Theming
Volli generates its entire color set from one seed color. Picking a seed derives backgrounds, text tiers, borders, and accents from it, keeping contrast in a legible range across every seed.
Volli is dark only.
Built-in themes
Section titled “Built-in themes”| Theme | Seed |
|---|---|
| Ember (default) | #e8652a |
| Midnight | #4c6ef5 |
| Moss | #3f9142 |
| Iris | #8b5cf6 |
| Rose | #f43f5e |
| Graphite | #8a8a8a |
Graphite’s seed has no hue, so it stays monochrome throughout, with a neutral chrome and a neutral accent.
Change the theme
Section titled “Change the theme”Go to Settings → Appearance → App theme and choose Customize. You can
also reach the picker from the command palette with ⌘K.
Moving through the list previews each theme against the real app. Press Enter
to keep the highlighted theme, or Esc to back out and restore what you had.
Use a different theme for one project
Section titled “Use a different theme for one project”Each project can override the global theme, so you can tell projects apart at a glance when you keep several open.
Open Configure → Appearance → App theme for that project and switch from Inherit to Custom. Custom opens on Auto-tint, which reseeds the theme from that project’s own rail color, with no picking required. To choose explicitly, switch Source to Pick a theme.
Click Inherit to remove the override instead of storing a second setting. The project then follows any future change you make globally.
Build a theme from your own color
Section titled “Build a theme from your own color”Choose Customize on any theme to open the editor. The Color row has a
swatch that opens the macOS color picker and a hex field beside it. Both accept
#rgb and #rrggbb.
Dragging in the color picker repaints the app as you go. The hex field applies once what you type parses as a valid color, so a half-typed value leaves the app unchanged.
What the terminal does
Section titled “What the terminal does”The terminal is the one surface that doesn’t always follow your app theme, because Ghostty configuration takes precedence over Volli’s.
- If you haven’t set a Ghostty theme, the terminal derives its background, foreground, cursor, and ANSI red from your app theme, and repaints as soon as you change it.
- If a Ghostty theme is set, in your own
~/.config/ghostty/configor through Volli’s terminal settings, that theme wins. The terminal keeps its colors no matter which app theme you pick.
Either way, twelve of the sixteen ANSI colors are a fixed set. Green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, and their bright variants have no equivalent in the app’s palette, so Volli doesn’t invent one.