Ecdysis

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A dark Obsidian theme with a retro-terminal aesthetic, built around neon color on near-black and a pixel-game typographic identity.

Author: Kodama Chameleon

Design

The theme takes its visual language from the terminal: monospace everywhere, neon green headers that glow against the dark, and a framed border effect that anchors each note like a screen inside a screen.

Color palette

Typography

• Headings — Press Start 2P (pixel/retro game font)
• Body & UI — Roboto Mono

Both fonts are loaded from Google Fonts and require an internet connection on first load.

Features

• Terminal frame — each note is bordered by a thin green line on all four sides. The top and bottom edges are solid; the left and right edges fade to transparent between 40%–60% of the pane height, dissolving into the background at the center.
• Heading glow — H1–H3 carry a soft neon text-shadow that steps down in intensity with each level.
• Neon tables — table borders use green at varying opacities; the header row has a full-opacity bottom border and a subtle green background tint.
• Callout titles — rendered in Press Start 2P at small size, consistent with the heading identity.
• Colored inline formatting — bold is magenta, italic is a brightened cyan, highlights are green-tinted.
• Magenta links — underlined by default with a dimmed underline color that brightens to full on hover.
• Syntax highlighting — code blocks use a near-black green-tinted background with green default text, magenta keywords, cyan strings, and yellow values.

Installation

Manual

1. Download or clone this repository.
2. Copy the ecdysis/ folder into your vault's .obsidian/themes/ directory.
3. In Obsidian: Settings → Appearance → Themes and select ecdysis.

From the community theme browser

1. In Obsidian: Settings → Appearance → Themes → Manage
2. Search for Ecdysis
3. Click Install and use

Compatibility

Requires Obsidian 1.0.0 or later. Tested in both Live Preview and Reading View.