A Zellij theme inspired by the Cursor AI editor's dark theme. Deep near-black backgrounds, soft Nordic foreground colors, and Cursor's signature blue accent.
| Role | Color | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Background |  |
#141414 |
| Selection |  |
#292929 |
| Foreground |  |
#D8DEE9 |
| Accent Blue |  |
#4C9DF3 |
| Red |  |
#BF616A |
| Green |  |
#A3BE8C |
| Yellow |  |
#EBCB8B |
| Blue |  |
#81A1C1 |
| Magenta |  |
#B48EAD |
| Cyan |  |
#88C0D0 |
Copy the contents of cursor-dark.kdl into your ~/.config/zellij/config.kdl and add theme "cursor-dark" after the theme block. This enables live-reloading when you edit colors.
Copy cursor-dark.kdl to your Zellij themes directory:
mkdir -p ~/.config/zellij/themes
cp cursor-dark.kdl ~/.config/zellij/themes/Then add to your ~/.config/zellij/config.kdl:
theme "cursor-dark"Note: External theme files are loaded at session start and require a restart to pick up changes.
Zellij 0.42.0 or later (uses the new theme specification).
Color palette derived from Cursor Dark for VS Code by Cedric Verlinden.
This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Cursor or Anysphere, Inc. It is an independent, community-created theme inspired by the Cursor editor's dark color scheme.
MIT