Boring Theme

Minimal theme using only a few colors, focus on high readability and reasonable contrast.

I think many of today's themes are too colourful, it both becomes distracting and makes it hard to see important visual feedback as hints, warnings and errors.

Supported Editors

• JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, Rider, WebStorm, etc.)
• Zed (work in progress)

JetBrains IDE

The JetBrains theme is located in the jetbrains-theme/ directory.

Building from Source

Prerequisites:

• make
• jar (usually part of JDK/JRE)

1. Navigate to the theme directory:

   cd jetbrains-theme

2. Build the plugin:

   make

   This will generate a .jar file in jetbrains-theme/build/.

Installation

1. Open your JetBrains IDE.
2. Go to Settings -> Plugins.
3. Click the Gear Icon (⚙️) -> Install Plugin from Disk....
4. Select the generated jetbrains-theme/build/BoringTheme-<VERSION>.jar.

Zed

The Zed theme is located in the zed-theme/ directory.

Installation

Since this theme is not yet in the official Zed extensions registry, you can install it as a Dev Extension:

1. Open Zed.
2. Open the Extensions panel (Cmd+Shift+X).
3. Click the Install Dev Extension button at the top of the panel.
4. Navigate to the boring-theme/zed-theme folder and select it.
5. Open the Theme Selector (Cmd+K Cmd+T) and choose Boring Theme or Boring Theme (Dark).