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Cordyceps

by frank-pw
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Description

This theme supports Dark Mode
This theme supports Light Mode

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Cordyceps

An Obsidian theme inspired by The Last of Us — survival logs, tarnished gold, worn borders, and the quiet weight of a world after, with dark and faithful light modes.

Obsidian Version License

Preview

Cordyceps preview

Design

The theme draws from the visual language of The Last of Us: blackened charcoal panels, olive-green navigation, tarnished-gold accents, faded paper text, worn borders, and a subtle CRT grain layered over everything. The dark palette keeps the theme weathered and high-contrast, while light mode translates the same mood into aged paper, charcoal text, field olive, rust, and burnt orange. It is built entirely in CSS — no plugins, no external assets, no fonts that need downloading (the theme falls back to system monospace if IBM Plex Mono is absent).

Color palette

Token Hex Role
Background #090906 Main canvas
Panel #0d0d0a Sidebars, tabs
Text #d3cbb7 Body copy — faded paper
Gold #d0aa43 Accents, active tabs, links
Olive #819a4e Navigation, H3 headers, folder icons
Orange #d87425 Warm warning accents
Rust #7a553d Subtle warmth
Border #3b3727 Worn edges

Features

  • Pure CSS — no snippets, plugins, or internet connection required
  • Dark and light modes — light mode keeps the worn survival-log mood instead of flattening into a neutral theme
  • Subtle CRT scanline overlay via a single ::before pseudo-element
  • Panel frames — each workspace section has a thin gold-olive border around it
  • Infected panel glow — very subtle olive-amber radial gradients at panel corners
  • File explorer folder icons — outlined folder shape in gold via CSS mask, no arrows
  • Monospace typography throughout using IBM Plex Mono (or system fallback)
  • Styled headings: H1 with a bottom rule, H2 in warm gold uppercase, H3 in olive uppercase, plus distinct H4–H6 accents
  • Blockquote as card — full four-sided border with dark background
  • Solid HR separators between content sections
  • Callouts, tables, code blocks — all reskinned to match the palette
  • Custom checkboxes with a gold fill and tick on completion
  • Sidebar section labels (VAULT, TAGS) — 10px uppercase, dim color, spaced apart
  • All view headers — uppercase label style (GRAPH VIEW, BACKLINKS, etc.)
  • Tag pane — styled items with gold hover
  • Formatting toolbar — muted icons, gold on hover
  • Custom scrollbars, graph view colors, metadata panel, modal and menu styling
  • Mobile-ready — adjusted padding for small screens

Installation

Via Obsidian Community Themes (recommended)

  1. Open Settings → Appearance → Themes
  2. Click Manage and search for Cordyceps
  3. Click Install and use

Manual

  1. Download or clone this repository
  2. Copy the Cordyceps folder into your vault's themes directory:
<your vault>/.obsidian/themes/Cordyceps/manifest.json
<your vault>/.obsidian/themes/Cordyceps/theme.css
  1. In Obsidian go to Settings → Appearance → Themes, refresh the list, and select Cordyceps

Note: do not nest the folder — Obsidian requires the manifest.json to sit directly inside .obsidian/themes/Cordyceps/.

Optional font

The theme is designed with IBM Plex Mono. Install it on your system for the intended look; the theme degrades gracefully to SFMono-Regular, Menlo, or Consolas if it is absent.

Compatibility

  • Obsidian 1.5.0 and later
  • Dark and light mode
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