Cinder Grove

A warm, muted dark theme for Visual Studio Code that's easy on the eyes.

Adapted from my Neovim theme

Cinder Grove in Visual Studio Code

Features

Complete workbench, editor, terminal, diff, diagnostics, notebook, chat, and agent colors
TextMate and semantic highlighting for modern language tooling
Focused support for Markdown, structured data, web, Lua, Go, Python, Rust, shell, and JavaScript/TypeScript
No activation code, telemetry, network access, or runtime dependencies

Search for Cinder Grove in the Extensions view, then choose it with Preferences: Color Theme.

Command line:

code --install-extension aileks.cinder-grove

Token	Hex	Common use
`background`	`#131210`	App or editor background
`chrome`	`#171613`	Workbench chrome
`container`	`#1B1916`	Panels, popovers, and code blocks
`surface`	`#23201C`	Raised and interactive regions
`focused_surface`	`#34312D`	Neutral focused and debugging controls
`overlay`	`#58534C`	Selections and active controls
`text_muted`	`#58534C`	Disabled and lowest-emphasis text
`muted_dim`	`#706A62`	Dimmed editor metadata
`muted_readable`	`#878077`	Comments, punctuation, and small functional text
`text_subtle`	`#9A938A`	Metadata and supporting text
`text_secondary`	`#ACA49B`	Secondary text
`text`	`#BBB3A9`	Default text
`text_bright`	`#DDD5CA`	High-emphasis text
`primary`	`#E17A3F`	Cinder orange and main accent
`secondary`	`#879B5C`	Grove green and supporting accent
`error`	`#B34A45`	Errors and removals
`warning`	`#D9A441`	Warnings and attention states
`success`	`#879B5C`	Success and additions
`info`	`#6785A1`	Information and links
`purple`	`#9A788F`	Keywords and supporting syntax
`cyan`	`#58918C`	Types, constants, and hints

secondary and success intentionally share the grove green swatch.

Requires Node.js 24+ and npm.

npm ci
npm run check
npm run package

Press F5 in Visual Studio Code to open an Extension Development Host for live theme preview.

MIT