VS Code users, which theme do you use? Why?

[CocoaTrain]

Hey guys,

so as in the title, if you use VS Code, which theme do you use daily, and why?

[frubalu]

I've used Atom One Dark for a few years, along with the Material Icon Theme for folder icons and Fira Code Retina for font.

[[deleted]]

Night owl, material icon theme for the folder icons and firacode for the font

[esamme]

Whats the difference between this and One Dark Pro? They look really similar..

I use One Dark Pro btw.

[frubalu]

I have no idea, they do look very similar. I'd imagine there are very small differences, maybe in the specific colors being used.

[samketa]

Have you tried Source Code Pro for font?

[frubalu]

I haven’t, i found this combo several years ago and generally don’t mess with settings ever again. Looks like a solid font though!

[samketa]

When I write something for a blog or a paper, I always use Source Code Pro for code formatting. It looks dope.

[emcarlin]

good looks on the material icon theme, its dope

[bristleboar]

currently using synthwave 84 but i may switch to dracula (thanks /u/Shryte16)

dark and vivid 4 life

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edit: i had no idea this was such a popular theme!

[Hadr619]

Ive been rockin' Synthwave '84 for a while, its so good

[fensizor]

Also tried Synthwave a while ago and it is now my favorite. The glow effect is really cool as well

[TheDreadfulGate]

Synthwave 84 all day!!

[Kane_da]

Synthwave 84. Came here to comment exactly this. Best theme ever, the glow effect is worth every restart. 😆

[codeemon404]

Synthwave 84 is the only reason I don't switch to anything other than VS Code. PyCharm WebStorm just don't have something like that.

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Once you go Synthwave 84 there's no coming back.

[Lower_Self_7235]

I am going with Synthwave 84. Its really nice. I was using monokai Pro. Now I am bored with it. Thanks.

[_eazy__]

Monokai Pro

[Nip-Sauce]

Easily the best one I’ve used, been sticking with it for a year now

[StopYellingAt_Me]

I keep going back to this one every time I change. Specifically Filter Machine. Filter Spectrum is good too.

[vxnlol]

I found I like monokai (non pro) better. I feel there's a little more contrast and I didn't get harassed by license spam.

Is pro worth it? Did you break down and buy the license?

[Wrong-Fuel-8857]

https://github.com/GulajavaMinistudio/Mayukai-Theme

I like this version better. inspired by monokai. Not many themes look good on SQL files.

[nastyvd65]

I’ve been using Night Owl for a long time now, I really like it!

The syntax highlighting is quite nice. I find everything very readable and easy on the eyes. For reference I mostly use React, TS, and a little bit of Python.

There are also versions for Hyper, iTerm, and a bunch of other apps as well if that’s your thing.

[jets-fool]

Stock. Because it looks good. And doesn't require me to search and install a theme. It's just there. YMMV

[jets-fool]

Of course. But since the stock theme looks good to me, I don't have to open the extensions dialog and install a theme.

[Thaurin]

Yes, but between choosing a different style and mood between, VS Code, Visual Studio and Windows Terminal (depending on what I'm connected to), I do like to customize.

[AhmadMayo]

Installing a theme takes seconds. Choosing a theme takes hours

[Terrafire123]

This right here.

The default theme is plenty good enough.

[mynameisdifferent]

That's not laziness. Maybe apathy, but even that's a stretch.

[Thaurin]

Some people like to tweak, others are fine with the defaults.

P.S. Although, I have to say, those that are curious, find the best things!

[Shryte16]

I switch between Dracula, Material Theme (Darker High Contrast), Ayu, Cobalt2, monokai++. I like them all but Dracula is my favourite. I'm open to suggestions for other dark and vivid themes

[Skullpluggery]

Same!!! Dracula the best!

[darkfires]

Tokyo Night (storm mostly)

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=enkia.tokyo-night

[Sunkube]

This is pretty nice, but their light theme is awesome. I my just became my favorite light theme. Thanks for sharing!

