vulpes.nvim

A cyberpunk neon single-color(ish) scheme for Neovim (and many other TUIs) that tries to find a balance between vibes and utility.

Includes

Neovim         Terminals       TUI Apps        Bonus
──────         ─────────       ────────        ─────
◆ 100+ hlgroups   ◆ Ghostty       ◆ tmux          ◆ MapLibre
◆ Treesitter      ◆ Kitty         ◆ lazygit       ◆ GLSL shaders
◆ LSP             ◆ Alacritty     ◆ Yazi
◆ Lualine         ◆ WezTerm       ◆ fzf
◆ 15+ plugins                     ◆ bat

Requirements

Neovim 0.8+
termguicolors enabled
True color terminal

Install

-- lazy.nvim
{
  "ejfox/vulpes.nvim",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    vim.cmd.colorscheme("vulpes")
  end,
}

-- packer
use { "ejfox/vulpes.nvim" }

" vim-plug
Plug 'ejfox/vulpes.nvim'
colorscheme vulpes

Config

require("vulpes").setup({
  transparent = false,
  italic_comments = true,
  italic_keywords = false,
  bold_functions = false,
  cursor_color = "base",  -- "base" (pink) or "white"
  undercurl = true,
  terminal_colors = true,
})

vim.cmd.colorscheme("vulpes")

Or via vim.g:

vim.g.vulpes_transparent = true
vim.cmd.colorscheme("vulpes")

Option	Default
`transparent`	`false`	transparent bg
`italic_comments`	`true`
`italic_keywords`	`false`
`bold_functions`	`false`
`cursor_color`	`"base"`	`"base"` or `"white"`
`undercurl`	`true`	spelling errors
`terminal_colors`	`true`	ANSI colors in :terminal

Lualine

require("lualine").setup({
  options = { theme = "vulpes" },
})

Extras

All in extras/:

Terminals

	File	Install
Ghostty	`vulpes-ghostty.conf`	`cp extras/vulpes-ghostty.conf ~/.config/ghostty/themes/vulpes`
Kitty	`vulpes-kitty.conf`	`include themes/vulpes.conf` in kitty.conf
Alacritty	`vulpes-alacritty.toml`	import in alacritty.toml
WezTerm	`vulpes-wezterm.lua`	`cp extras/vulpes-wezterm.lua ~/.config/wezterm/colors/`

TUIs

	File	Install
tmux	`vulpes.tmux`	`source-file ~/.config/tmux/vulpes.tmux`
Yazi	`vulpes-yazi.toml`	`cp extras/vulpes-yazi.toml ~/.config/yazi/theme.toml`
lazygit	`vulpes-lazygit.yml`	merge into `~/.config/lazygit/config.yml`
fzf	`vulpes-fzf.sh`	source in shell rc
bat	`vulpes-bat.tmTheme`	copy to bat themes, `bat cache --build`

Ghostty Shaders

	File	Notes
TFT	`shaders/vulpes-tft.glsl`	subtle LCD subpixel effect
Chromatic	`shaders/vulpes-chromatic.glsl`	CRT chromatic aberration (dark mode only)

Install: cp extras/shaders/*.glsl ~/.config/ghostty/shaders/ Config: custom-shader = ~/.config/ghostty/shaders/vulpes-tft.glsl

Bonus

	File	Notes
MapLibre	`vulpes-maplibre.json`	cyberpunk map style, replace `{key}` with Maptiler API key

Palette

Dark

	Hex
bg	`#000000`
fg	`#f2cfdf`
base	`#e60067`	accent pink
comment	`#6eedf7`	teal
keyword	`#ff1aca`
string	`#f5f5f5`
func	`#ffffff`
type	`#ff24ab`
number	`#ff33c5`
boolean	`#ff1043`
variable	`#ff0a89`
property	`#ff0a91`
operator	`#f92c7a`
error	`#a0f7fc`	inverted teal
warning	`#ffaa00`

ANSI

	Normal	Bright
black	`#0d0d0d`	`#735865`
red	`#ff001e`	`#ff2e2e`
green	`#ffffff`	`#ffffff`
yellow	`#ffaa00`	`#ffcc00`
blue	`#ff0095`	`#ff2daf`
magenta	`#ff24ab`	`#ff40c7`
cyan	`#6eedf7`	`#a0f7fc`
white	`#f2cfdf`	`#ffffff`

Plugins

Highlight groups for: Telescope, Snacks.nvim, nvim-cmp, GitSigns, Which-key, BufferLine, Neo-tree, Lazy.nvim, Mason, Noice, nvim-notify

API

local palette = require("vulpes.palette")
local colors = palette.get()     -- current variant
local dark = palette.dark        -- dark palette
local light = palette.light      -- light palette

License

MIT