LBB Builder Theme

A colorful VS Code/VSCodium theme pack for builders — balanced contrast, calm surfaces, and a matching terminal palette designed for long, comfortable coding sessions.

Themes included

• LBB Builder Dark
• LBB Builder Light
• Integrated terminal ANSI palette (applies automatically in the VS Code/VSCodium terminal)

Links

• Open VSX (VSCodium): https://open-vsx.org/extension/lifebusinessbuilders/lbb-vsc-theme
• VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lifebusinessbuilders.lbb-vsc-theme
• GitHub: https://github.com/LifeBusinessBuilders/lbb-vsc-theme
• Releases (.vsix): https://github.com/LifeBusinessBuilders/lbb-vsc-theme/releases

Install

VSCodium (Open VSX)

1. Open Extensions
2. Search LBB Builder Theme
3. Install → reload if prompted

VS Code (Marketplace)

1. Open Extensions
2. Search LBB Builder Theme
3. Install → reload if prompted

Install from a VSIX (works everywhere)

1. Download the .vsix from GitHub Releases (or build it locally)
2. Extensions → … → Install from VSIX…
3. Select the file → reload if prompted

Activate the theme

Command Palette → Preferences: Color Theme

• LBB Builder Dark
• LBB Builder Light

Integrated terminal (automatic)

The integrated terminal picks up the theme’s ANSI palette automatically. No extra configuration is required.

Prompt styling (recommended): Starship

Why Starship

VS Code themes control the terminal palette, but your prompt (user@host:path $) is generated by your shell. Starship is a fast, cross-platform prompt that lets you keep a consistent prompt style across:

• macOS (zsh)
• Linux (bash/zsh)
• Windows (PowerShell)

This repo includes a minimal LBB preset:

• extras/starship/starship.toml

It keeps the prompt clean: username, hostname, directory, and git branch only.

Install Starship

macOS (install script):

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell / winget):

winget install --id Starship.Starship -e

Linux (install script):

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

Enable Starship

zsh (~/.zshrc):

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

bash (~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile):

eval "$(starship init bash)"

PowerShell ($PROFILE):

Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)

If you already set a custom prompt (for example PROMPT, PS1, or ZSH_THEME), remove or comment it out so Starship can take over.

Apply the LBB preset

Option A — from a cloned repo (macOS/Linux):

mkdir -p ~/.config
cp extras/starship/starship.toml ~/.config/starship.toml
exec zsh

Option B — download directly (macOS/Linux):

mkdir -p ~/.config
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LifeBusinessBuilders/lbb-vsc-theme/main/extras/starship/starship.toml -o ~/.config/starship.toml
exec zsh

Windows (PowerShell):

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.config" | Out-Null
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LifeBusinessBuilders/lbb-vsc-theme/main/extras/starship/starship.toml" -OutFile "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\starship.toml"

External terminals (optional)

The theme already handles the VS Code/VSCodium integrated terminal.

If you want matching colors in external terminals:

• Windows Terminal: extras/windows-terminal/schemes.json
• iTerm2: extras/iterm2/*.itermcolors

Build a .vsix (for releases / manual install)

npm i
npx vsce package

License

MIT