Cool VS-Code Themes for Developers
Visual Studio Code is one of the most popular IDEs used by developers. It's features include support for debugging, integrated Git and GitHub, intelligent code completion (Intellisense), syntax highlighting and others, making it one of easiest code editors to use.
To further enhance your experience while using VS Code, here are a couple of themes you can try.
- Night Owl
My personal favorite ๐ค. This theme, made specially for those prefer to code at night, was created by Sarah Drasner.
I love it because it goes easy on the eyes especially when coding in low-light circumstances like at night or in a really dark environment. It also has good contrast to improve reading comprehension.
Get it here.
- Winter Is Coming
Created by John Papa, this theme is available in 3 variants: Dark Blue Theme, Dark Black Theme, and Light Theme. If you enjoyed watching GOT, or you just love cool, icy themes, this is a good choice.
Get it here.
- Shades of Purple
This cool theme with bold shades of purple is very pleasing to look at, and is also easy on the eyes. It also has really good contrast between the colors so the text appears clearly. It is one of the most popular and top-rated themes in the marketplace. It was created by Ahmad Awais.
Get it here
- Dracula
This very cool dark theme was created by Zen Rocha, and has a very interesting origin story.
It is currently being maintained by Derek Sifford. Get it here.
- One Dark Pro
One of the most installed themes in the Visual Studio Marketplace, this dark theme was created by Atom.
Get it here
What's your favorite VS-Code theme? Let me know in the comments ๐ ๐
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Front End Architect | Tech Lead | Full Stack Web Developer | MCP
After using dark themes for 4 years, I've recently switched to GitHub Light for a change. It's been good so far but if I have to choose between dark themes, I'll choose between Atom One Dark
, Monokai Pro
and SynthWave '84
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Divine Philip I do work at night but I always keep the room lights on, so it doesn't make a difference for me ๐
Full-Stack Web Developer ๐ป | Always Learning ๐ | Love for Plants ๐ฑ
I flip between Night Owl, Dracula, and SynthWave '84. I haven't figured out what one is my exact favorite, but I am leaning towards SynthWave.
I do not use the glow effect when Synthwave
Night Owl is supposed to be for nighttime coding but I feel like the blue is too harsh.
Yeah I used to feel that way about Night Owl too, but I've gotten used to it. A lot of people seem to really like Synthwave. Time to check it out ๐
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Nice, Night Owl was my favourite ๐ฆ, recently switched to Dracula ๐งโโ๏ธ
Computer Science student
You can try Palenight Theme by Olaolu Olawuyi, very cool
Web Developer
I love the dark theme of White from Arthur White. I only do a couple of tweaks to add a little more contrast:
{
"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
"[White]": {
"comments": "#6b7a88"
},
"[White Night]": {
"comments": "#a8a8b1"
}
},
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"[White]": {
"tab.inactiveForeground": "#6b7a88",
"sideBarTitle.foreground": "#6b7a88"
},
"[White Night]": {
"tab.inactiveForeground": "#a8a8b1",
"sideBarTitle.foreground": "#a8a8b1",
"editorLineNumber.activeForeground": "#a8a8b1",
"editorLineNumber.foreground": "#747481"
}
}
}
Tho, I normally disable the activity and status bars. I left them there for the screenshot, otherwerwise it doesn't look like vscode at all.
very cool! If I use this, it'd make me feel like I'm coding in my terminal... I love it
Front end web developmer
One atom is one of my favourites, but I am an all time Monokai lover. I am currently using One Monokai pro.
ReactJS developer
Give a try to Soft Colors theme.
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