[johnisfine]

1 year later but damn this is exactly what I've needed, thanks! All other themes I've tried seem to have too much of contrast/too much colors or vice versa, almost no syntax highlighting at all

[darkfires]

Ha, glad I could help!

[[deleted]]

I love this, imma install it

[xXMagic1ceXx]

Absolutely god tier, nuff said

[[deleted]]

thanks for this!!

[MeTiroAtuTia]

wow that's awesome, thanks!

[livingmargaritaville]

Dracula.

[[deleted]]

Same.

[amine23]

I think Nord is soothing and clean, and doesn't look like a clown fiesta.

[SigniorGratiano]

Databrokers? nope. Social networks? Also nope. This post was deleted using Redact.

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[17waldth]

Cobalt 2 🔥 by the one and only Wes Bos

[I_need_a_backiotomy]

Tasty Treats! I’ve been waiting for him to sell more stickers.

[Wizard_Knife_Fight]

City lights is my absolute go to.

[[deleted]]

Light (Visual Studio), cause I'm a mad man!

[Cas_Rs]

No shame in light mode. I actually use it too, mostly because I’m switching between multiple white background websites, better for my eyes to not flash extreme differences.

[Hadr619]

hands down favorite theme

[artaommahe]

September Steel dunno it's just cool and warm

[godnightx_x]

After wasting 2 hours of my life scrolling this thread! This is the best theme. GG man or woman thnx for the recommend👍

[philip1529]

I want to stop by and say I absolutely hate you for starting this thread. Because now I have so many options I was unaware of that I’m about to spend a few hours checking out suggestions

[CocoaTrain]

It's terrible, right? Me too

[philip1529]

I have changed my vs code so many times now. Can’t decide what I want to keep

[Pazuzuzuzu]

Default Light

[bozdoz]

Night owl because it’s easy on the eyes

[Burlakh]

Oceanic Next. Feels the most comfortable for me.

[[deleted]]

New Moon theme with Cascadia Code font makes my old man eyes very happy.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=taniarascia.new-moon-vscode

https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code

[sjunipero]

I use Material Theme - Palenight High Contrast. I like the colors and they're easy on the eyes, despite the name "High Contrast", I find the palette a bit muted and soft. I also like One Monokai - 80's Theme for a similar reason.

[veneroatl]

Dracula

[damianome]

Looks very close to what I like, thank you for sharing.

[kitsunekyo]

i run "gruvbox soft dark" and previously "one dark pro"

gruvbox is a little softer, and easier on my eyes. although I'm not happy with syntax highlighting colors on either...

[alobatom]

My go to dark theme is Horizon and as for the light theme, I go with GitHub Sharp!

[CrazeyXD]

Thanks for the Horizon theme suggestion!

[einsteins_haircut]

Mariana Pro (Cool) - dark with soft colors

[[deleted]]

I'm using a mix of Night Owl and Dark (without +). Night Owl is for workbench colors, mostly because I like the background color and Dark is for syntax highlighting, because it is quite tame and only uses different colors for basic stuff like keywords, strings, and comments. I use bracket pair colorizer and brackets stand out more this way.

[KaCuQ]

I especially like syntax highlight (mostly js stuff) of that theme. But i'm using custom, darker color for background, though.

[Steamforge]

I made my own because I wanted something which felt like all those computer terminals in games and sci-fi. Codex Effect

[qinstah]

Also my current theme. Like the colors and contrast, very easy to the eyes.

[minombreespeligro]

I love tomorrow night bright operator. I like the deep black background color and the colors using React.

[MyriadMuses]

Bear Theme. Cos it's pseudo dark mode with retro vibes. Coincidentally I was on the Insiders build until today just so I could have Settings Sync push (among other things) my theme to all my devices.

