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Settings and themes

Settings

Section titled “Settings”

Open Settings with Cmd+, (macOS) or Ctrl+, (Windows/Linux).

Available settings tabs:

Tab What You Can Configure
General Startup behavior, auto-save, Journal, Tasks, and file snapshots (Version History)
Editor Indentation, tab size, line numbers, line endings, editor max width, Vim keybindings
Appearance Theme gallery, custom theme editor, and perspectives
Markdown Extended syntax toggles (math, highlight, strikethrough), smart punctuation
AI Provider, model, API key (per-provider), privacy mode, Ghost Text settings, custom AI commands
Activity Bar Show/hide and reorder the left Activity Bar panels
Language Interface language (English, Korean)
Keybindings Customize keyboard shortcuts — search, rebind, reset
Plugins Browse, install, update, and manage community plugins
Vault Initialize/revert vault, vault alias, journal directory, approved locations, and cross-vault settings

Themes

Section titled “Themes”

Baram comes with 8 built-in themes and supports custom theme creation.

Built-in themes:

Theme Style
Default Light Clean light theme (default)
Default Dark Dark theme with blue tones
Tokyo Night Popular dark theme, cool blue palette
Solarized Light Ethan Schoonover’s warm light palette
Solarized Dark Ethan Schoonover’s dark palette
Nord Arctic-inspired dark theme
Baram Garden Light Warm, garden-inspired light theme
Baram Garden Dark Warm, garden-inspired dark theme

Using themes:

  1. Open Settings > Appearance to see the theme gallery
  2. Click any theme card to apply it immediately
  3. Select System (Auto) to follow your OS light/dark mode

Creating custom themes:

  1. Click Customize… in the Appearance tab
  2. Edit the theme name and choose a base mode (Light or Dark)
  3. Adjust any of the 25 color values using the color pickers (grouped by Background, Text, Border, Accent, Editor, Status, and Graph)
  4. Colors update live as you pick — preview changes in real-time
  5. Click Save to keep the theme, or Cancel to discard

Import / Export:

  • Click Import Theme… to load a .json theme file
  • Click Export in the theme editor to save the current theme as a .json file for sharing