80s Neon for Obsidian.md

December 28, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

A retro-future 80s inspired theme for Obsidian, compatible with Obsidian V0.5.0 Screenshot

Install

Open Obsidian and go to Preferences -> Appearance -> Themes -> click 'Manage' and install from there.

OR:

  1. Download obsidian.css to your Obsidian vault folder.
  2. In Obsidian, click Settings->Plugins and turn on "Custom CSS".
  3. There is no step 3! Enjoy!

Bonus! CRT scanlines and flicker!

There's a set of bonus animations, which can be toggled with the Style Settings Plugin.
Switch them on and you get an old-school CRT effect with a chunky pixel pentile look, flickering screen and blurring text. All credit to Alec Lownes Animation (Note that these effects may degrade performance on some machines)

License

I don't really care what happens to this theme, so I put it under The Unlicense and set it free!