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Solarized + Selenized for DeepSeek Harness
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Table of Contents
Intro
The classic low-contrast, eye-friendly palettes for DeepSeek Harness — one package covering Web GUI (dsh web), DSH Desktop and dsh-TUI:
- ☀️ Solarized — Ethan
Schoonover's carefully tuned 16-color system, designed for long reading sessions without eye strain.
- 🟢 Selenized — its
refined take: the same low-contrast philosophy with modernized hues and better color distinction.
Both come in dark and light, registered into the built-in theme system on a level with the light/dark/system choices — with canonical syntax colors for code blocks and a one-click switch row in Settings → General that remembers your choice.
Features
- 👁️ Eye-friendly by design — Solarized's palette is luminance-tuned,
not hue-picked, so text stays readable for hours; Selenized keeps the comfort with cleaner, more distinct accents.
- 🎨 Faithful palettes — every color is a canonical Solarized /
Selenized value; no default DeepSeek blue-gray leaks through.
- 🖥️ Canonical syntax colors — code blocks follow the classic Solarized
syntax mapping (keyword magenta, string cyan, number blue…).
- 🖱️ Component-level accents — bubbles, tool-call rows, code tags,
timestamps and hover interactions tinted from the palettes.
- 💻 dsh-TUI themes — one install command drops the four themes into
your terminal client; auto-synced on every start.
- 🔄 Update check — Settings silently checks npm for a newer release
(manual button too) and shows a copyable upgrade command.
- 🧠 Choice remembered — survives restarts and model switches; turning
it off restores the light/dark choice you had before, not a forced "system". Desktop port churn is covered by durable state under $DSH_HOME.
- ⚙️ Zero intrusion — switching to Default restores the built-in
appearance pixel-identical.
Previews
☀️ Solarized Dark

🌞 Solarized Light

🟢 Selenized Dark

🌿 Selenized Light

Install
From GitHub (recommended — always the latest):
dsh plugin --profile web add github:zhijun-dai/Solarized-dsh-themeFrom npm:
dsh plugin --profile web add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-theme💡 The npm release may lag slightly behind GitHub. For the very latest,
use the GitHub install above (pin a branch with #branch-name).For DSH Desktop, target the desktop profile:
dsh plugin --profile desktop add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-themedsh-TUI (terminal themes)
The same package syncs the four themes into your dsh-TUI. Install into the TUI profile and they land on the first start:
dsh plugin --profile dsh-tui add @yuquexianzhou/solarized-dsh-themeThen pick a theme inside the TUI: /theme solarized-dark.
💡 Installed into a web/desktop profile of a user who also runs dsh-TUI,
the themes stay in sync on every web start. No ~/.dsh-tui on disk?Strict no-op, nothing is created.
Restart the web server afterwards:
dsh webUsage
Open the web UI, go to Settings → General, and pick one of the four themes (or Default to follow the built-in appearance). Choice is saved per browser and restored at boot.
FAQ
Q: Why do the colors look "washed out"?
That's the point — Solarized deliberately keeps contrast low so text stays readable for hours without eye strain. If you want more punch, Selenized offers the same comfort with stronger accents.
Q: How is my choice remembered?
Browser localStorage (instant) plus a durable file under $DSH_HOME for Desktop — survives restarts, model switches and per-launch port changes. Your explicit light/dark/system pick in the built-in Appearance row always wins.
Q: How do I upgrade?
Re-run the install command, or check the Settings row — it silently tells you when a newer version exists and shows the copyable upgrade command. Then restart dsh web.
💝 Thanks to
- zhijun-dai
- Ethan Schoonover — Solarized
- Jan Warchoł — Selenized
- KinGao294/dsh-skin — the reference theme plugin this port is modeled on
- DeepSeek
🏆 Listed on Awesome DSH Plugin
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