New in v1.38Custom themes, from the editors you already love

Make JET Pilot yours.

Bring your VS Code, Sublime Text, TextMate or T3 Code theme — or pick one of the built-ins. The sidebar, tables, YAML editor and terminal all follow.

T3 Code compatible
VS Code · Sublime · TextMate
Open VSX gallery
JSON editor with live preview
MIT

NamespaceNameReadyRestartsStatusCPUMemoryIP

paymentspayments-api-7qjjhld4s-974t22/20Running 929m 250Mi 10.42.84.10

paymentspayments-api-7qjjhld4s-trrmk2/21Running 829m 279Mi 10.42.84.23

paymentspayments-worker-qsz8hdz2p-vkn4v0/13OOMKilled 41m 115Mi 10.42.105.36

paymentsledger-7mcnr47lw-8shxv1/10Running 354m 786Mi 10.42.42.10

checkoutcheckout-api-rqmxcfxbp-bq7vj0/114CrashLoopBackOff 829m 233Mi 10.42.84.23

checkoutcheckout-web-7s58ws2gs-2mtc41/10Running 390m 164Mi 10.42.84.10

checkoutimage-resizer-khjm9jqhm-xnh6c0/10ContainerCreating––10.42.91.23

paymentsdb-backup-28745160-9cwmp0/10Completed––10.42.126.10

checkoutcart-service-67xd8brb7-9wqfk1/10Terminating––10.42.84.23

Terminal · prod-eu-west-1

jet:~/payments$ kubectl get pods -n payments

NAME READY STATUS AGE

payments-api-7qjjhld4s-974t2 2/2 Running 3d

payments-worker-qsz8hdz2p-vkn4v 0/1 OOMKilled 3d

ledger-7mcnr47lw-8shxv 1/1 Running 5d

db-backup-28745160-9cwmp 0/1 Completed 41m

jet:~/payments$ kubectl rollout status deploy/payments-api

deployment "payments-api" successfully rolled out

jet:~/payments$ colortest

jet:~/payments$

deployment/payments-apiReview & apply

1apiVersion: apps/v1

2kind: Deployment

3metadata:

4 name: payments-api

5 namespace: payments

6spec:

7 replicas: 6 # was 4

8 paused: false

9 strategy:

10 type: RollingUpdate

11 template:

12 spec:

13 containers:

14 - name: api

15 image: ghcr.io/acme/payments-api:v2.15.0

16 ports:

17 - containerPort: 8080

18 resources: { limits: { cpu: "1" } }

JETdarkJET Pilot contributors(MIT)

Try your own theme

Drop a VS Code theme, a Sublime Text colour scheme, a TextMate theme or a T3 Code / JET Pilot theme. The same engine JET Pilot uses converts it right here in your browser.

Drop theme files here or browse.json · .jsonc · .sublime-color-scheme · .tmTheme

Or paste it

⌘ / Ctrl + Enter

Everything happens in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored.

What works

VS Code*-color-theme.json — workbench colours, tokenColors for the editor and terminal.ansi* for the terminal. JSONC and include are fine.
Sublime.sublime-color-scheme, with variables and color().
TextMate.tmTheme property lists.
T3 · JETT3 Code themes as they are, and JET Pilot’s own files.

Light and dark files of one theme? Drop both at once — they pair up into one theme, as in the app.

How to install

Three ways in. All of them instant.

Every theme can have its own light and dark appearance, and you can pick a different theme for each mode.

Settings › Appearance

Drag theme files onto the theme library, pick them with the file picker or paste the JSON. VS Code, Sublime, TextMate and T3 Code themes are converted on the spot. Hover a card to preview it on the whole app.

The Open VSX gallery

Search thousands of VS Code themes on open-vsx.org from inside JET Pilot and install one in a click — every colour theme in the extension comes along.

Only MIT-licensed extensions can be installed, so JET Pilot stays MIT.

The themes folder

Save a .json theme in JET Pilot’s themes folder. It’s watched: edit the file in any editor and the app updates as you save. Broken files show up with their error, not silently.

