MarkText includes 33 built-in themes organized into Light and Dark categories. Each theme provides a complete color scheme for the editor interface and syntax highlighting.
| Theme |
Description |
| Ayu Light |
Warm, comfortable light theme with soft colors |
| Cadmium Light |
Clean, minimal light theme (default) |
| Catppuccin Latte |
Soothing pastel theme with warm tones |
| Everforest Light |
Nature-inspired green-tinted light theme |
| Graphite Light |
Cool gray-toned light theme |
| Gruvbox Light |
Retro groove with warm, earthy colors |
| Rosé Pine Dawn |
Elegant theme with subtle rose accents |
| Solarized Light |
Classic precision color scheme |
| Tokyo Night Light |
Modern light variant of Tokyo Night |
| Ulysses Light |
Inspired by the Ulysses writing app |
| Theme |
Description |
| Ayu Dark |
Deep, comfortable dark theme |
| Ayu Mirage |
Softer dark variant of Ayu |
| Cadmium Dark |
Clean, minimal dark theme |
| Catppuccin Mocha |
Rich, warm dark pastel theme |
| cyberdream |
Neon-accented futuristic dark theme |
| Dracula |
Popular purple-tinted dark theme |
| Everforest Dark |
Nature-inspired forest dark theme |
| Gruvbox Dark |
Retro groove with warm dark colors |
| Horizon Dark |
Vibrant warm dark theme |
| Kanagawa |
Inspired by Hokusai's Great Wave painting |
| Material Dark |
Google Material Design dark theme |
| Monokai Pro |
Professional variant of the classic Monokai |
| Nightfox |
Cool-toned dark theme with good contrast |
| Nord |
Arctic, bluish clean dark theme |
| One Dark |
Atom editor's signature dark theme |
| Oxocarbon Dark |
IBM Carbon-inspired minimal dark theme |
| Palenight |
Elegant purple-tinted dark theme |
| Rosé Pine |
Soho vibes with muted rose tones |
| Rosé Pine Moon |
Darker variant of Rosé Pine |
| Solarized Dark |
Classic precision dark color scheme |
| Synthwave '84 |
Retro 80s neon aesthetic |
| Tokyo Night |
Modern VSCode-inspired dark theme |
| Tokyo Night Storm |
Higher contrast Tokyo Night variant |
You can switch themes in several ways:
- Menu: Go to
Theme menu and select your preferred theme
- Preferences: Open
Preferences → Theme tab to preview and select themes
- Follow System: Enable "Follow System Theme" to automatically switch between light and dark themes based on your system settings
| Cadmium Light |
Graphite Light |
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| Ulysses Light |
Catppuccin Latte |
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| Dark |
Material Dark |
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| One Dark |
Dracula |
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| Nord |
Tokyo Night |
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Custom theme support is planned for a future release. In the meantime, you can use the "Custom CSS" option in Preferences → Theme to override theme styles.
Many of these themes are inspired by popular color schemes from the developer community:
