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24 alternatives to vim-colors-vanilla

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. vim-colors-vanilla launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Paint Synth▲8

   :rainbow: :notes:. Contribute to levthedev/rainbow_theremin development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A workshop on how to use Vim plugins▲94

   Workshop on how to use Vim Plugins. Contribute to jez/vim-as-an-ide development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Darker▲80

   Generate color tints & shades

   2021 · darker.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   Themery▲86

   Build beautiful IDE color themes with AI. Fine-tune colors, syntax highlighting, and typography. Export to VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Helix, Zed, and more.

   Apr 2026 · themery.dev · its alternatives →

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   Color Palette using WebAssembly▲7

   Color Palette using WASM and K-Means. Contribute to novoselrok/color-palette-wasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Mojo Language Syntax Highlighting for Vim▲32

   Mojo 🔥 Language Syntax Highlighting for Vim. Contribute to ovikrai/mojo-syntax development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a web app to generate Emacs and Vim themes from VSCode theme▲8

   Screenshots: https://nice.github.io/themeforge/screenshots/ Website: https://nice.github.io/themeforge Source: https://github.com/nice/themeforge Written in Vanilla JS, generation happens entirely in browser. Automatically adds some default faces for few Emacs packages. Vim version also comes with 256 color support for terminals.

   2023 · nice.github.io · its alternatives →

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   GitHub v3 API implemented in VimL▲29

   Another github v3 api implemented in vim script. Contribute to wsdjeg/GitHub.vim development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I am developing a type safe colorspace library for Rust▲12

   After two weeks of planning and figuring out how to manage conversions safely, I have finally published the first version of my crate :) It allows you to specify your own colortypes and easily use the same syntax for converting between your custom color types! I also started working on a custom image type that can do math :)

   2022 · crates.io · its alternatives →

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    CSS Colors for GitHub▲6

    Fast color keyword highlighter for GitHub

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Building GraphQL APIs with Rust and Hasura▲6

    Rust / Hasura / GraphQL. Contribute to ronanyeah/rust-hasura development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Building Vim as an Portable Executable▲7

    Actually Portable Executable build of Vim. Contribute to edoannunziata/vimape development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Clojure syntax highlighting for gedit▲8

    Contribute to mattfenwick/gedit-clojure development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Beautiful Usernames – 18M+ random aesthetic usernames for your project▲7

    Contribute to ChristianGreinke/beautiful-username-generator development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Yan.js▲6

    颜.js. Contribute to wong2/yan.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Honukai Theme and Colors for Oh My ZSH and iTerm▲7

    Honukai theme and colors for Oh My ZSH and iTerm. Contribute to oskarkrawczyk/honukai-iterm-zsh development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Vanity. A Vim plugin for managing color schemes▲6

    :womans_hat: Colorscheme manager for vim. Contribute to whatever555/vanity development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    vim.ink – A vim color scheme designer built with React▲7

    2014 · vim.ink · its alternatives →

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    NVIM config that I use with my agents▲5

    Contribute to NishantJoshi00/nvim-config development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Yourself, in Every Light▲5

    Contribute to almakit/alma development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A J Cheat Sheet▲5

    Contribute to dankilman/j-cheat-sheet development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rainbow – Easy and powerful CloudFormation management▲6

    Cloudformation on steroids. Contribute to EverythingMe/rainbow development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We made a dataset differ! (Free, Open source)▲5

    you're invited to a data party! Contribute to qri-io/qri development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Redux-theme▲5

    Theme and styles injections via redux store. Contribute to SamLebarbare/redux-theme development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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