
Primary is now available publicly in the Obsidian Theme Store!
The new Primary.
Rewritten from the ground up. Designed to feel familiar, but fresh. Still refined and minimalist, like you know it.
For old users, nice to see you again!
For new users, hello!
You can now download it via the Obsidian Theme Store.
If you’d like to support its development, consider donating at your own price or monthly at Ko-fi.
Primary now boasts a documentation site, that will always be the most updated place to know about Primary! It currently includes list of features, supported plugins, and guides.
Caution
As of July 04, 2024, the doc site is under construction. Though all the pages are properly written and proofread, the design is still being tested. It works best in Light Mode for now!
If you’d like to receive direct in your inbox updates to new guides and features (of the theme or the doc site) every time they’re released, subscribe to our substack: Subscribe to Primary Theme Updates
Here are a couple of things in progress for the docsite: Presets for Style Settings, more font recommendations, customization options like colorful folders, color schemes, and more!
New
- styled and fix flair count (count of backlinks, etc.)
- add access to font feature settings in style settings
Changes
- increased contrast of Graph View node’s text color in Dark Mode
- put Bold Modifier back down from 300 to 200
- increased contrast for icon colors
- adjusted some colors by a tiny bit.
Fixed
- fixed Heading background color not showing up when customizing with Style Settings
- fix background color for header customization not appearing in editing modes
- when graph view is at .mod-root, take color of the editor
- fixed mobile padding
- fixed dark mode text input color consistency
Notes
- Codeblock syntax highlighting is not final. Final style will be implemented after the Primary VSCode port is published.
- Primary documentation site is underconstruction but pages up right now are correct!
- More customization and settings will be added as time goes by. If you’d like to be updated
Read the complete Release Notes here.
How to Install Primary
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Open up Obsidian and go to Settings.
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Inside Settings, head over to the Appearance tab.
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Under Themes, you should find a button called,
Manage. Click on it. This will open up the Community Themes page. -
On the search bar, type
Primary, and click the one that says,By Cecilia May. It should open up the theme. -
Click
Install and Useto install the theme! Enjoy.
I appreciate all the support and love I’ve gotten across these beta versions. Big big thank you to all those who subscribed to my Ko-fi to help support the development!
This public release wouldn’t be here without them:
Brandon Rivera, Naomi Y, apo1lo, ithaqua, Topograph, Keos, Lila, JadeScout, ConatusPrinciple, Naomi Y, Emily S, Ash, Zal, xdrop, south, Ross, Keara Lightning, ZeFish, sanrio, Andre, GeorgeDascalu, K, Ens, mm2856, ale, chichi, ciarra., pixel leaves, Linus Lim, Wilson Lam, cd, Gabriela Rojas, n4nfinity, Jeremy Gavin, Jack, SkepticMystic, Vorshk, Nuno Campos, emma, ВячеславГорюнов, Lilyshep, JoeAn Bishop, FREYA, Leo_ron, nhi, Kosuke Kindaichi, Jamie Daghaim, desperate-effort, Ko-fi Supporter, DesertDwarf, Adam Hill, keltan
And to those who wanted to support but couldn’t due to technical issues, thank you so much as well!!! To those who waited for the public release, thank you!!
Enjoy the new Primary! ![]()

