berkeDark

A carefully crafted dark theme for Visual Studio Code.

Features

• Easy on the eyes - Carefully balanced contrast for long coding sessions
• Rich syntax highlighting - Support for many programming languages
• Semantic highlighting - Intelligent coloring based on code context
• Complete UI theming - Sidebar, tabs, terminal, and more

Color Palette

Element	Color	Hex
Background		#070f1f
Foreground		#aaffaa
Keywords		#57bfff
Strings		#ffff00
Functions		#3f7fff
Classes/Types		#57ab64
Numbers		#ff00ff
Parameters		#fc9867
Comments		#7f7f7f

Installation

Recommended Settings

1. Open Extensions sidebar (Ctrl+Shift+X)
2. Search for berkeDark
3. Click Install
4. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and select Preferences: Color Theme
5. Select berkeDark

From VSIX file

1. Download the .vsix file
2. Open VS Code
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P and type "Install from VSIX"
4. Select the downloaded file

Recommended Settings

{
"editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', 'Ubuntu Mono'",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "'Fira Code', 'Ubuntu Mono'"
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "blink",
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on"
}

Language Support

Optimized syntax highlighting for:

• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Python
• C / C++
• HTML / CSS / SCSS
• JSON / YAML
• Markdown
• And many more...

Contributing

Found an issue or want to suggest an improvement? Open an issue or pull request on GitHub.

Licensing

berkeDark is dual-licensed:

1. GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
   → Use this license if you want to use, modify, or distribute the theme under open-source rules.
   See LICENSE-AGPLv3.txt for the full text.

2. Commercial License
   → Required if you wish to:

   • Use berkeDark in a closed-source or proprietary product
   • Distribute it as part of a commercial VS Code extension or theme pack
   • Remove or hide the license/copyright notices
   • Avoid the AGPL-3.0 source code disclosure requirements

   Contact: berkeleykhan outlook

Nothing changes for individual developers and open-source projects — you can continue using berkeDark completely free under AGPL-3.0.