Forest Phosphor

A set of aesthetically functional interfaces with phosphorescent tokens and accents.

Interfaces born from a need to reduce eye strain and a fondness for phosphor terminals. Built for reading — code, documentation, anything.

Design Philosophy

Functional first. The aesthetic is a byproduct.

Built for reading with visual comfort in mind.

Forest Phosphor is a family of interface designs that share a single aesthetic: muted neon phosphorescent accents on deep greens, tuned for comfort over long sessions without sacrificing visual identity. The palette reads as decorative; at its core it's functional. Every hue earns its place by carrying meaning.

The VS Code theme is the heart. It colors tokens by role — what a symbol does in the code — rather than by type. Variables, callables, structural verbs, and attention signals each get their own hue. After a few hours your eye stops reading individual tokens and starts reading the shape of the content; code or prose.

The Family

Same hex values, hand-tuned per app. Switch contexts without switching looks.

Forest Phosphor running in iTerm2 with a matching zsh prompt
Preset

iTerm2

A Display-P3 dark profile with sixteen tuned ANSI slots and a matching zsh prompt.

Forest Phosphor VS Code theme — full editor overview
Theme

VS Code

A dark editor theme built for reading code in an era where agents write it.

Forest Phosphor Obsidian theme — full vault view
Theme

Obsidian

Modern legibility with a glossy callout treatment that suggests phosphor bloom on glass.