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New Year, New VS Code Themes

Brian Clark 💡 on January 10, 2020

What are your favorite VS Code themes (color and file icon themes)? Let's get a list of themes together so we can all find new ones to t...
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Daniel Castillejo

I'm a big fan of dark themes, right now I'm using Tokyo Night and it's awesome!

Tokyo Night

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Glenn

That is very nice

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NOGIER Loïc

OMG yeah, he is so awesome !

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Toshita Singh 💜

Can you let me the know the font you are using?

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Brian Clark 💡

😍😍😍

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Glenn Stovall • Edited

I'm using Synthwave x Fluoromachine and it's freakin' rad

source @SBinLondon

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David Mendoza (He/Him)

... I think something popped on my head, I'm not even sure if I like or not...

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Jan Kohlbach

classic, but I couldn't watch at it for a longer time :D

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David Kanekanian

I find Eva Theme light to be very suitable for copy-pasting formatted code blocks into documents due to the noticeable background color and good contrast.

preview image eva theme

Eva theme light
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Brian Clark 💡

Oh man I like that idea of using a specific theme to show code in documentation/presentations. Thanks for sharing!

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Gustavo Martins T Borges

Last year I made a monotone theme. Sometimes the colorful ones were kind of taking my attention.

here my theme

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Glenn Stovall

Very film noir. I like it!

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Brian Clark 💡

Yes there definitely is some needed balance with a theme, fun but not too distracting and easy on the eyes. Thanks for sharing your theme

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Jan Kohlbach

I also did one for myself, because, well, it was fun and I hated random changes when I just found a theme I love.

It's really based on the one dark and material dark theme.

It's called The Best Theme

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Brian Clark 💡

Excellent name and thanks for sharing 🙂👍

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Jan Kohlbach

I honestly realized later that this name is actually really good chosen in terms of marketing :D

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Ray Affas

I just switched to Dracula (soft variation not the default one)
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items....
For light mode, I use Bracket Light Pro Bold
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...

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Hugo Torzuoli
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Ahmad Awais ⚡️

Woot woot, Shades of Purple.

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Umut Topuzoğlu

Thanks for your support. Creator of Bluloco Themes here :)))

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Hugo Torzuoli

Hey Umut, thanks for following me on Twitter!

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Ryan Smith

I'm using Kaia.

Screenshot of Kaia Theme

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Sai Sandeep Vaddi

For day time,

One Dark Pro
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, and

Jane One,
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and Night Owl for nights.

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SavagePixie

I'm very keen on the default theme.

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Emilie Gervais

same here, using dracula's default version
draculatheme.com/visual-studio/

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Nedy Udombat

I created my own theme to suit my needs called my Lights-Out, you can check it out here
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...
Lights Out theme preview

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Brian Clark 💡

Nice I really like seeing themes built by the community and this one looks great. Thanks for sharing!

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Stephen Chiang

I still use night owl, but I might have to give nord a try again.

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Brian Clark 💡

Yea Nord is definitely worth trying out for a bit

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Josef Aidt

I just release v2 of my Rouge theme; it's dark, flushed, and real cozy
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...

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Brian Clark 💡

Thanks everyone that has shared so far and those that share in the future. You all created a great list of themes here that I know I'll be referencing later when looking to change up themes. 🙂👍

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Adrián

I really like this one:

Shades of purple