|
function, function.method, function.builtin | bold |
variable.parameter | italic |
string, string.escape, string.regex | italic |
comment | italic (all variants) |
Installation
From the Extensions tab
cmd+shift+x→ open Extensions- Search for "Air Theme"
- Click Install
cmd+k cmd+t→ pick a variant
Manually (dev extension)
git clone https://github.com/franzgollhammer/air-theme-zed
- Open Zed
cmd+shift+p→zed: install dev extension- Select the cloned folder
cmd+k cmd+t→ pick a variant
Terminal themes
Matching terminal themes in terminal-themes/:
- Ghostty —
terminal-themes/ghostty/air-dark,air-light - iTerm2 —
terminal-themes/iterm2/air-dark.itermcolors,air-light.itermcolors - Warp —
terminal-themes/warp/air-dark.yaml,air-light.yaml
Color palette
Dark
| Role | Hex |
|---|---|
| Background | #18191B |
| Foreground | #dddddd |
| Comment | #909192 |
| String | #E394DC |
| Keyword | #82D2CE |
| Function | #F8C762 |
| Type | #EFB080 |
| Variable | #AAA0FA |
| Parameter | #A8CC7C |
| Number | #EBC88D |
| Tag | #87C3FF |
Light
| Role | Hex |
|---|---|
| Background | #FBFBFC |
| Foreground | #1F2024 |
| Comment | #8C8C8C |
| String | #B03A88 |
| Keyword | #1F7F78 |
| Function | #8D6B1F |
| Type | #A85A29 |
| Variable | #5A4ECF |
| Parameter | #4E7A2A |
| Number | #8F6614 |
| Tag | #1C5DB5 |
Matching icons
Pair this theme with Air Icons for Zed — JetBrains Air-inspired file icons designed to match this color palette.
Related projects
Publishing
See the Zed Extensions docs.
PR against zed-industries/extensions:
git submodule add https://github.com/franzgollhammer/air-theme-zed extensions/air-theme
Add to extensions.toml:
[air-theme]
submodule = "extensions/air-theme"
version = "0.1.0"
License
MIT