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Islands Theme

Islands Theme

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Islands Dark and Light themes ported from JetBrains IDEs - A beautiful, consistent color scheme for VS Code
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Islands Theme for VS Code

Beautiful Dark and Light themes ported from JetBrains IDEs (RustRover, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.) to Visual Studio Code.

Version License

✨ Features

  • 🎨 Two Themes: Islands Dark and Islands Light
  • 📝 Rich Syntax Highlighting: 45+ carefully crafted token rules
  • 🎯 Complete UI Coverage: 300+ UI color configurations
  • 🔧 Multi-Language Support: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, Java, and more
  • ✨ Consistent Colors: Faithful port from JetBrains IDEs
  • 🌈 Modern Design: Optimized for long coding sessions

📸 Screenshots

Islands Dark

A sophisticated dark theme with carefully balanced colors for reduced eye strain. image

Islands Light

A clean and bright theme perfect for daytime coding. image

🚀 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace (Recommended)

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "Islands Theme"
  4. Click Install

Manual Installation

  1. Download the latest .vsix file from Releases
  2. Open VS Code
  3. Go to Extensions
  4. Click "..." menu → Install from VSIX
  5. Select the downloaded file

From Source

git clone https://github.com/gu-xiaohui/islands-theme.git
cd islands-theme
npm install
npm run package
code --install-extension islands-theme-1.0.0.vsix

🎨 Activation

  1. Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
  2. Type "Color Theme"
  3. Select either:
    • Islands Dark - for dark mode lovers
    • Islands Light - for bright environments

Or use keyboard shortcuts:

  • Mac: Cmd+K Cmd+T
  • Windows/Linux: Ctrl+K Ctrl+T

🎨 Color Palette

Islands Dark

  • Background: #191a1c - Deep, comfortable dark
  • Foreground: #bcbec4 - Soft gray-white
  • Keywords: #cf8e6d - Warm orange
  • Strings: #6aab73 - Fresh green
  • Numbers: #2aacb8 - Cyan
  • Functions: #56a8f5 - Bright blue
  • Comments: #7a7e85 - Muted gray

Islands Light

  • Background: #ffffff - Pure white
  • Foreground: #000000 - Rich black
  • Keywords: #0033b3 - Deep blue
  • Strings: #067d17 - Forest green
  • Numbers: #1750eb - Vivid blue
  • Functions: #00627a - Teal
  • Comments: #8c8c8c - Medium gray

🌟 What's Included

UI Elements

  • Editor (background, selection, cursor, line highlight)
  • Sidebar, Activity Bar, Status Bar
  • Tabs, Panels, Terminal
  • Input fields, Buttons, Dropdowns
  • Lists, Menus, Quick Picker
  • Git decorations, Diff editor
  • Debug toolbar, Peek view
  • And 300+ more UI elements!

Syntax Highlighting

  • Comments (regular & documentation)
  • Strings & escape sequences
  • Numbers, Booleans, Null/Undefined
  • Keywords & Operators
  • Functions, Methods, Classes
  • Variables, Constants, Properties
  • Type parameters & Interfaces
  • Decorators & Annotations
  • Language-specific tokens for:
    • HTML/CSS
    • JavaScript/TypeScript/JSX
    • Python
    • Rust
    • Markdown
    • JSON/YAML
    • Regular expressions
    • And many more!

🛠️ Supported Languages

JavaScript • TypeScript • Python • Rust • Go • Java • C/C++ • C# • PHP • Ruby • Swift • Kotlin • Scala • HTML • CSS • SCSS • Less • JSON • YAML • TOML • Markdown • XML • SQL • Shell • Dockerfile • and more...

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

  • Report bugs
  • Suggest new features
  • Submit pull requests
  • Improve documentation

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

🙏 Credits

Originally based on the Islands Dark and Islands Light themes from JetBrains IDEs (RustRover, IntelliJ IDEA).

📮 Feedback

If you enjoy this theme, please:

  • ⭐ Star the GitHub repository
  • ✍️ Leave a review on the VS Code Marketplace
  • 🐛 Report issues on GitHub Issues

Enjoy coding with Islands Theme! 🎨✨

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