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Best Light Obsidian Themes
Every light-mode Obsidian community theme, sorted by GitHub stars. Includes 32 light-only themes and the 509 themes that support both dark and light.
Light Obsidian themes are ideal for daytime writing, academic work, and anyone who reads or edits for hours in bright environments. They feel closer to paper, make printed and exported notes more predictable, and pair naturally with PDFs, research papers, and document-heavy workflows.
This page indexes every light-mode Obsidian community theme — including 32 light-only themes and the 509 themes that support both dark and light mode. Switch the preview to light mode on any detail page to see how each theme looks against bright surroundings.
Light themes tend to work best for research notes, literature notes, daytime editing, long-form writing, and comparison with light-mode browser tabs and PDFs. For themes that maintain both modes equally well, see the dual-mode collection.
Top 60 of 541 light mode themes
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Minimal
by kepano
A distraction-free and highly customizable theme for Obsidian.
AnuPpuccin
by anubisnekhet
Personal theme for Obsidian
Border
by akifyss
A theme for obsidian.md
Primary
by primary-theme
Comfy, playful but productive theme for Obsidian. "Primary instantly puts you in a relaxed state that opens the door to creativity and exploration. Wonderfully executed down to the smallest details,"
Blue Topaz
by pkm-er
A blue theme for Obsidian.
Baseline
by Alexis C
A foundational Obsidian theme ― The baseline of your thoughts.
Cupertino
by Alexis C
A native look and feel Obsidian theme crafted for the way you think.
Velocity
by gonzalo-d-sales
A radically modern theme for Obsidian.
Things
by colineckert
An Obsidian theme inspired by the beautifully-designed app, Things.
Maple
by subframe7536
A sleek and modern Obsidian theme for desktop and mobile.
ITS Theme
by SlRvb
Theme designed with readability and customizability in mind. Change it easily to your liking with the Style Settings plugin installed.
Shimmering Focus
by Chris Grieser
A minimalistic and opinionated Obsidian theme for the keyboard-centric user.
Catppuccin
by catppuccin
💎 Soothing pastel theme for Obsidian
Yin and Yang
by chetachiezikeuzor
An Obsidian.md theme with a stark contrast between dark mode and light mode, much like the Yin and Yang symbol ☯️.
Prism
by damiankorcz
A Comprehensive, Highly-Customisable and Elegant Light/Dark Theme for Obsidian.md
Sanctum
by jdanielmourao
A minimalist theme for Obsidian.md, with the aim of creating a serene space of retreat, for thought and uninterrupted work.
Retroma
by emarpiee
Retroma is a tribute to the past, reminding us of a time when buttons looked like you could actually press them and when UI actually had personality.
Obsidian Nord
by insanum
A nord theme for Obsidian
Fancy-a-Story
by elsatam
Obsidian theme
Atom
by kognise
A theme for Obsidian based on Atom's One family
Flexoki
by kepano
An inky color scheme for Obsidian
Underwater
by seniblue
An obsidian.md theme
Typora-Vue
by zekunc
A theme for Obsidian(https://obsidian.md/), inspired by typora-vue.
Vauxhall
by cyanvoxel
🌌 A Theme Echoing From the Deep [Obsidian]
Red Graphite
by seanwcom
A light theme for Obsidian.md, based on Bear.app's Red Graphite theme.
Notation
by deathau
A theme for Obsidian, inspired by and borrowing elements from Notion
Obsidian gruvbox
by insanum
A gruvbox theme for Obsidian
Tokyo Night
by tcmmichaelb139
Tokyo Night theme for Obsidian
Origami
by kneecaps
Origami was crafted with 💖 to mimic the tactility of paper, but introduce digital tools 🦾
Shiba Inu
by faroukx
An elegant, Japanese-inspired theme for Obsidian.
Typewriter
by crashmoney
Typewriter is an Obsidian theme designed for a focused writing experience.
Obsidianotion
by Diego Eis
Just a little theme for obsidian with notion inspired design
Ultra Lobster
by kneecaps
Ultra Lobster offers a visually pleasing and comfortable working experience, with an emphasis on bringing rounded UI elements, modern design trends, and soft design choices to Obsidian.
Adwaita
by birneee
Obsidian theme in the style of Gnome Adwaita
PLN
by pipeittodevnull
A personal nord theme with various quirks and changes
Typomagical
by hungsu
An Obsidian theme for typographic appreciators, with support for Style Settings by mgmeyers
Wikipedia
by bluemoondragon07
A theme for Obsidian.md that makes your vault look like Wikipedia!
Aubade
by ducktapekiller
A retro-brutalist theme prioritising strict geometry, high contrast, and tactile interactions.
Encore
by carbonateb
The Encore theme aims to freshen up the UI of Obsidian.md with modern design, loosely based off Material 3.
Royal Velvet
by caro401
A dark theme for obsidian.md
Ebullientworks
by ebullient
Theme for Obsidian.md (https://obsidian.md)
Cyber Glow
by thepharaohart
A colorful unique theme, giving Obsidian a fresh new look with glow effects and support for accent color. The theme now tries to provide a unique futuristic eye-candy look to obsidian while keeping it usable and familiar to the users. Made to be yours to tweak.
Cardstock
by cassidoo
A clean Obsidian theme
Retro Windows
by codeisconfusing
A nostalgic Obsidian theme that brings back the classic look and feel of Windows 3.1.
obsidian_ia
by rcvd
A clean and minimal theme for obsidian, heavily inspired by iA Writer.
Willemstad
by tingmelvin
A fully-fledged Obsidian.md theme, evolved from the original theme variant for Chris Grieser (pseudometa)'s theme Shimmering Focus
MagicUser
by Bernardo Pires
MagicUser theme for Obsidian.md (light/dark). Highly customizable with 200+ Style Settings options, multiple presets, and special effects.
GitHub Theme
by krios2146
Theme for Obsidian inspired by GitHub color scheme
flexcyon
by bladeacer
An Obsidian.md theme combining the colour schemes of Halcyon and Flexoki
Vicious
by zaheralmajed
A Sleek and Immersive Dark Theme for Obsidian
Solarized
by harmtemolder
A solarized recolor of Obsidian.
Obsidian Windows 98 Edition
by smusamashah
A windows 98 makeover theme for Obsidian
Lagom
by Leslye
A phone-focused theme for Obsidian
Composer
by vran-dev
simple and pretty theme for obsidian & components plugin
Wasp
by Santi Younger
Obsidian.md Theme
Transparent
by oczko24
Minimalistic and distraction free theme for Obsidian
Dune
by jopp-gh
Obsidian theme
Zen
by laughmaker
FastPpuccin
by lostviking09
High-performance AnuPpuccin theme clone for Obsidian.md
Ars Magna
by mediapathic
A theme for Obsidian, inspired by the works of Athanasius Kircher