Everforest for Nova

A green based color scheme designed to be warm and soft in order to protect developers' eyes.

Everforest brings the popular warm, forest-inspired color scheme to Nova. Originally created for Vim, this theme provides a comfortable coding experience with carefully crafted colors that reduce eye strain during long coding sessions.

Theme Variants

Everforest for Nova includes six complete variants following the official Everforest specification, providing three contrast levels for both dark and light themes:

Dark Themes

Everforest Hard Dark

• Highest contrast dark variant with the deepest backgrounds
• Background: Deep forest tones (#1E2326 to #4F5B58)
• Best for: Users who prefer maximum contrast and definition
  

Everforest Medium Dark (Recommended)

• Balanced contrast dark variant with moderate backgrounds
• Background: Medium forest tones (#232A2E to #56635F)
• Best for: Most users seeking comfortable, everyday coding
  

Everforest Soft Dark

• Lower contrast dark variant for maximum eye comfort
• Background: Softer forest tones (#293136 to #5D6B66)
• Best for: Extended coding sessions and low-light environments
  

Light Themes

Everforest Hard Light

• High contrast light theme with crisp backgrounds
• Background: Bright, warm tones (#F2EFDF to #BEC5B2)
• Best for: Bright environments and users who prefer strong contrast
  

Everforest Medium Light

• Balanced contrast light theme with moderate warmth
• Background: Medium warm tones (#EFEBD4 to #BDC3AF)
• Best for: All-day coding with comfortable light contrast
  

Everforest Soft Light

• Lower contrast light theme for gentle eye comfort
• Background: Soft, muted tones (#E5DFC5 to #B9C0AB)
• Best for: Sensitive eyes and extended light-theme usage
  

Features

• Comprehensive Syntax Highlighting - Full support for all major programming languages
• Integrated Terminal Colors - 16 ANSI colors that complement the editor theme
• Modern Language Support - Enhanced highlighting for TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Python, and more
• Eye Comfort - Warm color palette designed to reduce eye strain
• Authentic Colors - Uses official Everforest color specification

Installation

1. From Nova Extension Library (Recommended):
2. Open Nova
3. Go to Extensions → Extension Library
4. Search for "Everforest"

5. Click Install

6. Manual Installation:

7. Download the .novaextension file
8. Double-click to install in Nova

Usage

After installation:

1. Open Nova Preferences (⌘,)
2. Go to Theme tab
3. Select your preferred Everforest variant:
4. Everforest Hard Dark (highest contrast dark)
5. Everforest Medium Dark (balanced dark - recommended)
6. Everforest Soft Dark (low contrast dark)
7. Everforest Hard Light (high contrast light)
8. Everforest Medium Light (balanced light)
9. Everforest Soft Light (low contrast light)

Language Support

Everforest provides excellent syntax highlighting for:

• Web Development: HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX
• Systems: Swift, Objective-C, C, C++, Rust, Go
• Scripting: Python, Ruby, PHP, Shell
• Data: JSON, YAML, XML, Markdown
• And many more...

Contributing

Found an issue or want to suggest an improvement? Please open an issue or submit a pull request on the project repository.

Acknowledgements

Everforest is based on the original Everforest color scheme created by Sainnhe Park. This Nova extension faithfully implements the official Everforest design specification.

Version 1.0.4

• Updated extension icon (extension.png)

Version 1.0.3

• Updated extension icon (extension.png)

Version 1.0.2

• Updated README.md screenshot URLs to use GitHub raw URLs for better visibility

Version 1.0.1

• Fix GitHub URLs

Version 1.0.0

• Initial release

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Everforest Nova Extension

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

This extension is based on the original Everforest color scheme by Sainnhe Park.
Original Everforest: https://github.com/sainnhe/everforest