Retro Hacker Theme for VS Code 🚀

A carefully crafted VS Code theme inspired by classic hacker movies and retro computing. Features a high-contrast dark theme with neon green accents and carefully selected complementary colors for optimal readability during those long coding sessions.

🌟 Features

• 🖥️ High-contrast dark theme optimized for readability
• 💚 Classic hacker-style neon green accents
• 🎨 Carefully selected complementary colors for syntax highlighting
• 📊 Enhanced visibility for important code elements
• 🔍 Clear distinction between different code components
• 💻 Optimized for long coding sessions
• 🎯 Special attention to markup and terminal colors

📸 Screenshots

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

HTML/CSS

Terminal

🎨 Color Palette

• Background: #0A1F0A - Deep forest black
• Foreground: #E0FFE0 - Soft mint text
• Accent: #39FF14 - Classic neon green
• Comments: #39FF1490 - Semi-transparent green
• Strings: #FFA07A - Light salmon
• Numbers: #FFD700 - Golden yellow
• Functions: #87CEEB - Sky blue
• Keywords: #39FF14 - Neon green
• Types: #DDA0DD - Light purple
• Variables: #98FB98 - Pale green

📥 Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Retro Hacker Theme"
4. Click Install
5. Press Ctrl+K Ctrl+T (Cmd+K Cmd+T on macOS)
6. Select "Retro Hacker"

Alternatively, you can install it directly from the VS Code Marketplace: Retro Hacker Theme on VS Code Marketplace

🔧 Customization

You can override any color in your settings.json. Example:

{
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "[Retro Hacker]": {
      "editor.background": "#0A1F0A",
      "editor.foreground": "#39FF14"
    }
  }
}

✨ Best Experience

For the best experience, we recommend:

• Using a monospace font like Fira Code or Cascadia Code
• Enabling font ligatures if your font supports them
• Setting editor.renderWhitespace: "all" for better visibility of whitespace
• Using the integrated terminal for the full retro experience

🔌 Supported Languages

Optimized syntax highlighting for:

• Python
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• HTML/CSS
• Java
• C/C++
• C#
• Ruby
• Go
• Rust
• Markdown
• JSON/YAML
• And many more!

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

🐛 Known Issues

• None at the moment. If you find any issues, please report them on our GitHub repository.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by classic hacker movies and retro computing
• Special thanks to the VS Code theme development community
• Thanks to all contributors and users for their feedback and support

🚀 About the Author

Created with 💚 by Elmer S.

• GitHub
• Twitter

💝 Support

If you find this theme helpful, please consider:

• Rating it on the VS Code Marketplace
• Starring the GitHub repository
• Sharing it with your friends and colleagues

Enjoy coding like a classic hacker! 👨‍💻👩‍💻