morhetz/gruvbox

Retro groove color scheme for Vim

15,739

stars

187

commits

Vim Script

primary language

Jun 8, 2026

updated

README

gruvbox is heavily inspired by badwolf, jellybeans and solarized.

Designed as a bright theme with pastel 'retro groove' colors and light/dark mode switching in the way of solarized. The main focus when developing gruvbox is to keep colors easily distinguishable, contrast enough and still pleasant for the eyes.

Attention

  1. Read this first
  2. Typeface from gallery is Fantasque Sans Mono
  3. Typeface from screenshots below is Fira Mono

Screenshots

Refer Gallery for more syntax-specific screenshots.

Dark mode

Screenshot Dark

Light mode

Screenshot Light

Airline theme

Screenshot Airline

Palette

Dark mode

Palette Dark

Light mode

Palette Light

Contrast options

Refer wiki section for contrast configuration and other options.

Contrast Options

Documentation

Please check wiki for installation details, terminal-specific setup, troubleshooting, configuration options and others.

Features

Contributions

See gruvbox-contrib repo for contributions, ports and extras.

ToDo

  • Filetype syntax highlighting (R, TeX, Swift, Erlang)
  • Plugin support (Tagbar, VimPlug)

Self-Promotion

If you like gruvbox follow the repository on GitHub and vote for it on vim.org.

License

MIT/X11

Contributors

morhetz

161 commits

magicmark

2 commits

ethe

2 commits

gmoe

2 commits

morhetz/gruvbox

Retro groove color scheme for Vim

15,739

stars

187

commits

Vim Script

primary language

Jun 8, 2026

updated

README

gruvbox is heavily inspired by badwolf, jellybeans and solarized.

Designed as a bright theme with pastel 'retro groove' colors and light/dark mode switching in the way of solarized. The main focus when developing gruvbox is to keep colors easily distinguishable, contrast enough and still pleasant for the eyes.

Attention

  1. Read this first
  2. Typeface from gallery is Fantasque Sans Mono
  3. Typeface from screenshots below is Fira Mono

Screenshots

Refer Gallery for more syntax-specific screenshots.

Dark mode

Screenshot Dark

Light mode

Screenshot Light

Airline theme

Screenshot Airline

Palette

Dark mode

Palette Dark

Light mode

Palette Light

Contrast options

Refer wiki section for contrast configuration and other options.

Contrast Options

Documentation

Please check wiki for installation details, terminal-specific setup, troubleshooting, configuration options and others.

Features

Contributions

See gruvbox-contrib repo for contributions, ports and extras.

ToDo

  • Filetype syntax highlighting (R, TeX, Swift, Erlang)
  • Plugin support (Tagbar, VimPlug)

Self-Promotion

If you like gruvbox follow the repository on GitHub and vote for it on vim.org.

License

MIT/X11

Contributors

morhetz

161 commits

magicmark

2 commits

ethe

2 commits

gmoe

2 commits

Languages

Vim Script

86.6%

Shell

13.4%