Alpenglow Workspace - Visual Studio Marketplace

A flat, warm charcoal dark theme for Visual Studio Code, inspired by the timeless simplicity of Afterglow.

Alpenglow Workspace brings a consistent, distraction-free appearance to the entire VS Code workbench, including the editor, Explorer, tabs, panels, terminal, menus, and notifications.

Preview

Alpenglow Workspace screenshot

Alpenglow Workspace running with C# and JavaScript side by side.

Alpenglow sunset landscape

The soft sunset colors that inspired the theme.

Install from source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/jafar-alshishani/alpenglow-workspace.git

Open the project folder in VS Code.
Open the integrated terminal.
Install the packaging tool:
```
npm install -g @vscode/vsce
```
Package the extension:
```
vsce package
```
In VS Code, select Extensions → ... → Install from VSIX... and choose the generated .vsix file.

Recommended Font

Roboto Mono is recommended for the best visual experience with Alpenglow Workspace.

Suggested VS Code settings:

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "'Roboto Mono', Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.fontLigatures": false
}

Palette

Role	Color Preview	Hex Code
Workspace background		`#2E2E2E`
Secondary surfaces		`#262626`
Foreground		`#D6D6D6`
Orange accent		`#CC7833`
Function highlight		`#FFC66D`
Green		`#B4C973`
Blue		`#6C99BB`
Selection		`#5A647E`

Development

The theme uses VS Code's native colors and tokenColors contribution points.

Acknowledgements

Afterglow by José María Clemente (@YabataDesign) was my personal theme in Sublime Text for many years. Its flat design, warm colors, and understated elegance have always made it special to me.

Alpenglow Workspace also draws inspiration from the Alpenglow color palette, particularly the colors featured in its Alpenglow-markdown.tmTheme color scheme. The palette was adapted and mapped independently to Visual Studio Code's workbench and syntax highlighting system.

My sincere thanks to the creators of both projects for their original work and inspiration.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.