Dark Modern

A faithful port of VS Code's Default Dark Modern theme for Zed.

Source of truth

• sources/vscode/dark_vs.json
• sources/vscode/dark_plus.json
• sources/vscode/dark_modern.json

The generated Zed theme is built from the VS Code include chain dark_vs -> dark_plus -> dark_modern.

Build

node scripts/build-theme.mjs

This regenerates themes/dark-modern.json with no external dependencies.

Local install in Zed

1. Run node scripts/build-theme.mjs
2. In Zed, run zed: install dev extension
3. Select this repository directory
4. Choose Dark Modern in the theme picker

If Zed rejects the extension, inspect zed: open log or start Zed from a terminal with zed --foreground.

Repo layout

.
├── extension.toml
├── scripts/build-theme.mjs
├── sources/vscode/
└── themes/dark-modern.json

Publishing

This repository is meant to be published from a dedicated GitHub repo:

• Repository: https://github.com/RomainDW/dark-modern-theme
• Extension id: dark-modern-theme

To publish it in the Zed registry:

1. Push this repo to GitHub over HTTPS
2. Add it as a submodule in RomainDW/extensions
3. Mirror that change into zed-industries/extensions
4. Add the matching entry in extensions.toml
5. Run pnpm sort-extensions in the extensions fork before opening the PR