Tinted Helix

Tinted Theming templates for the Helix text editor supporting Base16, Base24 and Tinted8 color schemes.

Supported Systems

System	Template	Description
Tinted8	templates/tinted8.mustache	Semantic theming with named palette colors and rich syntax/UI properties
Base16	templates/base16.mustache	16-color schemes with semantic mapping
Base24	templates/base24.mustache	Extends Base16 with 8 bright color variants and darker backgrounds

Usage

Manual

Copy the generated .toml theme files from the themes/ directory to your Helix themes directory:

• Linux/macOS: ~/.config/helix/themes/
• Windows: %AppData%\helix\themes\

Then set your theme in ~/.config/helix/config.toml:

theme = "base16-ayu-dark"

Tinty

Tinty is a theming manager for Tinted Theming that can apply themes across multiple applications with a single command. To use it with Helix, add the following to your Tinty config.toml:

[[items]]
name = "tinted-helix"
path = "https://github.com/tinted-theming/tinted-helix"
themes-dir = "themes"
hook = "cp -f \"%f\" ~/.config/helix/themes/ && helix --health > /dev/null 2>&1"
supported-systems = ["tinted8", base16", "base24"]

Then apply a theme:

tinty sync # Required on first run and after config changes
tinty apply base16-ayu-dark

To select a theme interactively with fzf:

tinty apply $(tinty list | fzf)

See the Tinty README for installation and further configuration.

Theme Features

All templates provide styling for:

• Syntax highlighting: comments, strings, constants, keywords, functions, types, variables, operators, and more
• UI elements: background, cursor, gutter, statusline, menus, popups, selections, and indent guides
• Markup: bold, italic, headings, links, lists, quotes, and code blocks
• Diff indicators: inserted, deleted, and changed lines
• Diagnostics: hint, info, warning, and error underlines

Contributing

See the Tinted Theming contribution guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.