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nyoom-engineering/oxocarbon.nvim

A dark and light Neovim theme written in fennel, inspired by IBM Carbon. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/nyoom-engineering/oxocarbon.nvim · Fennel · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

75/100

  • Activity 96
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1495
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 24
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1629 stars · 94 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Oxocarbon.nvim is a dark and light colorscheme for Neovim written in Fennel, inspired by the IBM Carbon design system. It provides extensive highlight support for popular plugins like Treesitter, LSP, Telescope, and others while remaining fast and compatible with both true-color and 16-color terminals.

Use cases

  • change neovim color scheme to a dark theme
  • find a light theme for neovim inspired by IBM Carbon
  • colorscheme with treesitter and lsp highlight support
  • fast neovim theme that doesn't slow startup
  • neovim theme with transparent background support
  • colorscheme that works in 16-color terminals
  • theme with highlights for telescope and nvim-cmp

When to choose

  • you use Neovim and want a polished dark or light theme based on IBM Carbon's palette
  • you need explicit highlight support for popular plugins like Treesitter, Telescope, Gitsigns, and NvimTree
  • you care about startuptime and want a lightweight colorscheme
  • you want a theme that works with both termguicolors and 16-color terminals

When to avoid

  • you need a colorscheme for editors other than Neovim (ports are separate projects)
  • you prefer themes with many customizable style options or variants
  • you want a theme not centered on blues and grays

Facets

plugin · maturity active

theme text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin cli neovim colorscheme fennel ibm-carbon dark-theme light-theme

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
nyoom-engineering/oxocarbon.nvimmain75

For agents

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