Solarized, a dark theme for Discourse

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meghna introduced a custom dark theme for Discourse inspired by Solarized (dark) by Ethan Schoonover, sharing screenshots of various interface views including the homepage, search, admin section, topic pages, and replies. The theme is available for preview on the theme creator, with source code hosted on GitHub, and installation instructions linked via Discourse’s official guide. P2W praised the theme’s appearance, while Quentin_Douasbin_CERFACS asked if compatibility with Solarized-light was considered. alex.diker expressed excitement to test the theme. Meghna invited feedback for further improvements.

I have a deep affinity for dark themes on my text editor and the theme that I like most is Solarized (dark) by Ethan Schoonover. Since Discourse was missing out on solarized goodness I decided to write one myself!

Homepage with composer open:

Full page search:

Admin section:

Topic page:

Topic replies:

Let me know how this theme can be further improved. Enjoy! :slight_smile:

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Nice work - looks good.

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Hi @meghna,

Thanks for the theme, it looks very nice.
By any chance, did you try to mke it compatible with the solarized-light theme too?

Very nice theme excited to give it a test run.