15 Best VSCODE Themes For Dark Mode Awesomeness

15 Best VSCODE Themes For Dark Mode Awesomeness
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Because only in darkness we can see the stars.

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” — Nikola Tesla

It’s time for an upgrade, it’s time for a change, let’s create a new workspace with these AWESOME DARK THEMES!

They are all free, so try as many as you want until you find that one thing you can’t get your eyes off.

Enjoy.

Dracula Official

Check out the Marketplace for more One Monokai Theme Details, including the link of their Github.

Dark theme for Visual Studio Code and 154+ apps - Dracula

Install using Command Palette Go to View -> Command Palette or press Ctrl+Shift+P Then enter Install Extension Write…

draculatheme.com

Checkout Dracula Theme Official Website to see more of their products outside VSCODE.

One Dark Pro

And this is how your IDE would look like, pretty awesome.

Using One Dark Pro theme, you will have a few options from choosing your preferred font, the normal or italic up to choosing default theme to flat theme.

And here is the Default:

from One Dark Pro Official Website

and this is for the Flat Theme:

from One Dark Pro Official Website

Check out the Marketplace for more One Monokai Theme Details, including the link of their Github.

One Dark Pro — Visual Studio Marketplace

Atom’s iconic One Dark theme, and one of the most installed themes for VS Code! Eliminate context switching and costly…

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Material Theme

Check out the Marketplace for more One Monokai Theme Details, including the link of their Github.

Material Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace

The most epic theme meets Visual Studio Code. You can help by reporting issues here. You can install this awesome theme…

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Checkout Material Theme Official Website to see more of their products outside VSCODE.

Material Theme

With Material Theme your dev experience will get a boost and your eyes will be always grateful to you. Born originally…

material-theme.site

Atom One Dark Theme

Check out the Marketplace for more One Monokai Theme Details, including the link of their Github.

Atom One Dark Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace

VSCode Theme based on Atom's One Dark theme. Best rated One Dark theme port in the marketplace, features full Workbench…

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Winter is Coming Theme

Winter is Coming Theme has several options to choose from.

  • Winter is Coming (Dark Blue)
  • Winter is Coming (Dark Blue — No Italics)
  • Winter is Coming (Light)
  • Winter is Coming (Light — No Italics)
  • Winter is Coming (Dark Black)
  • Winter is Coming (Dark Black — No Italics)

And here’s a snapshot of the MOTHER OF ALL DARK — Dark Black) lol.

Check out the Marketplace for more One Monokai Theme Details, including the link of their Github.

Winter is Coming Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Preferred dark/light themes by John Papa

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Shades of Purple

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Shades of Purple - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - 🦄 A professional theme suite with hand-picked & bold shades of purple for your VS…

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One Monokai Theme

Check out the Marketplace for more One Monokai Theme Details, including the link of their Github.

One Monokai Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace

A cross between Monokai and One Dark theme press ctl/command + shift + p to launch the command palette then run ext…

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Night Owl

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Night Owl - Visual Studio Marketplace

A Visual Studio Code theme for the night owls out there. Fine-tuned for those of us who like to code late into the…

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Tokyo Night

Tokyo Night is actually my new favorite, which is also the current theme I am using. You can try it and see for yourself, working using this theme keeps me pumped up, or is it just because I love dark theme.

Tokyo Night

Tokyo Night Storm

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Tokyo Night - Visual Studio Marketplace

A clean, dark (and now light) Visual Studio Code theme that celebrates the lights of Downtown Tokyo at night. Note…

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Night Wolf

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Night Wolf - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Night Wolf is a dark theme based on Night Owl

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow Night Theme Kit

Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow Night Bright

Tomorrow Night Eighties

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow Night Theme Kit - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Additional Tomorrow and Tomorrow Night themes for VS Code. Based on the TextMate…

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Atlantic Night

Atlantic Night

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Atlantic Night - Visual Studio Marketplace

A Visual Studio Code theme inspired by the deep blues of the Atlantic. With coding at night in mind, the colour choices…

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Dark+Material by Vangware

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Bluloco Dark Theme

You can choose Bluloco Dark and Bluloco Dark Italic.

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Palenight Theme

Last but not the least, one of my favorites, The Palenight Theme, loved it.

You can choose from these 4 choices :

  • Palenight Theme
  • Palenight Italic
  • Palenight Operator
  • Palenight Mild Contrast

Check out the Marketplace to read more about this theme including their official Github Page.

Palenight Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace

An elegant and juicy material-inspired theme for Visual Studio Code. Open the Extensions sidebar in VS Code. View →…

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