Sydney Theme for Zed

The premium Codigrate Sydney theme for Zed. Add it to your cart, pay once, download it right away; install steps included.

Inspired by Sydney's bright harbour mornings, salt-air breezes, and soft coastal light, this theme keeps the editor clean and airy with porcelain whites and misty blues. Gentle ocean surfaces and clear selections preserve focus, while a deep teal accent and warm sandstone highlights add contrast across tabs, borders, and search matches without losing the calm, sunlit feel.

A light theme from the Codigrate Cities collection, released 2026-02-05. Tags: Coastal, Bright, Modern.

Sold on codigrate.com for .99, one payment, tax included: add it to your cart, pay with Stripe (cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay), and download the theme right away. No account needed. Personal licence; a digital download, so all sales are final (see the terms of sale).

Sydney theme for Zed, a screenshot

Getting started on Zed

  1. Download the zip with the Download button. Inside is one folder with the theme file ( themes/<name>.json ) and a small extension.toml.
  2. Copy the .json file from the themes folder into ~/.config/zed/themes/ ( the same path on macOS and Linux; on a Mac, Shift+Cmd+G in Finder takes you to the path ). If the folder is not there yet, create it.
  3. In Zed, open the theme selector with Cmd+K Cmd+T ( Ctrl+K Ctrl+T on Linux ) and pick the theme by name, and the theme is applied.
  4. Prefer an extension? In Zed open Extensions, click Install Dev Extension and choose the unzipped folder itself; the theme then shows in the selector the same way.

Sydney color palette

Every named color of the Sydney palette, free to download for MacOS, CorelDRAW and Figma.

Sydney on every platform

From the blog

  • Anatomy of a Light Theme: Sydney: Anatomy of Sydney, a light IDE theme: two whites and a harbour blue frame, reef teal and harbour blue code, warmed by sandstone clay and outback gold.
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