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Bento Dark Theme (Monkeytype Inspired)

Bento Dark Theme (Monkeytype Inspired)

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A VS Code color theme inspired by Monkeytype's Bento palette.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Bento Color Theme

The Bento Color Theme is a VS Code theme extension inspired by Monkeytype's bento palette.

Source code: https://github.com/bf39l/bento-color-theme

Features

  • Bento-inspired workbench and editor colors.
  • Token colors for common syntax scopes.
  • Integrated terminal ANSI color mapping.

Current Core Colors

  • Editor background: #2d394d
  • Editor foreground: #fffaf8
  • Accent (focus/cursor/links): #ff7a90
  • Surface panels and inputs: #263041
  • Secondary UI borders and selection tint: #4a768d
  • Error: #ee2a3a

Integrated Terminal ANSI Mapping

  • normal black #263041, red #ee2a3a, green #5b879f, yellow #ff7a90
  • normal blue #6d95a9, magenta #ff7a90, cyan #9ab0bf, white #fffaf8
  • bright black #2d394d, bright red #f04040, bright green #5b879f, bright yellow #ff95a6
  • bright blue #6d95a9, bright magenta #ff9fb0, bright cyan #9ab0bf, bright white #ffffff

Screenshot

Bento VS Code

Installation

  1. Open Extensions in VS Code.
  2. Choose Install from VSIX....
  3. Select the packaged .vsix for this extension.
  4. Run Preferences: Color Theme and pick Bento.

Requirements

No additional runtime requirements.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes a color theme and does not add custom settings.

Development

  1. Open this folder in VS Code.
  2. Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host.
  3. In the new window run Preferences: Color Theme.
  4. Select Bento.

To package locally:

  1. Install vsce: npm i -g @vscode/vsce
  2. Run vsce package --out ./outputs from this folder.

To publish to the Visual Studio Marketplace:

  1. Run vsce publish from this folder.

To unpublish from the Visual Studio Marketplace:

  1. Run vsce unpublish bf39LMintysNZ.bento-vscode-dark-theme from this folder.
  2. To skip confirmation, run vsce unpublish bf39LMintysNZ.bento-vscode-dark-theme --force.

Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.

License

This extension is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). See LICENSE.

This work adapts the Monkeytype bento palette/theme mapping. Preserve attribution and license notices when redistributing derivative versions.

Source Inspiration

Base palette inspiration:

  • https://github.com/monkeytypegame/monkeytype.git
  • /frontend/src/ts/constants/themes.ts
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