Freya Theme

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Blue pastel colors for your comfort

A calm, relaxing blue theme with hints of vibrant colors, available in both light and dark variants.

Note: This theme is probably not suitable for users with colorblindness.

Variants

• Freya Light — Light theme with blue pastel colors on a soft background
• Freya Dark — Dark theme with the same pastel-blue aesthetic on a deep teal background (#0b2530)

Features

• Full semantic highlighting support for TypeScript, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, and more
• Custom integrated terminal ANSI palette aligned with theme colors
• Carefully tuned for comfortable readability while maintaining the theme's signature vibe

Installation

1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace
2. Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux)
3. Type "Color Theme" and select "Preferences: Color Theme"
4. Choose Freya Light or Freya Dark

Auto-switch with OS Appearance

To automatically switch between light and dark variants based on your operating system's appearance settings, add this to your settings.json:

{
  "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
  "workbench.preferredLightColorTheme": "Freya Light",
  "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "Freya Dark"
}

Development & Testing

To preview theme changes in an Extension Development Host:

1. Clone the repository
2. Open in VS Code
3. Press F5 (or use Run and Debug → "Launch Extension")
4. In the Extension Development Host window, select the theme from the Command Palette

CI/CD

• CI runs on pushes and PRs:
  • Validates JSON for package.json and both theme files
  • Packages a .vsix with vsce and uploads it as a build artifact
• Releases run when you push a tag like v0.1.0:
  • Verifies the tag matches package.json version
  • Packages .vsix and attaches to the GitHub Release
  • Optionally publishes to Marketplace if the VSCE_PAT secret is configured

Tagging a release

# Bump version in package.json, commit, then tag
# Ensure the tag matches the package.json version

git tag v0.1.0
git push origin v0.1.0

Publish to VS Code Marketplace

• Create a Personal Access Token (PAT) for VS Code Marketplace
• Add it as a repository secret named VSCE_PAT
• Pushing a version tag will publish automatically

Package contents

This extension ships only necessary files. Non-essential and development files are excluded during packaging via .vscodeignore.

• Repo keeps legacy assets for reference (e.g., themes/syntaxHighlighting.json, themes/freya.tmTheme), but they are excluded from the packaged extension.

Color Philosophy

• Light variant: Blue pastel tones on a soft, near-white background
• Dark variant: Same pastel-blue aesthetic adapted for a deep teal background (#0b2530), with hue shifts only where necessary for readability and contrast