I hate to dismiss Zed for such a stupid reason, but I have tried to use Zed seriously many times and every time I stop because I can't get over the theme. I've tried basically every single theme I can find that is reasonably popular and they are all equally poor. VSCode and Cursor have vastly better default themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions here? I would love to use Zed more.

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mixmastamyk 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Does it really not let you change the colors? Am very unhappy at the modern trend to allow only canned themes.

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jordyjor 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I use "Melange Light". Feels simple and clean, if you like light themes at all.

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matternous 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You could just use the VSCode theme in Zed.

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xpe 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What's your favorite theme, maybe we can point you to something close? If you have any special needs or usability issues (colorblindness is common), that's probably relevant too.

I use the default theme + the Catppuccin Icon Theme : https://github.com/catppuccin/zed-icons

	▲	johnfn 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I really like the default Cursor theme - One Dark is also OK.