🎨 Helix Bogster Theme for VS Code

A meticulously crafted dark theme for Visual Studio Code, inspired by the popular Bogster theme from the Helix editor. Experience a modern, borderless design that's easy on the eyes during those long coding sessions.

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✨ Features

🚫 Borderless Design - Clean, distraction-free interface
🎯 Helix-Inspired - Faithful port maintaining the original aesthetic
🌈 Complete Syntax Support - Optimized for all major languages
🖥️ Integrated Terminal - Matching terminal colors for consistency
👁️ Eye-Friendly - Carefully balanced contrast and color choices
🔧 TypeScript/React Optimized - Special attention to modern web development

📸 Screenshots

TypeScript

TypeScript Example

React / JSX

React Example

HTML / CSS

HTML/CSS Example

Terminal

Terminal Example

AI Assistant Integration

Claude Integration

🚀 Installation

Via VS Code Marketplace

Open Extensions sidebar panel in VS Code: View → Extensions
Search for "Helix Bogster"
Click Install
Click Reload to activate the theme
Go to Code → Preferences → Color Theme → Bogster

Via Command Line

code --install-extension boosted.helix-bogster-theme

Manual Installation

Download the .vsix file from Releases
Run: code --install-extension helix-bogster-theme-*.vsix

🎨 Color Palette

Syntax	Color	Hex
Background	Dark Blue-Gray	`#13181e`
Foreground	Light Cream	`#e5ded6`
Comments	Muted Cyan	`#59dcb7`
Keywords	Golden Yellow	`#dcb659`
Strings	Aqua Green	`#59dcb7`
Functions	Sky Blue	`#59dcd8`
Types	Soft Pink	`#dc597f`
Errors	Bright Pink	`#ee4d7f`

🛠️ Customization

If you want to customize any colors, add this to your settings.json:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "[Bogster]": {
        "editor.background": "#161c23",
        "editor.foreground": "#e5ded6"
    }
}

For token color customization:

"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "[Bogster]": {
        "comments": "#59dcb7"
    }
}

🖥️ Terminal Theme

This extension includes a matching Ghostty terminal theme! Check out ghostty-bogster-theme for installation instructions.

Quick Install for Ghostty:

cat ghostty-bogster-theme >> ~/.config/ghostty/config

🤝 Contributing

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Feel free to:

Open an issue
Submit a pull request
Share your screenshots!

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Credits

Original Bogster theme by Wojciech Kępka (@wojciechkepka)
Inspired by the Helix editor
Built with ❤️ for the VS Code community

Enjoy coding with Bogster! 🚀

If you like this theme, please consider:

⭐ Starring the GitHub repository
📝 Leaving a review on the Marketplace
🐛 Reporting any issues you find

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