imli.nvim

A warm ember & coffee colorscheme for Neovim.
Dark & light variants · Treesitter & LSP · warm on the eyes during late nights.

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Features

• Two hand-tuned variants — a warm dark (#0b1418 base) and a cream-paper light
• Treesitter-first — full coverage for the common captures, plus LSP semantic token overrides
• UI consistency — statusline, tabline (with clear active/inactive separation), popups, diagnostics, which-key, mini.icons
• Configurable comments — adjust comment opacity and italics to taste
• Per-filetype overrides — winhighlight-based, no glitch
• Terminal colors — sets all 16 terminal slots to match the palette

Requirements

• Neovim 0.9+ (uses nvim_set_hl)
• termguicolors enabled (set automatically by the colorscheme)
• The native vim.pack install method below additionally requires Neovim 0.12+

Installation

lazy.nvim

{
  "your-github-username/imli-nvim",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    require("imli").setup({
      -- your options here
    })
    vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")
  end,
}

Native vim.pack (Neovim 0.12+)

No plugin manager needed — Neovim's built-in package manager:

-- init.lua
vim.pack.add({
  "https://github.com/your-github-username/imli-nvim",
  -- or the table form:
  -- { src = "https://github.com/your-github-username/imli-nvim", name = "imli" },
})

require("imli").setup()
vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")

That's it — the plugin is cloned on first use and tracked in the lockfile (vim.pack-lockfile). Useful commands:

Lazy loading with vim.pack — add with load = false, then packadd on demand:

vim.pack.add({ src = "https://github.com/your-github-username/imli-nvim", load = false })

-- later, when you want it:
vim.cmd.packadd("imli")
require("imli").setup()
vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")

packer.nvim

use {
  "your-github-username/imli-nvim",
  config = function()
    require("imli").setup()
    vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")
  end,
}

vim-plug

Plug 'your-github-username/imli-nvim'

-- in init.lua:
require("imli").setup()
vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")

Configuration

All options are optional — require("imli").setup() with no arguments uses the defaults below.

require("imli").setup({
  -- Italicize comments
  italic_comments = true,

  -- Comment visibility: 0.1 (barely visible) .. 1.0 (full color)
  comment_opacity = 1.0,

  -- Per-filetype highlight overrides (winhighlight-based).
  -- nil = use the built-in defaults from imli.filetypes.
  -- Pass your own table to override or extend:
  filetypes = nil,
  -- filetypes = {
  --   python = {
  --     ["@keyword"] = { fg = "#b48ead", bold = true },
  --     ["@function.call"] = { fg = "#9564DD" },
  --   },
  --   lua = {
  --     ["@keyword"] = { fg = "#b48ead", bold = true },
  --   },
  -- },
})

Then load it:

vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")

Full example (lazy.nvim)

{
  "your-github-username/imli-nvim",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    require("imli").setup({
      italic_comments = true,
      comment_opacity  = 0.8,   -- slightly dimmer comments
      filetypes        = nil,  -- built-in python/lua overrides
    })
    vim.cmd("colorscheme imli")
  end,
}

Palette

Dark

Light

Supported Plugins / UI

• Built-in Neovim UI (statusline, tabline, popups, diagnostics, floats)
• Treesitter & LSP semantic tokens
• which-key
• mini.icons
• render-markdown

License

MIT