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Solarized-dsh-theme
Verified · install-tested on dsh zhijun-dai
What it does
Solarized + Selenized themes for DeepSeek Harness (dsh): four faithful palettes registered into the theme runtime, with a Settings picker row and canonical code-block syntax colors
Works — verified, early-stage project
Solarized + Selenized themes for DeepSeek Harness (dsh): four faithful palettes registered into the theme runtime, with a Settings picker row and canonical code-block syntax colors It installs cleanly and boots without issues in our testing. It's early-stage but functional.
“Verified” means our automated CI actually ran dsh plugin add in a clean profile and it booted — nothing more. Feature descriptions and version compatibility are the author’s claims. This is not a security audit and not an endorsement of third-party code.
README

Solarized + Selenized for DeepSeek Harness
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
☀️ Solarized Dark
🌞 Solarized Light
🟢 Selenized Dark
🌿 Selenized Light
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
🏆 Listed on Awesome DSH Plugin
Copyright © 2026-present zhijun-dai
Install
Install the catalog once, then DeepSeek Harness can find and install any plugin from this site automatically:
dsh plugin add dshbase-catalog Then say "install Solarized-dsh-theme for me" — your agent finds it in the directory and installs it. Docs: dshbase-catalog · verified packs.
This plugin is GitHub source (not published to npm) — install it straight from the repo:
Web profile:
dsh plugin --profile web add github:zhijun-dai/Solarized-dsh-theme Headless (CLI) profile:
dsh plugin --profile headless add github:zhijun-dai/Solarized-dsh-theme Test report
Verified: L1 install + L2 load + L3 runtime from GitHub source on dsh 0.1.0-rc.6.