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3 Awesome Themes for Visual Studio Code

by Suhail KakarJanuary 14th, 2021

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More than 2,600,000 people use VS Code every month, up by 160% in the last year. One Dark Pro is based on Atom’s default One Dark theme, and is one of the most downloaded themes for VS Code. Dracula is a color scheme and UI theme tailored for programming. Designed to be aesthetically pleasing while keeping you focused. The theme is for terminal emulators, code editors, and syntax highlighters. It is available on the marketplace for free.

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Visual Studio Code is by far one of the most popular code editors for web, mobile, and hardware developers. More than 2,600,000 people use VS Code every month, up by over 160% in the last year.

Here are three awesome VS Code themes you can start using today.

1. Shades of Purple

A professional theme with hand-picked & bold shades of purple for your VS Code editor and terminal. One of the excellent most downloaded and top rated VS Code Themes on the marketplace.

Installation

Open the extensions sidebar on Visual Studio Code
Search for Shades of Purple Theme
Click Install to install it.
Click Reload to reload your editor.
Code/File ＞ Preferences ＞ Color Theme ＞ Shades of Purple

2. One Dark Pro

Atom’s iconic One Dark theme, and one of the most installed themes for VS Code! One Dark Pro is based on Atom’s default One Dark theme, and is one of the most downloaded themes for VS Code.

Installation

Open the extensions sidebar on Visual Studio Code
Search for One Dark Pro
Click Install to install it.
Click Reload to reload your editor.
Code/File ＞ Preferences ＞ Color Theme ＞ One Dark Pro

3. Dracula

Dracula is a color scheme and UI theme tailored for programming. Made for terminal emulators, code editors, and syntax highlighters. Designed to be aesthetically pleasing while keeping you focused.