# EdenEast/nightfox.nvim

🦊A highly customizable theme for vim and neovim with support for lsp, treesitter and a variety of plugins.

Repository: https://github.com/EdenEast/nightfox.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nightfoxnvim
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: neovim, lua, colorscheme, vim, theme, colorblind, daltonism, neovim-theme, vim-theme
Last push: 2026-07-04T15:03:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1870, "days_push": 60, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4063, forks 171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:34.054327+00:00)

## What it is
Nightfox is a highly customizable colorscheme plugin for Vim and Neovim, written in Lua, offering seven variants such as Nightfox, Dayfox, and Nordfox. It supports LSP, Treesitter, and many popular plugins, and includes colorblind-friendly palettes.

## Use cases
- change neovim colorscheme
- dark theme for vim
- customizable colorscheme with treesitter support
- colorblind-friendly editor theme
- light and dark vim color schemes
- theme that supports lsp highlighting

## When to choose
- you use Neovim or Vim and want a polished, customizable colorscheme
- you need Treesitter and LSP-aware highlighting
- you want multiple light/dark variants from one plugin
- you need accessible palettes for color vision deficiency

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than Vim/Neovim
- you want a GUI application theme rather than an editor colorscheme

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: theme, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, colorscheme, vim, treesitter, lsp, dark-theme, light-theme, colorblind-friendly

## Member repositories
- EdenEast/nightfox.nvim (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.054327+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:34.073293+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/EdenEast/nightfox.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.054327+00:00, sha 8426a272c911)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.