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Slatewave for kitty

Palette + tab bar + marks tuned to kitty's full color schema, with an opinionated typography bundle.

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Latest release
0.0.1 · last month
Last commit
3 weeks ago
# ~/.config/kitty/slatewave.conf
foreground              #e2e8f0
background              #282c34
selection_foreground    #e2e8f0
selection_background    #334155

cursor                  #5eead4
cursor_text_color       #282c34
url_color               #38bdf8

active_border_color     #5eead4
inactive_border_color   #334155

active_tab_foreground   #282c34
active_tab_background   #5eead4
inactive_tab_foreground #cbd5e1
inactive_tab_background #282c34
tab_bar_background      #21252b

# ANSI 0-15 — mirrors terminal.ansi* in vscode-slatewave
color0  #1e293b
color1  #fb7185
color2  #5eead4
color3  #b45309
color4  #38bdf8
color5  #b388ff
color6  #0e7490
color7  #e2e8f0

About this theme

A kitty theme covering ANSI, cursor, selection, URL hover, window borders, tab bar, and marks. Ships as a palette-only .conf or a palette + Hack Nerd Font Mono + block cursor + opaque window bundle.

Slatewave for kitty tunes every slot kitty exposes — not just the 16 ANSI colors. The tab bar uses teal-on-slate for the active tab and chrome #21252b for the bar itself, matching the VSCode activity bar so the window edges read as one continuous surface. The bell border is amber, marks 1/2/3 mirror the editor’s error/warning/info accents (rose, amber, sky), and the macOS / Wayland titlebars tint to the slate background.

The two install shapes let you opt into the typography opinions or keep your existing font and window settings. The full bundle composes — layer your overrides after the include in kitty.conf and the later values win in kitty’s parse order.

Install

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  • Slatewave CLI

    One command — installs the full bundle (palette + Hack Nerd Font Mono + block cursor + opaque window) and wires `include slatewave-full.conf` into your kitty.conf. Reverses cleanly with `slatewave uninstall kitty`.

    brew install kevinlangleyjr/slatewave/slatewave && slatewave install kitty

  • curl (palette only)

    Drop slatewave.conf into ~/.config/kitty/ and include it from kitty.conf — colors only, your existing font and window settings stay.

    1. mkdir -p ~/.config/kitty && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevinlangleyjr/kitty-slatewave/main/slatewave.conf -o ~/.config/kitty/slatewave.conf
    2. In ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf — `include slatewave.conf`

  • Full bundle

    Palette plus Hack Nerd Font Mono at 14pt, non-blinking block cursor, opaque window. Both files have to land together — slatewave-full.conf does `include slatewave.conf`. Requires Hack Nerd Font Mono installed.

    1. mkdir -p ~/.config/kitty
    2. curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevinlangleyjr/kitty-slatewave/main/slatewave-full.conf -o ~/.config/kitty/slatewave-full.conf
    3. curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevinlangleyjr/kitty-slatewave/main/slatewave.conf -o ~/.config/kitty/slatewave.conf
    4. In ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf — `include slatewave-full.conf`

  • Clone

    Clone the repo and copy both files into kitty's config directory at your own pace.

    1. git clone https://github.com/kevinlangleyjr/kitty-slatewave
    2. cp kitty-slatewave/slatewave.conf kitty-slatewave/slatewave-full.conf ~/.config/kitty/

  • Activate

    Reload kitty to pick up the include — no restart needed.

    1. macOS — `cmd+ctrl+,`
    2. Linux / Windows — `ctrl+shift+F5`

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