AdaLabs Terminal

Pure-black terminal-inspired themes for focused code.

AdaLabs Terminal is a family of VS Code themes built around a true black editor surface, careful contrast, and predictable syntax colors. It is designed for OLED displays, late-night sessions, and developers who want terminal-inspired UI chrome without losing code structure.

Themes

• AdaLabs Terminal: Flagship pure-black theme with crisp cyan and white accents.
• AdaLabs Terminal Original: Classic VS Code-inspired syntax adapted to a true black canvas.
• AdaLabs Terminal Italics: Original palette with restrained italic styling for comments, keywords, and selected symbols.
• AdaLabs Terminal Amla: Green and teal accents on a pure-black base.
• AdaLabs Terminal Yuzu: Balanced blue, purple, and warm syntax accents on black UI chrome.
• AdaLabs Terminal Pitaya: Vivid cyan, pink, green, and yellow syntax colors with sharp contrast.

Install

1. Open the Extensions view in VS Code.
2. Search for AdaLabs Terminal.
3. Install the extension.
4. Run Preferences: Color Theme and choose one of the AdaLabs Terminal variants.

For local testing from this repository:

npx @vscode/vsce package --no-dependencies
code --install-extension adalabs-terminal-1.0.0.vsix

Semantic Highlighting

AdaLabs Terminal enables semantic highlighting and includes semantic token colors for modern language servers. This keeps TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust, Python, and other language-server-backed syntax closer to the intended palette.

If you prefer only TextMate token colors, you can disable semantic highlighting in your VS Code settings:

{
  "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": false
}

Design Notes

AdaLabs Terminal uses #000000 for the primary editor and workbench surfaces. Supporting panels, menus, and widgets use near-black shades only where separation is needed. Each variant keeps the same UI structure so switching themes changes the mood without making the editor feel unfamiliar.

Links

• Website: abhishekchoudhury.com
• Source: github.com/yesabhishek/adalabs-terminal-theme
• Issues: github.com/yesabhishek/adalabs-terminal-theme/issues

Development

Validate the theme JSON:

for file in package.json themes/*.json; do node -e "JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(process.argv[1], 'utf8'))" "$file"; done

Package the extension:

npx @vscode/vsce package --no-dependencies