jacoborus/tender.vim

A 24bit colorscheme for Vim, Airline and Lightline

Vim Script

1,271

141 commits

updated Apr 27, 2026

See the code

README

tender

A 24bit colorscheme for Vim, Airline and Lightline (generated by Estilo)

Screenshots

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Installation

Install manually or use a package manager:

" vim-plug
Plug 'jacoborus/tender.vim'
" NeoBundle
NeoBundle 'jacoborus/tender.vim'
" Vundle
Plugin 'jacoborus/tender.vim'

Once your plugin is installed you can set the color scheme in your .vimrc or init.vim

" If you have vim >=8.0 or Neovim >= 0.1.5
if (has("termguicolors"))
 set termguicolors
endif

" For Neovim 0.1.3 and 0.1.4
let $NVIM_TUI_ENABLE_TRUE_COLOR=1

" Theme
syntax enable
colorscheme tender

Use lightline themes (tender and tenderplus):

" set lighline theme inside lightline config
let g:lightline = { 'colorscheme': 'tender' }

Use airline themes (tender and tenderplus):

" set airline theme
let g:airline_theme = 'tender'

Fix for MacVim (see issue):

let macvim_skip_colorscheme=1

Copy color to vim if no exist ~/.vim/colors/, create folder.

cp ~/.vim/bundle/tender/colors/tender.vim ~/.vim/colors/tender.vim

Terminal themes



pacman-tender


© 2016 Jacobo Tabernero (jacoborus.codes) - Released under MIT License

airline
colorscheme
color-schemes
dark-theme
lightline
neovim
neovim-colorscheme
neovim-plugin
terminal-themes
theme
vim
vim-colorscheme
vim-colorscheme-dark
vim-plugin

jacoborus/tender.vim

A 24bit colorscheme for Vim, Airline and Lightline

Vim Script

1,271

141 commits

updated Apr 27, 2026

See the code

README

tender

A 24bit colorscheme for Vim, Airline and Lightline (generated by Estilo)

Screenshots

javascript statusplus statusregular xml nerdtree-yaml gitcommit gvdiff

Installation

Install manually or use a package manager:

" vim-plug
Plug 'jacoborus/tender.vim'
" NeoBundle
NeoBundle 'jacoborus/tender.vim'
" Vundle
Plugin 'jacoborus/tender.vim'

Once your plugin is installed you can set the color scheme in your .vimrc or init.vim

" If you have vim >=8.0 or Neovim >= 0.1.5
if (has("termguicolors"))
 set termguicolors
endif

" For Neovim 0.1.3 and 0.1.4
let $NVIM_TUI_ENABLE_TRUE_COLOR=1

" Theme
syntax enable
colorscheme tender

Use lightline themes (tender and tenderplus):

" set lighline theme inside lightline config
let g:lightline = { 'colorscheme': 'tender' }

Use airline themes (tender and tenderplus):

" set airline theme
let g:airline_theme = 'tender'

Fix for MacVim (see issue):

let macvim_skip_colorscheme=1

Copy color to vim if no exist ~/.vim/colors/, create folder.

cp ~/.vim/bundle/tender/colors/tender.vim ~/.vim/colors/tender.vim

Terminal themes



pacman-tender


© 2016 Jacobo Tabernero (jacoborus.codes) - Released under MIT License

airline
colorscheme
color-schemes
dark-theme
lightline
neovim
neovim-colorscheme
neovim-plugin
terminal-themes
theme
vim
vim-colorscheme
vim-colorscheme-dark
vim-plugin

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