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HackerBlue for Zed is a dark theme for the Zed editor: deep navy surfaces, steel-blue text and one cyan signal, across the editor, the panels, the syntax and the built-in terminal. One payment for the theme, updates included at no extra charge, and up to three personal devices.

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$2.99 for Zed, less per theme when you pick more.

One-time payment. Limited-time offerAll 32 themes for $29.99 $92.69 if bought singlyEnds 15 November 2026

One-time purchase / 3 personal devices

A preview of Zed's editor in Hacker Blue: a TypeScript file with keywords, functions, strings and comments in steel blue and cyan on a navy background, with the sidebar, tab bar and status bar.

Preview: a rendering of the theme's colours in a Zed-style window, not a screenshot of Zed itself.

How to install

Three steps in your device's terminal. Every command is exactly what you type; copy it, paste it, press Enter.

  1. Put the HackerBlue program on your device

    Linux or macOS: Terminal
    curl -fsSL https://hackerblue.dev/install.sh | sh
    Windows: PowerShell
    irm https://hackerblue.dev/install.ps1 | iex

  2. Sign in

    Terminal
    hackerblue login

    A page opens in your browser; sign in to your Hacker Blue account and choose Approve.

  3. Install the Zed theme

    Terminal
    hackerblue install zed

    Zed picks the theme up at once. To go back, choose another theme in Zed's picker (Ctrl/Cmd+K, then Ctrl/Cmd+T).

If your settings.json has comments, or already sets separate light and dark themes, the command leaves it alone and asks you to pick Hacker Blue in the picker.

Updates come with your licence: hackerblue update zed when a newer version is out. hackerblue uninstall zed removes it and restores your previous theme selection, keeping your later settings edits. Every command, and the rest of the guide: the install guide.

Zed, default and in HackerBlue

The same view twice. The switch changes only the theme.

Zed with its One Dark theme: a Python build file on a slate editor with coloured syntax. Zed with HackerBlue: the same file on deep navy, with steel-blue code and cyan keywords.

Zed 1.22.0 running on Linux, the same build file in its stock default look and in HackerBlue. Captured from the running app in a throwaway config.

Zed belongs to its owner; Hacker Blue is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.

The theme

HackerBlue for Zed is a dark theme in Zed's own theme format. It colours the editor and its syntax highlighting, the sidebar and panels, tabs and the status bar, diagnostics and version-control marks, and the integrated terminal's sixteen colours; deep navy surfaces, steel-blue text, and one cyan signal for focus and selection.

It is a dark theme, and it is named Hacker Blue in Zed's theme picker. The installer selects it for you and leaves the rest of your Zed settings as they were.

What the purchase includes

one-time
  • Purchase One-time

    One payment for HackerBlue for Zed. There is no subscription and nothing renews.

  • Updates Included

    Updates Hacker Blue publishes for this theme come with the licence at no extra charge; a version change never asks you to pay again.

  • Devices 3 active

    The licence covers up to three personal devices active at the same time, and you can deactivate one from your account page.

  • Delivery HackerBlue CLI

    The CLI downloads and installs the theme on an authorised device.

Pricing for Zed

The purchase runs on Whop, and Whop shows the price, currency and taxes before you pay. Buying ties the licence to a Hacker Blue account, which you use with Google or an email address and a password.

Choose themes

$2.99 for Zed, less per theme when you pick more.

One-time payment. Limited-time offerAll 32 themes for $29.99 $92.69 if bought singlyEnds 15 November 2026

HackerBlue Complete is the other one-time product: it includes the Zed theme today and the themes added to Complete later, under the same kind of licence. Pricing compares the two.

Release notes

What changed in each release. Updates are included with the licence.

1 release

Each release has its own version. Versions follow semantic versioning:

  • Major: the look changes noticeably.
  • Minor: support for new parts of the app.
  • Patch: fixes.

The newest release is first.

  1. 1.0.024 September 2026

    First release.

Terms, support and the rest of the family

License sets out what the purchase lets you do with the theme files; three active personal devices, no redistribution or resale. Refund covers refunds and the EU, EEA and UK 14-day withdrawal right, and Legal has the terms of sale. Contact has the ways to reach us.

The rest of the family

32 themes are available now.

31 themes