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Nous Research

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Description

This theme supports Dark Mode
This theme supports Light Mode

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Nous Research

An Obsidian theme that matches the Hermes desktop app's Nous identity — glass neutrals with Nous blue accents in light mode, and the Psyche cream-on-deep-blue dark mode, with the faint Hermes statue ghosted behind your notes.

Nous Research light mode

Nous Research dark mode

Disclosure

This project was written with the use a Large Language Model agent. Most was written by the agent itself; All of it has been reviewed by human eyes.

Features

  • Light and dark modes — light is glass-white (#F8FAFF) with Nous blue (#0053FD); dark is deep psyche blue (#0E2766) with warm cream text (#FFE6CB).
  • Faint statue backdrop behind notes in dark mode — the same asset the Hermes desktop app renders. (ds-assets/filler-bg0.jpg)
  • Courier Prime monospace, embedded as data URLs (no remote fonts).
  • WCAG AA text contrast in both modes.
  • Borderless dark chrome (glass look), amber selection, clearly underlined blue links, and framed callouts / code blocks / embeds / tables.
  • All assets self-contained: theme.css + manifest.json only.

Install

Obsidian → Settings → Appearance → Themes → Manage → Browse → search "Nous Research".

Files

  • theme.css — the complete theme (self-contained)
  • manifest.json — theme manifest
  • images/lightmode.jpg, images/darkmode.jpg — screenshots

License

Theme: CC0 1.0 — public domain dedication. Embedded assets keep their own licenses: Courier Prime (SIL Open Font License 1.1, © 2015 The Courier Prime Project Authors) and the background image (MIT, © 2025 Nous Research / Hermes Agent) — see LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY.md.

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