Solarized - Color scheme for vim, mutt, terminal emulators
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HN comment orderIts really rare to see that much thought going into the aesthetics of stereotypically "geeky" applications like vim and terminals, even the website looks entirely different from pretty much every website I have seen around these tools its a refreshing change, awesome work
I credit Solarized with setting the baseline allowing proper "dark" themes to be more commonplace. I'm going out on a limb, but perhaps macOS' Dark Mode, or VSCode's dark mode, wouldn't exist without Solarized blazing that path. It's kinda funny how, before Solarized, I would see tons of gimmicky themes like some that were going for a Matrix or "classic terminal" feel, going all in on a certain theme but eschewing real usefulness. I want my basic terminal colors to…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 908
- Total comments
- 333
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-31 | Solarized - Color scheme for vim, mutt, terminal emulatorsFirst breakout · Best thread | lamnk | 496 | 154 |
| 2014-10-29 | Solarized – Ethan Schoonover | kaptain | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-10-31 | SolarizedLatest 20+ point return | behnamoh | 409 | 179 |
| 2025-10-26 | Solarized – A Break Down | dduplex | 2 | 0 |