Airline A similar theme for tmux is here: tmux-purpura Please read WIP Plug 'yassinebridi/vim-purpura' then install the plugin: Plugin 'yassinebridi/vim-purpura' then install the plugin: Add the following line to your .vimrc or init.vim: Make sure to have these lines too in your vimrc, if you don't already: If you have vim-airline , you can also enable the provided theme: let g:airline_theme = 'purpura' If you prefere vim-crystalline , you can just change your settings to be like so: then exit vim, and reopen or simply source your .vimrc/ init.vim.