vercel.nvim: A Modern, Minimal Neovim Colorscheme Inspired by Vercel

Explore vercel.nvim, a highly configurable Neovim theme inspired by Vercel's design language. Features light/dark modes, bufferline/cmp integrations, transparency, and more.

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07/04/2025

vercel.nvim: A Modern, Minimal Neovim Colorscheme Inspired by Vercel

Introduction

vercel.nvim is a beautiful, modern Neovim colorscheme inspired by Vercel's branding and aesthetics. Designed for minimalism, readability, and flexibility, it supports both light and dark themes, bufferline/cmp integrations, transparency, and a range of customization options for an elegant coding experience.

View the repo on GitHub

Key Features

Vercel-inspired look: Clean, modern palette based on Vercel's visual identity.
Light & Dark modes: Easily switch between light and dark variants.
Transparency: Optional transparent backgrounds for terminals and popups.
Italics & Styling: Fine-grained control over italics for comments, keywords, functions, strings, variables, and bufferline.
Plugin Integrations: Custom highlights for bufferline, nvim-cmp, and more.
Extensible: Supports user overrides via tables or functions.
Written in Lua: Fast and native for Neovim 0.7+.

Getting Started

Add to your Neovim config (using lazy.nvim, packer, or other plugin manager):

use { "tiesen243/vercel.nvim" }

Then, in your Lua config:

require("vercel").setup({
  theme = "dark", -- or "light"
  transparent = true,
  italics = {
    comments = true,
    keywords = true,
    functions = true,
    strings = false,
    variables = false,
    bufferline = false,
  },
  overrides = {},
})

vim.cmd.colorscheme("vercel")

Configuration

The theme exposes a flexible setup function:

theme: "light" or "dark"
transparent: true or false
italics: table to enable italics for different syntax groups
overrides: table or function for custom highlight overrides

Type definition for options:

---@class Options
---@field theme 'light' | 'dark'
---@field transparent boolean
---@field italics { comments: boolean, keywords: boolean, functions: boolean, strings: boolean, variables: boolean, bufferline: boolean }
---@field overrides table<string, table<string, string>> | function(options: Options): table<string, table<string, string>>

Technical Highlights

Color Logic: Uses HSL and hex conversions for precise palette generation.
Terminal Colors: Sets Neovim's terminal color palette to match the theme.
Plugin Support: Dedicated highlight groups for bufferline, nvim-cmp, and more.
Well-Organized Codebase: Clean Lua modules for colors, config, utils, and integrations.

Example: Extending Highlights

Integrate with plugins like bufferline:

require("vercel.integrations.bufferline").highlights(options)

Why Use vercel.nvim?

Minimal yet expressive: Carefully balanced colors for focus and clarity.
Modern workflow: Looks great for code, markdown, and UI plugins.
Easy to customize: Tweak to personal taste with simple Lua tables.

Conclusion

vercel.nvim brings the sleek vibes of Vercel to your Neovim workflow. Whether you code all day or just want your editor to look sharp, this theme is a perfect fit for modern developers.