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Monochai

Monochai

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Simple monochrome themes
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Monochai

Simple monochrome themes

A clean monochrome theme inspired by Monochrome and Monokai Pro.

What you get

  • Dark and light versions
  • Grayscale color scheme
  • Monokai accent colors
  • Clean, minimal interface

Screenshots

Monochai Dark

Monochai Dark Theme

Colors: Background #101010 | Text #EBEBEB | Accents #77dce8 #fd9867 #ff6188 #a9dc76 #ac9df2 #ffd866

Monochai Light

Monochai Light Theme

Colors: Background #EBEBEB | Text #101010 | Accents #198CA9 #E25F32 #E14775 #279D69 #7058BE #CD7A0A

Installation

  1. Open Visual Studio Code
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "Monochai"
  4. Click Install
  5. Go to File > Preferences > Color Theme (or press Ctrl+K Ctrl+T / Cmd+K Cmd+T)
  6. Select either "Monochai Dark" or "Monochai Light"

Inspiration

Based on Monochrome and Monokai Pro themes.

Optional Settings

If you want to go full minimal, try these settings:

{
  "breadcrumbs.enabled": false,
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
  "editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal": "active",
  "editor.guides.highlightActiveBracketPair": false,
  "editor.guides.highlightActiveIndentation": true,
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
  "editor.renderLineHighlight": "all",
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "none",
  "editor.scrollbar.horizontal": "visible",
  "editor.scrollbar.vertical": "visible",
  "workbench.editor.showIcons": false,
  "workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "none"
}

Issues

Bug reports and suggestions welcome on GitHub.

License

MIT - see LICENSE file.

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