From 0026aec4878474a12fcb0e3f80c7634ff3d68045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sym=C3=A9on=20Smith?= <symeon.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:27:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: use github-light theme on light mode

---
 app/assets/main.css            | 12 +++++++++++-
 server/utils/code-highlight.ts |  3 ++-
 server/utils/shiki.ts          |  5 +++--
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/main.css b/app/assets/main.css
index 902b916e15..8e2e5201f7 100644
--- a/app/assets/main.css
+++ b/app/assets/main.css
@@ -157,6 +157,16 @@ button {
   top: 0;
 }
 
+/* Shiki theme colors */
+html.light .shiki,
+html.light .shiki span {
+  color: var(--shiki-light) !important;
+  background-color: var(--shiki-light-bg) !important;
+  font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style) !important;
+  font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight) !important;
+  text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration) !important;
+}
+
 /* README prose styling */
 .readme-content {
   color: var(--fg-muted);
@@ -238,7 +248,7 @@ button {
 .readme-content pre,
 .readme-content .shiki {
   background: oklch(0.145 0 0) !important;
-  border: 1px solid oklch(0.2686 0 0);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
   border-radius: 8px;
   padding: 1rem;
   overflow-x: auto;
diff --git a/server/utils/code-highlight.ts b/server/utils/code-highlight.ts
index b8933597a6..1b982b310b 100644
--- a/server/utils/code-highlight.ts
+++ b/server/utils/code-highlight.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ export async function highlightCode(
     try {
       let html = shiki.codeToHtml(code, {
         lang: language,
-        theme: 'github-dark',
+        themes: { light: 'github-light', dark: 'github-dark' },
+        defaultColor: 'dark',
       })
 
       // Shiki doesn't encode > in text content (e.g., arrow functions)
diff --git a/server/utils/shiki.ts b/server/utils/shiki.ts
index ef61c98562..8f6703ff01 100644
--- a/server/utils/shiki.ts
+++ b/server/utils/shiki.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let highlighter: HighlighterCore | null = null
 export async function getShikiHighlighter(): Promise<HighlighterCore> {
   if (!highlighter) {
     highlighter = await createHighlighterCore({
-      themes: [import('@shikijs/themes/github-dark')],
+      themes: [import('@shikijs/themes/github-dark'), import('@shikijs/themes/github-light')],
       langs: [
         // Core web languages
         import('@shikijs/langs/javascript'),
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ export function highlightCodeSync(shiki: HighlighterCore, code: string, language
     try {
       let html = shiki.codeToHtml(code, {
         lang: language,
-        theme: 'github-dark',
+        themes: { light: 'github-light', dark: 'github-dark' },
+        defaultColor: 'dark',
       })
       // Remove inline style from <pre> tag so CSS can control appearance
       html = html.replace(/<pre([^>]*)\s+style="[^"]*"/, '<pre$1')

From 09d6154d5bb1a2f949df4f6b360d717eac7f5809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sym=C3=A9on=20Smith?= <symeon.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:41:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: update test for new code theme

---
 test/unit/docs-text.spec.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/unit/docs-text.spec.ts b/test/unit/docs-text.spec.ts
index c1cda381e5..aa9b2f0547 100644
--- a/test/unit/docs-text.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/docs-text.spec.ts
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ describe('renderMarkdown', () => {
     const input = '```ts\nconst a = 1\n```\n\nSome text\n\n```js\nconst b = 2\n```'
     const result = await renderMarkdown(input, emptyLookup)
     expect(result).toContain('Some text')
-    // Both code blocks should be highlighted
-    expect((result.match(/shiki/g) || []).length).toBe(2)
+    // Both code blocks should be highlighted, search for `shiki` class
+    expect((result.match(/["\s]shiki["\s]/g) || []).length).toBe(2)
   })
 
   it('should not confuse inline code with fenced code blocks', async () => {