# Nord

An arctic, north-bluish color palette.

Repository: https://github.com/nordtheme/nord
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nord
Homepage: https://www.nordtheme.com
Language: SCSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: color-palette, color-scheme, colors, ui-design, syntax-highlighting, theme, color-theme, colorscheme, syntax, ui, syntax-theme, ui-theme, palette
Last push: 2023-10-18T21:33:29+00:00
Link (homepage): https://www.nordtheme.com
Link (site_page): https://www.nordtheme.com/docs
Link (site_page): https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/usage
Link (site_page): https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/colors-and-palettes
Link (site_page): https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/swatches

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3650, "days_push": 1050, "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 6870, forks 188 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:51.026473+00:00)

## What it is
Nord is an arctic, north-bluish color palette of sixteen carefully selected dimmed pastel colors designed for code syntax highlighting and UI design. It ships as an npm/SCSS/Less module plus native color swatch formats and ports for many applications such as Vim, tmux, VS Code, and iTerm2.

## Use cases
- apply a consistent color theme across my editor and terminal
- use a north-bluish color palette in my SCSS project
- theme vim and tmux with matching colors
- get color swatches for GIMP or Photoshop
- find a calm dark theme for code syntax highlighting

## When to choose
- you want one unified, well-tested color palette across editors, terminals, and design tools
- you build web projects and want colors importable via npm, Sass, or Less
- you prefer a minimal, flat, eye-comfortable dark theme with documented design guidelines

## When to avoid
- you need a light-mode-first palette or highly saturated vibrant colors
- you want a full UI component library rather than just colors
- you need a theme with frequent updates or active new feature development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: theme, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: web-design, frontend, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: color-palette, color-scheme, syntax-highlighting, scss, css-preprocessor, design-system, editor-themes, terminal-themes, web-server

## Member repositories
- nordtheme/nord (main) score 23
- nordtheme/vim (plugin) score 23
- nordtheme/tmux (plugin) score 23
- nordtheme/visual-studio-code (plugin) score 23
- nordtheme/iterm2 (plugin) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:51.026473+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 2026-08-29T17:41:41.803084+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nordtheme/nord (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:51.026473+00:00, sha 35076e5760fe)
  - homepage: https://www.nordtheme.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:43.427379+00:00, sha 2f340b9654fb)
  - site_page: https://www.nordtheme.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:43.429801+00:00, sha ebfc80e8bdf3)
  - site_page: https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/usage (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:43.431385+00:00, sha f4c1fdaf9673)
  - site_page: https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/colors-and-palettes (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:43.433269+00:00, sha 32843fe121e6)
  - site_page: https://www.nordtheme.com/docs/swatches (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:43.436474+00:00, sha cffe19ef8486)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.