Solarized theme plugin: the classic low-contrast, eye-friendly dual palette system — Ethan Schoonover's Solarized plus Selenized (its refined take), dark and light each, built for long sessions with canonical syntax colors.
Install
# from npm (prebuilt)
dsh plugin --profile web add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-theme
# from GitHub (first run asks for allowBuilds approval — follow the hint, retry)
dsh plugin --profile web add github:zhijun-dai/Solarized-dsh-theme
Any plugin you install runs third-party code with your own permissions — it can read your files, use your credentials, and reach the network, and tool approvals don’t sandbox it. GitHub-sourced plugins also run build scripts at install time — pnpm blocks those until you allow them, so an install can stop with ERR_PNPM_GIT_DEP_PREPARE_NOT_ALLOWED or ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS; dsh prints the exact key to add under allowBuilds in your profile’s pnpm-workspace.yaml, and the install works on the next run. Allowing a build is a trust decision: only install sources you trust, and pin a commit (github:owner/repo#sha).
README
Table of Contents
Intro
The classic low-contrast, eye-friendly palettes for
DeepSeek Harness — one
package covering Web GUI (dsh web), DSH Desktop and dsh-TUI:
- ☀️ Solarized — Ethan Schoonover's carefully tuned 16-color system, designed for long reading sessions without eye strain.
- 🟢 Selenized — its refined take: the same low-contrast philosophy with modernized hues and better color distinction.
Both come in dark and light, registered into the built-in theme system on a level with the light/dark/system choices — with canonical syntax colors for code blocks and a one-click switch row in Settings → General that remembers your choice.
Features
- 👁️ Eye-friendly by design — Solarized's palette is luminance-tuned, not hue-picked, so text stays readable for hours; Selenized keeps the comfort with cleaner, more distinct accents.
- 🎨 Faithful palettes — every color is a canonical Solarized / Selenized value; no default DeepSeek blue-gray leaks through.
- 🖥️ Canonical syntax colors — code blocks follow the classic Solarized syntax mapping (keyword magenta, string cyan, number blue…).
- 🖱️ Component-level accents — bubbles, tool-call rows, code tags, timestamps and hover interactions tinted from the palettes.
- 💻 dsh-TUI themes — one install command drops the four themes into your terminal client; auto-synced on every start.
- 🔄 Update check — Settings silently checks npm for a newer release (manual button too) and shows a copyable upgrade command.
- 🧠 Choice remembered — survives restarts and model switches; turning
it off restores the light/dark choice you had before, not a forced
"system". Desktop port churn is covered by durable state under
$DSH_HOME. - ⚙️ Zero intrusion — switching to Default restores the built-in appearance pixel-identical.
Previews
Install
From GitHub (recommended — always the latest):
dsh plugin --profile web add github:zhijun-dai/Solarized-dsh-theme
From npm:
dsh plugin --profile web add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-theme
💡 The npm release may lag slightly behind GitHub. For the very latest, use the GitHub install above (pin a branch with
#branch-name).
For DSH Desktop, target the desktop profile:
dsh plugin --profile desktop add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-theme
dsh-TUI (terminal themes)
The same package syncs the four themes into your dsh-TUI. Install into the TUI profile and they land on the first start:
dsh plugin --profile dsh-tui add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-theme
Then pick a theme inside the TUI: /theme solarized-dark.
💡 Installed into a web/desktop profile of a user who also runs dsh-TUI, the themes stay in sync on every web start. No
~/.dsh-tuion disk? Strict no-op, nothing is created.
Restart the web server afterwards:
dsh web
Usage
Open the web UI, go to Settings → General, and pick one of the four themes (or Default to follow the built-in appearance). Choice is saved per browser and restored at boot.
FAQ
Q: Why do the colors look "washed out"?
That's the point — Solarized deliberately keeps contrast low so text stays readable for hours without eye strain. If you want more punch, Selenized offers the same comfort with stronger accents.
Q: How is my choice remembered?
Browser localStorage (instant) plus a durable file under $DSH_HOME for
Desktop — survives restarts, model switches and per-launch port changes.
Your explicit light/dark/system pick in the built-in Appearance row always
wins.
Q: How do I upgrade?
Re-run the install command, or check the Settings row — it silently tells
you when a newer version exists and shows the copyable upgrade command.
Then restart dsh web.
💝 Thanks to
- zhijun-dai
- Ethan Schoonover — Solarized
- Jan Warchoł — Selenized
- KinGao294/dsh-skin — the reference theme plugin this port is modeled on
- DeepSeek
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