Polar

A calm, focused Obsidian theme inspired by the Bear notes app. Light mode follows Bear's Red Graphite look, dark mode its Dark Graphite look.

Polar is an independent community theme and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bear or Shiny Frog.

Features

• Dark graphite sidebar, light note list, distraction-free editor
• Soft red accent for links, bullets, todos and the selected note
• Rounded pill tags, green marker highlights, striped rounded tables
• Quiet markdown syntax and a muted code palette
• No tab bar, status bar or vault footer: just your notes
• Light and dark mode

Recommended setup

For the three-column layout (tags · notes · editor), install the Notebook Navigator plugin and place it in the left sidebar. Polar styles it out of the box. Suggested settings:

• Notebook Navigator: note grouping none, task progress off, note counts off; toolbar: no navigation buttons, list only search and new note
• Obsidian → Editor: readable line length on, backlinks in document off
• Obsidian → Appearance: show inline title on

Notes

Polar hides the editor tab bar, the status bar and the sidebar tab row. Open settings with ⌘/Ctrl + , and other panes from the command palette.

License

MIT