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
- Open VS Code
- Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
- Search for "Retro Hacker Theme"
- Click Install
- Press Ctrl+K Ctrl+T (Cmd+K Cmd+T on macOS)
- 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
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
)
- Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature'
)
- Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature
)
- 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.
💝 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! 👨💻👩💻