Obsidian Veil

A premium AMOLED-black dark theme for The Lounge IRC client.

Compact desktop layout with a continuous nick/message separator, mobile chat bubbles, and cyber-neon accents.

Screenshots

Desktop

Mobile

Features

• Pure AMOLED black (#000) canvas — perfect for OLED displays
• Cyber Cyan (#00f2ff) & Electric Purple (#a855f7) neon accents
• Emerald Green notification badges that fit and pop
• Compact desktop layout with a continuous vertical separator line between nicks and messages
• Mobile chat bubbles — card-based messages with left/right alignment for incoming/outgoing
• Joins/quits hidden on mobile — status noise is completely removed on small screens
• Topic & error messages remain visible on mobile in subtle dark bubbles
• Plus Jakarta Sans + JetBrains Mono typography via Google Fonts
• Dark user list & header — fully themed, no bright-white bars

Installation

Via The Lounge CLI (recommended)

thelounge install thelounge-theme-obsidian-veil

Via npm (if running The Lounge from source)

cd ~/.thelounge/packages
npm install thelounge-theme-obsidian-veil

Manual / Docker

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Copy the folder into your The Lounge packages directory:

   cp -r thelounge-theme-obsidian-veil ~/.thelounge/packages/node_modules/

3. Add the theme to ~/.thelounge/packages/package.json:

   {
     "private": true,
     "dependencies": {
       "thelounge-theme-obsidian-veil": "1.0.0"
     }
   }

4. Restart The Lounge

Activating

1. Open Settings → Appearance
2. Select Obsidian Veil from the theme dropdown
3. Done!

Design Tokens

| Token | Value | Usage | |---|---|---| | --body-bg-color | #000000 | Main canvas (AMOLED black) | | --link-color | #00f2ff | Cyber Cyan — links, accents | | --unread-marker-color | #00e676 | Emerald Green — badges, unread markers | | --highlight-bg-color | rgba(0,242,255,0.08) | Highlight glow | | --border-color | #1a1a24 | Subtle dark borders | | --body-color | #e2e2e9 | Primary text | | --body-color-muted | #808090 | Muted/secondary text | | --time-color | #555566 | Timestamps |

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

MIT