Calmer dark and light themes for the Hermes dashboard

Two simple themes are available for people who find the default hard to focus on. They are named `boring-dark` and `boring-light`, covering and light mode. The themes reduce the strong teal look, textured , edge glow, and decorative fonts, then replace them with plainer colors and normal system-style text.

To install them manually, place the theme files in `~/.hermes/-themes`. After that, set the default with `hermes config set display._theme boring-dark`, or choose the theme from the theme switcher. There is also a GitHub install script, and `boring-light` can be passed to that script if light mode should be the default.

Hermes reads these `YAML` theme files without needing a plugin. If a theme file is edited while the is already open, switch to another theme and back again so the reloads the change.

Key points

  • The package includes two plain Hermes themes: `boring-dark` and `boring-light`.
  • Hermes loads user themes from `~/.hermes/-themes`.
  • The dark theme can be made default with `hermes config set display._theme boring-dark`.
  • Installed themes also appear in the theme switcher.
  • After editing a theme file, switch away and back to make the reload it.
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