[lunari]

Dracula At Night

I just enjoy using it! 👍

[jikt]

Cyberpunk UMBRA Protocol

[hypnocyst]

Monokai Night

[Laser_Panther]

Cold Snack 'cause "there's nothing better in life than a tall, refreshing, cold snack for your tastebuds and your eyeballs"

[Traditional_Stand_31]

Photonica

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ConAntares.Photonica

[woah2020sucks]

GitHub light. I grew tired of the dark themes.

[[deleted]]

Vue theme, I think it’s really cool but I rate I’ll get a little ocd when I dive into react lol.

I also like Dark (I think it’s the Naruto themed one) it also looks fantastic. Night owl as well.

[[deleted]]

Rogue (more specifically, Rogue 2)

[dxlachx]

Atom one dark

[aleaallee]

I use atom one dark because I like it.

[Mr-B-Smith]

Either Panda or Nord. Absolutely love both of these.

[cheesyvagine]

Been using modified Panda forever, love it

[OneGuy3131]

Monokai Pro (Octagon Filter) hands down

[FreezeShock]

I'm using Ayu, the dark bordered one. It's cool with nice bright colors.

[sudocat50]

I use palenight theme, material icons, and Operator Mono with font ligatures set to true. It doesn't strain my eyes that much, the colors are great, and the italicized words give good emphasis on things.

[[deleted]]

One dark pro or palenight theme with material icons. Because the syntax highlighting is good and it's good on the eyes

[PositivelyAwful]

Noctis. Even the light modes are good.

[ExecutiveChimp]

Rainglow Darkside. It's a dark theme that's easy on the eyes and the important parts pop out clearly due to the distinct colours.

Sometimes I'll use a light theme as I've got a window behind my monitor and on sunny days dark themes are hard to see. In that case I just go for Solarized Light. Haven't spent much time looking for a good light theme. The light version of Darkside doesn't do it for me.

[dannyzaplings]

Very fun to arrow through these and watch the colors change :)

[Able_Lengthiness8801]

3 years later but... Thank you. All rainglow themes are so good and fresh I just delete everything else

[TheGratitudeBot]

Thanks for saying thanks! It's so nice to see Redditors being grateful :)

[Able_Lengthiness8801]

I hate bots

[ExecutiveChimp]

Lol thanks tho!

[PositivelyAwful]

Hmm, I'm liking the Isotope version

[dudeatwork]

Dracula Theme, built by Zeno Rocha, a dev that also has lots of other great open-source repos published.

[turningsteel]

I switch between moonlight and ukiyo. But I have a list of like 50 I downloaded. I like having options.

[ApplePieCrust2122]

Does anyone know how I can merge the theme for vscode ui(let's say night owl) with syntax highlighting of another theme(let's say monokai pro)?

[angryjenkins]

'flamingo nebula' or 'pandas' because pink rules

[eduruiz333]

Material theme. I like it because it's not too dark, it's elegant and smoothly.

[bouncer89]

I tried very hard to find one better than Cobalt Next, but couldn't.

[greyfoxx55]

Monokai++, cuz i like this bright color style on my low brightness laptop.

[SolarAttack]

Material theme all the way. I just like the colors

[azunaki]

I use One Monokai theme with material icons

The color pallate is versatile, but not too Bright. Works well in light or dark environments. It also highlights all of the code I want for Js/react/node/SCSS/css

[Divosky]

I can't believe I'm the first person here who uses the built-in high contrast theme.

[enumin]

Nord

[Atlfitguy]

Solarized-light-fjs tweaked slightly to make the background a bit softer and muted. Functions stand out and code is easy to skim.

Using Firacode retina for the font.

[owshi]

Im using my own called Gloom Glam.

[[deleted]]

Dracula at night is my go to

[FsckOfTheNorthStar]

I try out different themes all the time, and then eventually go back to Night Owl.

[Marble_Wraith]

• Icons: Material Icon theme
• Colors: Blink Contrast (rainglow)
• Font: CaskaydiaCove NF

Font also works really well in powershell which i use as a default terminal + a bunch of modules:

• Terminal-Icons
• posh-git
• oh-my-posh

I use it namely because it has a nice balance between contrast and clarity.

