Mdias OLED
OLED-friendly Zed theme inspired by vaporwave. Pure black background, marine teal primary, vibrant green-cyan accents, hot pink highlights. Zed port of opencode-vaporware-oled-theme.
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 Mdias OLED. The extension's id is mdias-oled-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.
Mdias OLED for Zed
A pure-black, OLED-friendly Zed theme inspired by vaporwave. Marine teal primary, vibrant green-cyan accents, hot pink highlights, soft gray text. A Zed port of opencode-vaporware-oled-theme so the two editors share the same color vocabulary.
Markdown side-by-side
Source on the left, rendered preview on the right. Hot pink headings, italic emphasis, marine teal code spans.
Palette
| Role | Color | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Background | OLED black | #000000 |
| Foreground | Soft gray | #d4d4d4 |
| Primary (strings, success, diff added) | Marine teal | #56b6c2 |
| Accent (types, links, info, active line number) | Vibrant green-cyan | #00d9a0 |
| Highlight (warnings, modifications, numbers, headings) | Hot pink | #ff2094 |
| Comments, muted text | Gray | #5c6370 |
| Keywords, operators | Magenta | #c678dd |
| Functions, tags, attributes | Blue | #61afef |
| Properties, variables, errors, diff removed | Soft red | #e06c75 |
The hot pink is the signature. It appears anywhere Zed flags something worth your attention: search matches, git-modified files, numbers and booleans in code, markdown headings, warnings, the version-control modified marker. Comments render in italic gray for a vaporwave feel.
Installation
Via the Zed extension marketplace
cmd-shift-x to open the extensions panel and search for Mdias OLED.
Direct install (development)
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Clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/mcdays94/zed-vaporware-oled-theme.git cd zed-vaporware-oled-theme -
Symlink the theme into your Zed user themes directory:
mkdir -p ~/.config/zed/themes ln -s "$(pwd)/themes/mdias-oled.json" ~/.config/zed/themes/mdias-oled.json -
Pick it with
cmd-k cmd-tand choose Mdias OLED, or set it in~/.config/zed/settings.json:{ "theme": { "mode": "dark", "dark": "Mdias OLED" } }
Zed reloads themes on save, so any edits to themes/mdias-oled.json show up instantly.
Companion theme
The Zed counterpart to mcdays94/opencode-vaporware-oled-theme. Same palette, same vibe. Run them together for a consistent look across your terminal AI workflow (opencode) and your editor (Zed).
Inspiration
Vaporwave aesthetics. Neon cyans and hot pinks against pure OLED black. Late-night coding vibes.
License
MIT