🌈 Vanzi Tmux Theme

Vanzi Theme is a clean and minimalist tmux theme featuring both light and dark variants, optional transparency, and an active pane border highlight.
It’s designed for a modern and balanced look across terminals, whether opaque or with a blurred background.

🖼️ Preview

Vanzi (dark theme)

Ivory (light theme)

✨ Features

• 🎨 Two color variants:
  • ivory → light theme
  • vanzi → dark theme
• 🧊 Optional background transparency
• 🔲 Highlighted active pane border
• 🪶 Minimal and elegant status bar
• 🪟 Consistent colors for windows, panes, and messages
• 🕒 Displays current time and date on the status bar

📦 Installation

Using TPM (Tmux Plugin Manager)

1. Open your tmux configuration file:

   nvim ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
   

2. Add the plugin line:

   set -g @plugin 'briantarqui/vanzi-tmux-theme'
   

3. Save and reload tmux:

   tmux source ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
   

4. Install the plugin inside tmux:

   prefix + I
   

   (Default prefix is Ctrl + b)

⚙️ Configuration

You can customize the theme through the following tmux options:

Option	Possible Values	Description
@theme_variant	ivory | vanzi	Select light or dark variant
@bg_transparency	on | off	Enable or disable transparent background
@active_border	on | off	Enable a highlighted border on the active pane

🧩 Example Configuration

set -g @plugin 'briantarqui/vanzi-tmux-theme'

# Dark theme
set -g @theme_variant "vanzi"

# Transparent background (great with blurred terminals)
set -g @bg_transparency "on"

# Highlight the active pane border
set -g @active_border "on"

run-shell "~/.tmux/plugins/vanzi-tmux-theme/vanzi.tmux"

🪄 Quick Reload

If you make any configuration changes, reload tmux without restarting:

tmux source ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf

🧠 Internal Variables

Variable	Description
c_base, c_base_v	Base background colors
c_text_l, c_text_m, c_text_h	Text contrast levels
c_punk_main, c_punk_v	Accent colors
c_border_l, c_border_m, c_border_h	Border color levels

🧩 Repository Structure

vanzi-tmux-theme/
├── vanzi.tmux       # Main theme script
├── README.md     # English documentation

🧑‍💻 Author

Brian Tarqui
Designer and developer.
🌐 github.com/tarquibrian