Ember Theme

A warm, dark IDE theme that prioritises syntax clarity and avoids all cool colors.

🔥 About Ember

Ember is a dark theme born from a simple idea: code environments should be cozy and warm, not cold and sterile. It's built around a palette of ambers, oranges, deep reds, and earthy tones, completely avoiding blues, purples, and harsh cool colors.

The name "Ember" evokes the feeling of a glowing coal—dark, but providing a comfortable, steady warmth.

The Philosophy: Clarity First

Many "warm" themes can feel muddy or flat, causing different parts of the syntax to blend together. The core intention of Ember is to solve this by maintaining high clarity and useful color differentiation.

• Warm, not Washed Out: Colors are chosen to be pleasant and warm, but are saturated and distinct enough to provide meaningful syntax highlighting.
• Functional Contrast: The background is dark enough for comfort, while the foreground text has purposeful contrast to remain legible for long coding sessions.
• Purposeful Color: Keywords, variables, functions, and strings all have distinct, logical colors, ensuring that the theme's warmth enhances your workflow, rather than hiding it.

📦 Supported Applications

This repository currently contains theme files for:

• JetBrains IDEs (e.g., Rider, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm)
• Zed
• VS Code (this includes VS Code forks, such as Cursor, Windsurf etc.)

💾 Installation

JetBrains IDEs

Note: it has only currently been tested on Rider 2025.

1. Download the JetBrains theme file from this repository.
2. Drag and drop the downloaded file into your IDE window.
3. Press Install.

Zed

Note: the Zed theme is not feature-parity with the JetBrains theme due to Zed limitations.

1. Download the Zed theme file from this repository.
2. Place it under the Zed themes directory (~/.config/zed/themes on Linux)
3. In Zed, open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).
4. Run the theme selector command.
5. Select Ember.

VS Code

Note: the VS Code theme is not feature-parity with the JetBrains theme due to limitations and time.

1. Download the VSIX file from this repository.
2. In VS Code, open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).
3. Run the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command.
4. Select the downloaded VSIX file.

📄 License

This theme is licensed under the Apache License.