Irodori
Statistically-averaged dark themes generated from Zed community color choices, with WCAG AA and AAA contrast 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 Irodori. The extension's id is irodori-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.
Irodori
Statistically-averaged dark themes for Zed, generated from community color choices.
Irodori (彩り — "coloring") analyzes nearly 1,000 community-contributed Zed themes, clusters them by background hue, and computes perceptual averages using CIEDE2000 color difference. The result is a set of harmonized themes that represent what the Zed community gravitates toward — not designed by a single person, but distilled from collective taste.
Each theme includes WCAG AA and AAA contrast-enforced variants for accessibility.
Themes
Neutral
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Pure Black | Near-true-black backgrounds for OLED and minimal distraction |
| Dark Neutral | Balanced achromatic dark with teal accents |
Cool
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Cool Blue | Deep blue-gray tones — the most popular community choice by a wide margin |
| Green Teal | Dark with teal accent colors |
| Purple | Muted purple accents on a neutral dark base |
Warm
| Theme | Description |
|---|---|
| Red | Warm stone backgrounds with soft red accents |
| Amber | Dark warm tones with amber-tinted text |
Every theme has three variants:
- Base — the raw statistical average
- AA — adjusted to meet WCAG AA contrast (4.5:1 for text, 3:1 for UI)
- AAA — adjusted to meet WCAG AAA contrast (7:1 for text, 4.5:1 for UI)
Install
Search for Irodori in Zed's extension panel (zed: extensions), or install manually:
Zed → Extensions → Search "Irodori" → Install
To try it locally before it's on the registry:
Zed → Extensions → Install Dev Extension → select this directory
How It Works
These themes are produced by a tool that:
- Collects community-contributed Zed themes found online
- Converts colors to CIELAB and clusters by background hue/lightness
- Computes trimmed-mean archetypes per cluster using CIEDE2000 perceptual distance
- Snaps final colors to the nearest Tailwind CSS palette value for visual coherence
- Adjusts contrast to meet WCAG AA/AAA requirements