Adds beautiful animated snow and rain effects to your VS Code editor.
Features
Choose between snow and rain effects
Customizable effects on different areas (editor, sidebar, panel, terminal)
Adjustable speed, opacity, color, and wind direction
Gentle wobbling motion for realistic snowfall
Smooth rain animation with customizable drop count
Cursor interaction - snowflakes are pushed aside by your mouse (snow only)
WSL2 support
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Usage
Quick Access (Status Bar Icon)
Look for the ❄️ Arctic Code icon in the status bar (bottom bar, with other extension icons)
Click the icon to open a dropdown menu with options:
Enable Snow - Start snow effect
Enable Rain - Start rain effect
Disable - Turn off effects
Quick Access (Status Bar)
Use the status bar buttons: ❄️ Snow, 🌧️ Rain, 🚫 Disable
Click any button to instantly enable/disable effects
Command Palette
Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
Run "Arctic Code: Choose Effect"
Choose between Snow or Rain effect
Restart VS Code
Settings
Setting
Description
Default
snowBackground.areas
Areas to show snow
["editor"]
snowBackground.flakeCount
Number of snowflakes
100
snowBackground.speed
Fall speed
2
snowBackground.opacity
Snow opacity
0.6
snowBackground.wind
Wind angle
0.5
snowBackground.color
RGB color
255, 255, 255
snowBackground.cursorInteraction
Enable cursor repulsion
true
snowBackground.cursorRadius
Cursor repulsion radius (px)
60
snowBackground.cursorStrength
Cursor repulsion strength
1.0
snowBackground.dropCount
Number of raindrops
150
snowBackground.windowsUsername
Windows username (WSL)
Auto-detect
Important
Before uninstalling this extension, you must disable it first by clicking the "🚫 Disable" button in the status bar or running "Arctic Code: Disable" from the Command Palette. This removes the injected code from VS Code. If you uninstall without disabling, the background effects may persist or cause issues.
VS Code "Corruption" Warning
After enabling effects, VS Code may show: "Your Code installation appears to be corrupt. Please reinstall."
This is expected and harmless! The extension works by safely injecting background animation code into VS Code's interface files. VS Code's integrity checker detects this as a modification.
How to Handle:
Click the gear icon ⚙️ next to the warning
Select "Don't Show Again"
The warning won't appear anymore for this extension
The extension does NOT corrupt VS Code - it only adds temporary animation code that can be completely removed by disabling the extension.
