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I don't think we need a thread for every single terminal colorscheme out there, but gruvbox is my favourite by far. Warm earthy tones, comes in light or dark with 3 contrast options, and no pretentious waffle about color theory or being inspired by childhood holidays or whatever

https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox

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> I don't think we need a thread for every single terminal colorscheme out there [..]

I agree, but community decides.

What I find important is that you have some kind of widely available colorscheme (which, if a new one pops up, is kind of a network effect / chicken-egg problem). This is why I use Solarized Dark. Not because its necessarily the best but because I like it enough and its widely available. But I could probably use Dracula for that very reason, too (not sure how widely available Nord or Gruvbox are).

> I agree, but community decides.

a person is smart; people, collectively, are dumb, dumb, dumb.

every time I try new themes I always end up getting back to my trusty gruvbox-dark, there is something with its earthy colors that makes it way more relaxing and easy on the eye than the blueish ones that seem so popular

Thanks for sharing. I remember seeing this awhile ago and maybe even used it, but it didn't stick. Now I'm on it (again?) and I really enjoy this. I agree with another commenter that the red may need to be changed slightly but otherwise I also like the earthy vibe and contrast.

Note: I'm not a picky user, I usually stick with the tried and true Monokai or VS Dark.

I was on gruvbox dark for a while but recently moved to melange (https://github.com/savq/melange) - I find the colors are a bit more toned down and pleasant to look at.

That is surprisingly very similar to Jetbrains' Darcula.

I've been using gruvbox since moving on from Nord. Nord didn't have enough contrast. The only problem with gruvbox is some of the keywords/etc are redish, so they look like syntax errors in an IDE. I ended up tweaking it to be more orangish.

Been using gruvbox for over 5 years. Love the theme.

Gruvbox but black background. Thats what I’m using and I love it

I've found #131516 to be a decent compromise between pitch black and gruvbox's "hard dark" (#1d2021).

gruvbox with circadian.el, gruvbox-dark-soft during the day and gruvbox-dark-medium or hard at sunset

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