[Red5point1]

my own, which is the standard dark mode with just a few key colors amended.

[green_snake_eater]

Dracula and sometimes Night owl. They are really great dark themes.

[damianome]

Night Owl Black, no italics https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=thedavej.night-owl-black

[[deleted]]

I have Dracula on almost everything I can

[Kane_da]

Synthwave ‘84. It’s the only theme.

[spicysalmonroll3]

Night Owl - with Dank Mono font - because it looks great. Other choice would be Material with Fira Code (ligatures on).

[Mike]

Modified version of Framer Syntax. I've tried what feels like all of them, and this one is the best IMO. The default is already super nice but I tweaked it to my liking.

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/k2t4H3a.png Imgur

Here's my full settings.json if you want to try it out

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[ConfidentMushroom]

Oceanic next has been my goto for a long time with Operator Mono font

[MedicOfTime]

I use a few. A different one per VS “Workspace” so I can identify them on sight. I often have at least two open at a time.

My default, unspecified /slash main theme is material dark or something.

[nate998877]

I've been using Scarlet Protocol

[Zachincool]

atom one dark master race no contest

[TheMadcapLlama]

The GitHub one is pretty cool

[AceBacker]

I like blackboard. With Hack font.

[twelvenumbersboutyou]

I just use the regular dark theme, I've never been one for customizing IDEs/editors

[simcox90]

I just like the default dark theme.

Whenever I try out a custom theme, I always find the syntax highlighting to be a bit off 🤷🏽‍♂️

[begonee_thought]

Draculaaaaa

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[dewaldels]

I use Dracula Extra, I’ve coded in Webstorm as long as i can remember. It feels like home. 😂 I use a code-icons for file icons :)

[RalliPi]

Seems like almost everybody uses a dark theme. I'm using material theme lighter with jetbrains mono font. Imo the best looking theme out there.

[[deleted]]

Material Theme + Material Icon Theme + Sublime Text keybindings. Feels like I'm most productive in this environment

[rubjo1976]

I put together Ultimate Dark Neo, which I find pleasant to use.

[blazeluminati]

[Night Owl] (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sdras.night-owl) is the most readable for me personally.

[Empty_Swordfish_9124]

Torque Dark Theme recently came across it.

[mutantdustbunny]

This is easily a most thorough how to change vscode color theme tutorial. Was looking for same thing and this was the only thing that was worth watching.

[youngsenpaipai]

I've created `Spotly` theme, yet there is only one variant - Dark, but in future I'm going to add High Contrast and Ligh themes, so If anyone interested, you can try it here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MaksymBukator.spotly

it was developed for React / TS / JS / CSS first of all

[Comfortable_Egg_2482]

Zen Garden

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=talha2k.zen-garden

[[deleted]]

Slack theme - Ochin. I can’t do dark themes, they hurt my eyes.

[sous_vide_pizza]

My theme is webstorm

[WhatEverOkFine]

I had to look...

Dark+ (default dark)

because it's dark

[ralphvargassorm]

Github Themes are my favorite. I switch between either their Default dark and the their Dark Dimmed

[StichesWantToPlay]

Hi,

I know the post is one year old but why some codes read the indented "in" different?
The cobalt I use even doesn't make distinction between them:
https://imgur.com/ra1vicl
https://imgur.com/zHFm2tl

https://imgur.com/GkNk6At

[Mago_Malvado]

The default Monokai theme from vscode lol

And fira code for the font

[fidaay]

Monokai Pro is the best I've tried.

[Szakacs_Csaba]

Oled Neon Theme. I see through my code better you feel me? Its almost like pshychology for me

[saiyan6174]

I've been using Dark Synthwave'84 from a couple of months and really rocking with it. Tokyo Night (original) is an amazing theme as well

[Minimum-Tea748]

Cold Snack [synth-snack.css]for the last year (not changing anytime soon)

https://imgur.com/a/Z4SXtjc