🚀 Embark Neovim Theme

A dark Neovim colorscheme with vibrant colors, ported from the embark-theme/vim project.

Written in pure Lua for modern Neovim with transparent background support.

Features • Installation • Configuration • Plugin Support

Note: This theme was built by Claude Code with a human loving touch ❤️ A collaboration between AI and human creativity to bring the beautiful Embark color palette to modern Neovim.

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Features

• 🎨 Beautiful, vibrant color palette
• 🪟 Transparent background support
• 🔌 Extensive plugin support:
  • Treesitter
  • LSP & Diagnostics
  • Telescope
  • Snacks.nvim (dashboard, picker, notifier, indent guides)
  • Lualine (statusline)
  • nvim-cmp
  • nvim-tree / neo-tree
  • GitSigns
  • Which-key
  • nvim-notify
  • And many more!
• ⚡ Written in Lua for performance
• 🎯 Modern Neovim-first approach

Installation

Using lazy.nvim (recommended)

{
  "robindrost/embark-nvim",  -- Replace with your GitHub username
  name = "embark",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    require("embark").setup({
      transparent_background = false,  -- Set to true for transparent background
      terminal_italics = true,         -- Enable italics for comments
      terminal_colors = true,          -- Set terminal colors
      dimmed = false,                  -- Set to true for dimmed text colors
    })
    vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")
  end,
}

Using packer.nvim

use {
  "robindrost/embark-nvim",  -- Replace with your GitHub username
  as = "embark",
  config = function()
    require("embark").setup({
      transparent_background = false,
      terminal_italics = true,
      terminal_colors = true,
      dimmed = false,
    })
    vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")
  end
}

Using vim-plug

Plug 'robindrost/embark-nvim'

" Then in your init.vim or init.lua:
lua << EOF
  require("embark").setup({
    transparent_background = false,
    terminal_italics = true,
    terminal_colors = true,
  })
  vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")
EOF

Manual Installation

1. Copy the files to your Neovim config directory:

   cp -r lua/embark ~/.config/nvim/lua/
   cp -r colors ~/.config/nvim/

2. Add to your init.lua:

   require("embark").setup({
     transparent_background = false,
     terminal_italics = true,
     terminal_colors = true,
     dimmed = false,
   })
   vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")

Configuration

Default Settings

require("embark").setup({
  transparent_background = false,  -- Enable transparent background
  terminal_italics = true,         -- Enable italic comments (requires font support)
  terminal_colors = true,          -- Set terminal colors
  dimmed = false,                  -- Use dimmed (more subtle) text colors
})

Transparent Background

To use a transparent background (useful for terminal transparency):

require("embark").setup({
  transparent_background = true,
})
vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")

Disable Italics

If your terminal doesn't support italics:

require("embark").setup({
  terminal_italics = false,
})
vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")

Dimmed Variant

For a softer, more muted text appearance, enable the dimmed variant:

require("embark").setup({
  dimmed = true,
})
vim.cmd("colorscheme embark")

This uses a more subtle gray for the default text color while keeping syntax highlighting vibrant.

Color Palette

The theme uses the following color palette:

Background Colors (Space)

• space0: #100E23 - Darkest background
• space1: #1e1c31 - Main background
• space2: #2F2A47 - Lighter background
• space3: #3E3859 - Visual selection
• space4: #585273 - Brightest background

Text Colors (Astral)

• astral0: #8A889D - Subtle text / comments
• astral1: #cbe3e7 - Normal text

Semantic Colors (Nebula)

• Red: #F48FB1 / Dark: #F02E6E
• Green: #A1EFD3 / Dark: #7fe9c3
• Yellow: #ffe6b3 / Dark: #F2B482
• Blue: #91ddff / Dark: #78a8ff
• Purple: #d4bfff / Dark: #7676ff
• Cyan: #ABF8F7 / Dark: #63f2f1

Plugin Support

This theme includes custom highlighting for:

• Treesitter: Full semantic highlighting support
• LSP: Diagnostics, signs, virtual text, and semantic tokens
• Telescope: Custom colors for pickers and titles
• Snacks.nvim: Dashboard, picker (fuzzy finder), notifier, and indent guides - panels match editor background
• Lualine: Custom statusline theme with mode-specific colors
• nvim-cmp: Completion menu styling
• nvim-tree / neo-tree: File explorer highlighting
• GitSigns: Git change indicators
• which-key: Command palette styling
• nvim-notify: Notification styling
• Leap / Flash: Motion plugin support
• Render Markdown: Enhanced markdown rendering
• And more!

Lualine Configuration

To use the Embark theme with Lualine:

{
  'nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim',
  opts = {
    options = {
      theme = require("embark.lualine").theme(),
    }
  }
}

Or with vanilla Neovim setup:

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

The theme provides mode-specific colors:

• Normal: Green mode indicator
• Insert: Blue mode indicator
• Visual: Purple mode indicator
• Replace: Red mode indicator
• Command: Yellow mode indicator

Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.8.0
• termguicolors enabled (automatically set by the theme)
• A terminal that supports true color

Comparison with Original

This Lua-based port includes all features from the original Vimscript version, plus:

• ✅ Cleaner, more maintainable code structure
• ✅ Better transparency support
• ✅ Modern Neovim API usage
• ✅ More configurable options
• ✅ Better plugin integration

Credits

• Original theme: embark-theme/vim
• Inspired by: Challenger Deep, Ayu Mirage, and Manta
• Neovim port: Built by Claude Code with human collaboration
• Converted with: AI assistance + human creativity ❤️

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details.

Based on the original embark-theme/vim repository.