shaunsingh/nord.nvim
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Neovim theme based off of the Nord Color Palette, written in lua with tree sitter support
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- LSP Diagnostics
- Indent-Blankline.nvim
- lightspeed.nvim
- rainbow-delimiters.nvim
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README.md
Originalshaunsingh/nord.nvim
Neovim theme based off of the Nord Color Palette.

Features
Nord.nvim is meant to be a modern colorscheme written in lua for NeoVim that supports a lot of the new features added to NeoVim like built-in LSP and TreeSitter
Supported plugins:
- TreeSitter
- LSP Diagnostics
- Lsp Saga
- LSP Trouble
- Git Gutter
- git-messenger
- Git Signs
- Telescope.nvim
- Nvim-Tree.lua
- NERDTree
- vim-which-key
- Indent-Blankline.nvim
- Dashboard
- BufferLine
- Lualine
- Neogit
- vim-sneak
- lightspeed.nvim
- barbar.nvim
- nvim-notify
- leap.nvim
- mini.nvim
- aerial.nvim
- headlines.nvim
- rainbow-delimiters.nvim
Ability to change background on sidebar-like windows like Nvim-Tree, Packer, terminal etc.
⚡️ Requirements
- Neovim >= 0.5.0
🌙 Installation
Install via your favourite package manager:
" If you are using Vim-Plug
Plug 'shaunsingh/nord.nvim'
-- If you are using Packer
use 'shaunsingh/nord.nvim'
🌓 Usage
Enable the colorscheme:
"Vim-Script:
colorscheme nord
--Lua:
vim.cmd[[colorscheme nord]]
To enable the nord theme for Lualine, simply specify it in your lualine settings:
require('lualine').setup {
options = {
-- ... your lualine config
theme = 'nord'
-- ... your lualine config
}
}
⚙️ Configuration
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nord_contrast | false |
Make sidebars and popup menus like nvim-tree and telescope have a different background |
| nord_borders | false |
Enable the border between verticaly split windows visable |
| nord_disable_background | false |
Disable the setting of background color so that NeoVim can use your terminal background |
| nord_cursorline_transparent | false |
Set the cursorline transparent/visible |
| nord_enable_sidebar_background | false |
Re-enables the background of the sidebar if you disabled the background of everything |
| nord_italic | true |
enables/disables italics |
| nord_uniform_diff_background | false |
enables/disables colorful backgrounds when used in diff mode |
| nord_bold | true |
enables/disables bold |
-- Example config in lua
vim.g.nord_contrast = true
vim.g.nord_borders = false
vim.g.nord_disable_background = false
vim.g.nord_italic = false
vim.g.nord_uniform_diff_background = true
vim.g.nord_bold = false
-- Load the colorscheme
require('nord').set()
" Example config in Vim-Script
let g:nord_contrast = v:true
let g:nord_borders = v:false
let g:nord_disable_background = v:false
let g:nord_italic = v:false
let g:nord_uniform_diff_background = v:true
let g:nord_bold = v:false
" Load the colorscheme
colorscheme nord
headlines support
To support headlines, you should add these code to your settings:
require("headlines").setup({
markdown = {
headline_highlights = {
"Headline1",
"Headline2",
"Headline3",
"Headline4",
"Headline5",
"Headline6",
},
codeblock_highlight = "CodeBlock",
dash_highlight = "Dash",
quote_highlight = "Quote",
},
})
It should look like this

bufferline support
To support BufferLine, you can add these code to your settings:
local highlights = require("nord").bufferline.highlights({
italic = true,
bold = true,
})
require("bufferline").setup({
options = {
separator_style = "thin",
},
highlights = highlights,
})
It should look like this
or you want to use slant separatorlocal highlights = require("nord").bufferline.highlights({
italic = true,
bold = true,
fill = "#181c24"
})
require("bufferline").setup({
options = {
separator_style = "slant",
},
highlights = highlights,
})

The default setting of bufferline highlights is
{
fill = colors.nord0_gui,
indicator = colors.nord9_gui,
bg = colors.nord0_gui,
buffer_bg = colors.nord0_gui,
buffer_bg_selected = colors.nord1_gui,
buffer_bg_visible = "#2A2F3A",
bold = true,
italic = true,
}
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