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.unxsist.jetpilot/themes
Windows: %APPDATA%\com.unxsist.jetpilot\themes
Linux: ~/.config/com.unxsist.jetpilot/themes

⌘⌥A/CtrlAltA

Change theme…

The command palette lists every theme. Arrow through them to preview live; Esc puts the old one back.

⌘⌥⇧A/CtrlAltShiftA

Change appearance

Switch between System, Light and Dark. Each mode keeps its own theme.

⌘K/CtrlK

Or just search

Type “theme” in the command palette. Shortcuts are listed in the ? cheat sheet.

Write your own

Two colours are enough.

A theme is a small JSON file. Give it a canvas and an accent and JET Pilot derives the rest of the palette from them — with contrast guarantees: text at 7:1, other foregrounds at 4.5:1 and buttons at 3:1.

Override any of the 57 roles under colors
Add the other appearance under variants
JET Pilot extras under jetPilot: success and info colours, the 16 terminal colours, editor syntax colours and raw VS Code editor keys
Any CSS colour works: hex, rgb(), hsl(), oklch()…

Completion and validation, everywhere

Add the schema line and VS Code (or any JSON Schema-aware editor) completes role names, explains them on hover and flags mistakes:

"$schema": "https://www.jet-pilot.app/schemas/theme.json"

Inside the app, Settings › Appearance › New theme opens a JSON editor with the same schema, a live preview on the whole app and ⌘S / Ctrl+S to save.

nightfall.jsonThe short form

{
  "$schema": "https://www.jet-pilot.app/schemas/theme.json",
  "name": "Nightfall",
  "appearance": "dark",
  "canvas": "#16161e",
  "accent": "#7aa2f7"
}

nightfall.jsonWith overrides, a light variant and JET Pilot extras

{
  "$schema": "https://www.jet-pilot.app/schemas/theme.json",
  "version": 1,
  "id": "nightfall",
  "name": "Nightfall",
  "appearance": "dark",
  "canvas": "#16161e",
  "accent": "#7aa2f7",
  "colors": {
    "text": "#c0caf5",
    "sidebar": "#1a1b26",
    "messageAction": "#bb9af7",
    "errorForeground": "#f7768e"
  },
  "jetPilot": {
    "colors": { "success": "#9ece6a", "info": "#7dcfff" },
    "terminal": {
      "black": "#15161e",
      "red": "#f7768e",
      "green": "#9ece6a",
      "yellow": "#e0af68",
      "blue": "#7aa2f7",
      "magenta": "#bb9af7",
      "cyan": "#7dcfff",
      "white": "#a9b1d6",
      "brightBlack": "#414868",
      "brightRed": "#f7768e",
      "brightGreen": "#9ece6a",
      "brightYellow": "#e0af68",
      "brightBlue": "#7aa2f7",
      "brightMagenta": "#bb9af7",
      "brightCyan": "#7dcfff",
      "brightWhite": "#c0caf5"
    },
    "syntax": {
      "key": "#7aa2f7",
      "string": "#9ece6a",
      "number": "#ff9e64",
      "constant": "#bb9af7",
      "comment": "#565f89",
      "punctuation": "#89ddff"
    },
    "editor": { "editor.lineHighlightBackground": "#1e2030" }
  },
  "variants": {
    "light": {
      "canvas": "#f6f6fb",
      "accent": "#2e7de9",
      "colors": { "text": "#343b58" },
      "jetPilot": {
        "syntax": {
          "key": "#2e7de9",
          "string": "#587539",
          "number": "#b15c00",
          "comment": "#848cb5"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

T3 Code themes import as they are

The format is T3 Code’s theme file (version 1, its 57 roles, the seeded short form and variants). Paste a T3 theme and you’re done.

And they go back, too

T3 Code ignores the jetPilot block. Export for T3 Code writes a strict T3 file: all 57 roles resolved, variants included.

More than a palette

VS Code themes bring their tokenColors to the YAML editor and terminal.ansi* to the terminal — the parts T3 Code leaves out.

Roles reference

Every key a theme can set, straight from the JSON schema. Roles marked T3 Code are kept for compatibility; JET Pilot paints the rest.

