Retrobox for Zed

A vibrant, nostalgic theme for Zed inspired by the built-in retrobox colorscheme in Neovim. Ported from the vscode-retrobox-theme by ibrahim317.

Includes dark and light variants.

Color Palette

Dark

Role	Color
Background	#1c1c1c
Foreground	#ebdbb2
Keywords	#fb4934
Functions	#fabd2f
Strings	#b8bb26
Variables / Properties	#83a598
Numbers / Constants	#d3869b
Builtins / Operators	#fe8019
Attributes / Labels	#8ec07c
Comments	#928374

Light

Role	Color
Background	#fbf1c7
Foreground	#3c3836
Keywords	#9d0006
Functions	#b57614
Strings	#79740e
Variables / Properties	#076678
Numbers / Constants	#8f3f71
Builtins / Operators	#af3a03
Attributes / Labels	#427b58
Comments	#928374

Installation

Via Zed Extensions (recommended)

1. Open the Extensions panel: cmd+shift+x / ctrl+shift+x
2. Search for Retrobox
3. Click Install
4. Open the Command Palette → theme selector: toggle → search Retrobox Dark or Retrobox Light

Manual / Dev Install

1. Clone this repository
2. In Zed, open the Command Palette → zed: install dev extension
3. Select the cloned directory

What's Covered

• All Tree-sitter syntax tokens (keywords, functions, types, strings, comments, variables, operators, punctuation, attributes, preprocessor directives, labels, and all sub-variants)
• Markup tokens — headings (h1–h6 with distinct palette colors), bold, italic, code blocks, lists, links, blockquotes, strikethrough, diff
• Full editor UI shell — tabs, panels, status bar, scrollbars, borders, gutter, indent guides
• Terminal with all 16 ANSI colors mapped to the retrobox palette
• Git and diagnostic status colors (error, warning, info, hint, created, modified, deleted, conflict)
• 8 multiplayer player cursor colors

Credits

• Original Neovim retrobox colorscheme — Neovim core team
• VS Code adaptation — ibrahim317
• Zed port — this extension

License

MIT