MarkText includes 33 built-in themes organized into Light and Dark categories. Each theme provides a complete color scheme for the editor interface and syntax highlighting.

The names below match the labels shown in the Theme menu. The underlying id stored in preferences.json under the theme field can differ — e.g. Cadmium Light → light, Cadmium Dark → dark, Graphite Light → graphite, Ulysses Light → ulysses. The full label↔id mapping lives in src/main/menu/templates/theme.ts.

Light Themes#

Theme	Description
Ayu Light	Warm, comfortable light theme with soft colors
Cadmium Light	Clean, minimal light theme (default)
Catppuccin Latte	Soothing pastel theme with warm tones
Everforest Light	Nature-inspired green-tinted light theme
Graphite Light	Cool gray-toned light theme
Gruvbox Light	Retro groove with warm, earthy colors
Rosé Pine Dawn	Elegant theme with subtle rose accents
Solarized Light	Classic precision color scheme
Tokyo Night Light	Modern light variant of Tokyo Night
Ulysses Light	Inspired by the Ulysses writing app

Dark Themes#

Theme	Description
Ayu Dark	Deep, comfortable dark theme
Ayu Mirage	Softer dark variant of Ayu
Cadmium Dark	Clean, minimal dark theme
Catppuccin Mocha	Rich, warm dark pastel theme
cyberdream	Neon-accented futuristic dark theme
Dracula	Popular purple-tinted dark theme
Everforest Dark	Nature-inspired forest dark theme
Gruvbox Dark	Retro groove with warm dark colors
Horizon Dark	Vibrant warm dark theme
Kanagawa	Inspired by Hokusai's Great Wave painting
Material Dark	Google Material Design dark theme
Monokai Pro	Professional variant of the classic Monokai
Nightfox	Cool-toned dark theme with good contrast
Nord	Arctic, bluish clean dark theme
One Dark	Atom editor's signature dark theme
Oxocarbon Dark	IBM Carbon-inspired minimal dark theme
Palenight	Elegant purple-tinted dark theme
Rosé Pine	Soho vibes with muted rose tones
Rosé Pine Moon	Darker variant of Rosé Pine
Solarized Dark	Classic precision dark color scheme
Synthwave '84	Retro 80s neon aesthetic
Tokyo Night	Modern VSCode-inspired dark theme
Tokyo Night Storm	Higher contrast Tokyo Night variant

Switching Themes#

You can switch themes in several ways:

Menu: Go to Theme menu and select your preferred theme
Preferences: Open Preferences → Theme tab to preview and select themes
Follow System: Enable "Follow System Theme" to automatically switch between light and dark themes based on your system settings

Theme Screenshots#

Light Themes#

Cadmium Light	Graphite Light

Ulysses Light	Catppuccin Latte

Dark Themes#

Dark	Material Dark

One Dark	Dracula

Nord	Tokyo Night

Custom Themes#

Custom theme support is planned for a future release. In the meantime, you can use the "Custom CSS" option in Preferences → Theme to override theme styles.

Theme Credits#

Many of these themes are inspired by popular color schemes from the developer community:

Catppuccin - MIT License
Dracula - MIT License
Everforest - MIT License
Gruvbox - MIT License
Nord - MIT License
Rosé Pine - MIT License
Solarized - MIT License
Tokyo Night - MIT License
Gogh Themes - MIT License (color palette reference)