Surfaces & lines9

Surfaces & lines roles
Key	What it paints
colors.canvas	Main background behind content: tables, editor, terminal (--background). Seed of the derived palette.
colors.surface	Panels and cards: side panel, grouped settings (--surface-2 / --card).
colors.surfaceRaised	Raised surfaces; the placeholder text is checked against it.
colors.surfaceOverlay	Popovers, menus, dialogs, command palette and editor widgets (--surface-3 / --popover).
colors.border	Hairline borders (--border); --border-subtle and --border-strong are mixed from it.
colors.input	Input borders (--input).
colors.focus	Focus rings (--ring) and the editor's focus border.
colors.codeBackground	Inline code background.
colors.codeForeground	Inline code text.

Text7

Text roles
Key	What it paints
colors.text	Primary text (--foreground). Kept at 7:1 contrast on the canvas.
colors.textMuted	Secondary text (T3 Code). JET Pilot's muted text is `mutedForeground`.
colors.muted	Muted backgrounds: skeletons, subtle fills (--muted).
colors.mutedForeground	Muted text: descriptions, captions, table meta (--muted-foreground).
colors.placeholder	Input placeholder text.
colors.secondaryLabel	Secondary labels (T3 Code).
colors.iconMuted	Muted icons (T3 Code).

Accent & actions9

Accent & actions roles
Key	What it paints
colors.accent	Brand / accent colour: links (--link), text selection (--selection), editor selection. Seed of the derived palette.
colors.accentForeground	Text on a solid accent fill.
colors.accentSurface	Hover and selected rows, menu highlight (--accent) and the editor's selected suggestion.
colors.accentSurfaceForeground	Text on hovered / selected rows (--accent-foreground).
colors.messageAction	Primary buttons, switches, the active nav indicator (--primary). When it is not a vivid colour (3:1 on the canvas, apart from accentSurface), the accent / focus colour is used instead.
colors.messageActionForeground	Text on primary buttons (--primary-foreground).
colors.messageActionHover	Primary button hover (T3 Code).
colors.secondary	Secondary buttons and controls (--secondary).
colors.secondaryForeground	Text on secondary buttons (--secondary-foreground).

Status9

Status roles
Key	What it paints
colors.error	Error signal colour (T3 Code). The editor's find highlights use `warning`.
colors.errorForeground	Readable error text; becomes --destructive (also checked on the canvas).
colors.errorSurface	Background of error alerts.
colors.warning	Warning signal colour; editor find-match highlight.
colors.warningForeground	Readable warning text; becomes --warning (also checked on the canvas).
colors.warningSurface	Background of warning alerts.
colors.update	Update / info signal colour (T3 Code).
colors.updateForeground	Text on update surfaces (T3 Code).
colors.updateSurface	Background of update notices (T3 Code).

Sidebar8

Sidebar roles
Key	What it paints
colors.sidebar	App chrome: navigation, tab bar, toolbars (--surface-1 / --sidebar).
colors.sidebarForeground	Navigation text (--sidebar-foreground).
colors.sidebarMutedForeground	Muted navigation text.
colors.sidebarControlSurface	Controls in the sidebar (T3 Code).
colors.sidebarRowHover	Sidebar row on hover (T3 Code).
colors.sidebarRowActive	Active sidebar row (T3 Code).
colors.sidebarRowSelected	Selected sidebar row (T3 Code).
colors.sidebarBorder	Sidebar border (T3 Code).

Terminal6

Terminal roles
Key	What it paints
colors.terminalBackground	Terminal background.
colors.terminalForeground	Terminal text.
colors.terminalCursor	Terminal and editor cursor.
colors.terminalSelection	Terminal selection.
colors.terminalScrollbar	Scrollbar thumbs (--scrollbar), also in the editor.
colors.terminalScrollbarHover	Scrollbar thumbs on hover (--scrollbar-hover).

T3 Code chrome9

T3 Code chrome roles
Key	What it paints
colors.chrome	Window chrome background (T3 Code). JET Pilot uses `sidebar` for its chrome.
colors.toolbar	Toolbar background (T3 Code).
colors.toolbarForeground	Text on the toolbar (T3 Code).
colors.toolbarBorder	Toolbar border (T3 Code).
colors.toolbarControl	Toolbar button background (T3 Code).
colors.toolbarControlForeground	Toolbar button text (T3 Code).
colors.toolbarControlHover	Toolbar button background on hover (T3 Code).
colors.messageSurface	Message bubble background (T3 Code).
colors.messageForeground	Message bubble text (T3 Code).

