Frostbyte 🧊
A futuristic theme collection for VS Code — twelve carefully crafted variants spanning cyberpunk neon, deep midnight, holographic HUDs, and clean light modes.
✨ Features
- Twelve cohesive variants — pick the mood that matches your day
- Full UI coverage — every panel, tab, sidebar, peek view, and widget themed
- Semantic highlighting — accurate token coloring for TypeScript, Rust, Kotlin, and other languages emitting semantic tokens
- Rainbow brackets — up to 6 levels of distinct bracket colors
- Italic accents — subtle styling on comments, parameters, decorators, and control flow
- Symbol icon coloring — outline and breadcrumb icons match the syntax palette
🎨 Theme Variants
The collection covers a full range of moods, from saturated neon to muted office light:
| Theme |
Style |
Base |
Accent |
| Frostbyte Blue |
Cyberpunk dark blue |
#0a1021 |
#3B82F6 |
| Frostbyte Neon |
High-saturation neon |
#0a0118 |
#ff2cf7 / #00f0ff |
| Frostbyte Midnight |
Quiet indigo for late nights |
#0b0d1a |
#5b6bc4 |
| Frostbyte Light |
Clean light with blue ink |
#f6f9ff |
#1d4ed8 |
| Frostbyte Dim |
Low-contrast slate light |
#d4dae5 |
#3957a3 |
| Frostbyte Galaxy |
Cosmic violet & pink |
#0c1230 |
#a78bfa / #ec4899 |
| Frostbyte Holo |
Cyberpunk HUD |
#070b1c |
#00e5ff / #ff2bd6 |
| Frostbyte Scanner |
Monochrome cyan dashboard |
#001a3a |
#00d4ff |
| Frostbyte Scanner II |
Cyan HUD with full-color syntax |
#001a3a |
#00d4ff / #ff6ec7 |
| Frostbyte Onyx |
Pure black, Darcula syntax |
#000000 |
#cc7832 |
| Frostbyte Onyx II |
Pure black with vivid syntax |
#000000 |
#ff7b3d |
| Frostbyte Studio |
VS Code blue on deep navy |
#0d0f24 |
#0098ff |
When to use what
- Daily driver, easy on the eyes: Blue, Midnight, Studio
- Maximum vibe / personal projects: Neon, Galaxy, Holo
- Bright environments / light mode: Light, Dim
- Deep focus, no distractions: Onyx, Onyx II
- Tactical / sci-fi feel: Scanner, Scanner II
📦 Installation
Via VS Code Marketplace
- Open Extensions in VS Code (
Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
- Search for
Frostbyte
- Click Install
- Open the theme picker (
Ctrl+K Ctrl+T / Cmd+K Cmd+T) and pick any Frostbyte variant
Via Command Palette
- Press
Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P
- Type
> Color Theme
- Pick a Frostbyte variant from the list
🛠 Recommended Settings
For the best experience, pair Frostbyte with these settings.json entries:
{
"editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', monospace",
"editor.fontLigatures": true,
"editor.fontSize": 14,
"editor.lineHeight": 1.6,
"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
"editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
"editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
"workbench.colorTheme": "Frostbyte Blue"
}
Swap "Frostbyte Blue" with any of the variants listed above.
🔧 Contributing
Found a color that clashes? Want support for a new language or extension? Contributions are welcome.
- Fork the repo
- Edit the relevant file in
themes/ (one JSON file per variant)
- Press
F5 to launch an Extension Development Host and preview your changes
- Open a pull request
When adding a new variant, register it in the contributes.themes array of package.json so it appears in the theme picker.
📄 License
MIT © Trilok Singh Maitry
