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CoMPhy Crisp Themes

v1.2.0 · by Vatsal Sanjay · added 3 November 2026

CoMPhy Lab editor themes: Crisp Velvet (jewel-toned syntax on plum-tinted dark) and Gruvbox Plum, matching the lab VS Code, Neovim and Obsidian themes

Themes
Install in Forge SuperView the source

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 CoMPhy Crisp Themes. The extension's id is comphy-crisp-themes.

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README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

CoMPhy Crisp Themes for Zed Editor

A collection of jewel-toned Zed themes built around a deep plum (#68236D) accent, with syntax colors emerging against near-void backgrounds with subtle purple warmth.

Theme Variants

This extension ships four themes:

  1. CoMPhy Crisp Velvet — Standard dark with purple-tinted blacks and full jewel-tone syntax
  2. CoMPhy Crisp Velvet Light — Lavender-white background with darkened syntax for WCAG AA contrast
  3. CoMPhy Crisp Velvet (Highest Contrast) — Pure black editor with boosted syntax brightness and active line number accent
  4. CoMPhy Crisp Velvet (Warm) — Warm near-black with coral keywords, amber types, and cream text

Color Palette

  • Accent spectrum: Deep plum #68236D through orchid #C084C8 to pale #E8C8EC
  • Syntax: Ruby keywords, jade strings, orchid functions, amber types, sapphire variables, aquamarine properties, amethyst numbers
  • Backgrounds: Purple-tinted blacks (#1A1822 standard, #F4F0F5 light, #000000 highest contrast, #100E0D warm)

Installation

From Zed's Extension Panel

  1. Open Zed
  2. Open the Extensions panel
  3. Search for CoMPhy Crisp Themes
  4. Click Install

Manual Installation

  1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/comphy-lab/comphy-zed-themes.git
  2. Open Zed
  3. Open the Extensions panel
  4. Click Install Dev Extension
  5. Select the cloned repository directory

Migration Notes (v0.3.0 to v0.4.0)

The v0.4.0 release replaces all previous theme variants with the new Velvet Abyss palette:

  • Previous variants (Anysphere Blend Dark, Anysphere Blend Light, Anysphere (Highest Contrast, pop), Highest Contrast) are removed
  • New variants: Velvet, Velvet Light, Velvet (Highest Contrast), Velvet (Warm)
  • After updating, re-select your preferred theme from the theme picker

Release Workflow

Releases are tag-driven:

  • Workflow: .github/workflows/release.yml
  • Trigger: push tags matching v*
  • Publisher action: huacnlee/zed-extension-action@v1.0.0
  • Extension name for publishing: comphy-crisp-themes

Language Support

Enhanced syntax highlighting for:

  • Python
  • JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Rust
  • Go
  • HTML and CSS
  • JSON
  • Markdown
  • LaTeX
  • Shell scripts
  • And more

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.