JET Pilot extras4JET Pilot's own colour roles.

JET Pilot extras roles
Key	What it paints
jetPilot.colors.success	Success colour, text-grade on the canvas (--success): ready pods, healthy status. Derived as a green when missing.
jetPilot.colors.successForeground	Text on a solid success fill (--success-foreground).
jetPilot.colors.info	Info colour, text-grade on the canvas (--info). Derived as a blue when missing.
jetPilot.colors.infoForeground	Text on a solid info fill (--info-foreground).

Editor syntax7Syntax colours of the YAML / JSON editor.

Editor syntax roles
Key	What it paints
jetPilot.syntax.key	YAML / JSON keys.
jetPilot.syntax.string	String values.
jetPilot.syntax.number	Numbers.
jetPilot.syntax.constant	Booleans, null and keywords.
jetPilot.syntax.comment	Comments (italic).
jetPilot.syntax.punctuation	Colons, dashes, brackets.
jetPilot.syntax.text	Plain text.

Terminal ANSI16The terminal's 16 ANSI colours.

Terminal ANSI roles
Key	What it paints
jetPilot.terminal.black	ANSI black (VS Code terminal.ansiBlack).
jetPilot.terminal.red	ANSI red (VS Code terminal.ansiRed).
jetPilot.terminal.green	ANSI green (VS Code terminal.ansiGreen).
jetPilot.terminal.yellow	ANSI yellow (VS Code terminal.ansiYellow).
jetPilot.terminal.blue	ANSI blue (VS Code terminal.ansiBlue).
jetPilot.terminal.magenta	ANSI magenta (VS Code terminal.ansiMagenta).
jetPilot.terminal.cyan	ANSI cyan (VS Code terminal.ansiCyan).
jetPilot.terminal.white	ANSI white (VS Code terminal.ansiWhite).
jetPilot.terminal.brightBlack	ANSI bright black (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightBlack).
jetPilot.terminal.brightRed	ANSI bright red (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightRed).
jetPilot.terminal.brightGreen	ANSI bright green (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightGreen).
jetPilot.terminal.brightYellow	ANSI bright yellow (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightYellow).
jetPilot.terminal.brightBlue	ANSI bright blue (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightBlue).
jetPilot.terminal.brightMagenta	ANSI bright magenta (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightMagenta).
jetPilot.terminal.brightCyan	ANSI bright cyan (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightCyan).
jetPilot.terminal.brightWhite	ANSI bright white (VS Code terminal.ansiBrightWhite).

Credits

Built on the shoulders of great themes.

The built-in themes are converted from their upstream projects, all under the MIT licence. Palettes and parts of the theme engine — the palette derivation, the contrast solver and the VS Code mapping — are ported from T3 Code (MIT). Thank you.

Theme	Upstream	Licence	Copyright
T3 Chat, Grove, Ocean, Ember, Iris	pingdotgg/t3code	MIT	Copyright (c) 2026 T3 Tools Inc.
Catppuccin (Latte, Mocha)	catppuccin/vscode	MIT	Copyright (c) 2021 Catppuccin
Tokyo Night (Night, Light)	tokyo-night/tokyo-night-vscode-theme	MIT	Copyright (c) 2018-present Enkia
Dracula	dracula/visual-studio-code	MIT	Copyright (c) 2016 Dracula Theme
Nord	nordtheme/visual-studio-code	MIT	Copyright (c) 2016-present Sven Greb
GitHub (Light Default, Dark Default)	primer/github-vscode-theme	MIT	Copyright (c) 2020 Primer
One Dark Pro	Binaryify/OneDark-Pro	MIT	Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Binaryify
Rosé Pine (Dawn, Main)	rose-pine/vscode	MIT	Copyright (c) 2021 Rosé Pine
Gruvbox (Light Medium, Dark Medium)	jdinhify/vscode-theme-gruvbox	MIT	Copyright © 2017 JD

Full notices in THIRD_PARTY_THEMES.md. JET is JET Pilot’s own theme.