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High Contrast Themes

v0.1.0 ยท by Rakshit ยท added 3 November 2026

๐Ÿ‘“ High contrast variants of your favorite dark themes for Zed

Themes

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 High Contrast Themes. The extension's id is high-contrast-themes.

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.

High-contrast variants of your favorite dark themes for Zed โ€” designed for maximum readability and reduced eye strain.

Themes

ThemeBase
High Contrast AyuAyu
High Contrast VSCodeVSCode Dark+
High Contrast One DarkOne Dark
High Contrast Catppuccin MochaCatppuccin Mocha
High Contrast GruvboxGruvbox
High Contrast Tokyo NightTokyo Night
High Contrast DraculaDracula
High Contrast NordNord
High Contrast MonokaiMonokai
High Contrast Solarized DarkSolarized

Previews

Usage

  1. Open Zed.
  2. Open the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and enter zed: extensions.
  3. Search for High Contrast Zed and install the extension.
  4. Enter theme selector: toggle in the command palette and select your preferred High Contrast theme from the dropdown.

Manual Installation

  1. Clone this repository or download the themes/high-contrast-zed.json file.
  2. Place high-contrast-zed.json in the themes/ subfolder inside your Zed configuration directory (typically ~/.config/zed/themes/).
  3. Restart Zed.
  4. Enter theme selector: toggle in the command palette and select your theme.

Development

  1. Clone this repository.
  2. Open Zed's command palette and enter zed: install dev extension, then select the cloned repository folder.
  3. Reload the extension with zed: reload extensions (use workspace: reload if changes aren't reflected immediately).

See the Zed extension documentation for more information.

License

MIT License โ€” see LICENSE for details.