nord.nvim

As close to the original nordtheme/vim as possible, but loads 10 times faster.

It does not include third-party plugin support, providing just the core colors and an easy hook to add your own highlights.

Installation

Using Neovim's native package manager (vim.pack.add):

vim.pack.add({
  "https://github.com/tsdkv/nord.nvim"
})

require("nord").setup({
  transparent = false,
  terminal_colors = true,

  -- Text Styling
  italic_comments = false,
  italic_keywords = false,
  bold_headers = true,      -- Affects Titles, Folds, etc.

  -- Editor UI Tweaks
  uniform_diffs = false,    -- Uses Nord backgrounds for Git diffs
  uniform_status = false,   -- Makes active and inactive statuslines the same color
  bold_separators = false,  -- Makes vertical window separators thicker/darker
  cursorline_bg = false,    -- Adds a background color to the current line number
  underline = true,         -- Enable underlines on IncSearch, signature help, etc.

  -- Add or override highlights
  on_highlights = function(hl, c)
    -- Example: Make comments bold and use the frost color
    hl.Comment = { fg = c.frost, bold = true }

    -- Example: Add telescope support
    hl.TelescopeNormal = { bg = c.nord1 }
    hl.TelescopeBorder = { fg = c.nord3, bg = c.nord1 }
  end,
})

vim.cmd.colorscheme("nord")

Migration from nord.vim

If you are migrating from the original nord.vim, the old g:nord_* global variables have been replaced with a cleaner Lua table in setup():

Original nord.vim variable	nord.nvim config option
g:nord_italic_comments	italic_comments
g:nord_italic	italic_keywords
g:nord_bold	bold_headers
g:nord_uniform_diff_background	uniform_diffs
g:nord_uniform_status_lines	uniform_status
g:nord_bold_vertical_split_line	bold_separators
g:nord_cursor_line_number_background	cursorline_bg
g:nord_underline	underline

The Palette

In on_highlights(hl, c), the c argument exposes the full palette. You can use raw Nord colors (c.nord0 ... c.nord15) or semantic aliases:

• c.bg (nord0)
• c.bg_dim (nord1)
• c.bg_hl (nord2)
• c.fg_dim (nord3)
• c.comment (nord3_bright)
• c.fg (nord4)
• c.frost (nord8)
• c.keyword (nord9)
• c.accent (nord10)
• c.error (nord11)
• c.orange (nord12)
• c.warn (nord13)
• c.yellow (nord13)
• c.green (nord14)
• c.purple (nord15)

Acknowledgements

• shaunsingh/nord.nvim: A popular port, but diverges from the original colors and requires huge customization to match.
• gbprod/nord.nvim: Another good port that is close to the original, but includes built-in support for extra plugins.