🖥 NeonVSCode

Tokyo Nights, OLED Blacks, and Neon Glow.

NeonVSCode is a high-contrast, vibrant dark theme for Visual Studio Code. Originally born as the popular NeonCode theme for Adobe Brackets, it has been completely rebuilt for VS Code with True OLED Black (#000000) optimization and modernized syntax highlighting.

✨ Features

• True OLED Black: Backgrounds are set to #000000 for infinite contrast on OLED and LED displays.
• Vibrant Neon Palette: Electric blues, purples, and cyans inspired by cyberpunk aesthetics.
• Highly Readable: Despite the neon aesthetic, colors are carefully picked to maintain high legibility during long coding sessions.
• Semantic Highlighting: Fully supports modern VS Code semantic tokens for a more accurate coding experience.

📸 Preview

The theme in full effect with Neon Glow enabled.

� Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Go to View > Extensions.
3. Search for NeonVSCode.
4. Click Install.
5. Go to File > Preferences > Theme > Color Theme and select NeonVSCode.

NeonVSCode standard UI after activation.

⌨️ Commands & Configuration

This theme includes built-in commands to manage the neon aesthetic:

To enable the glow

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type and run: NeonVSCode: Enable Neon Glow
3. Click Reload when prompted — VS Code will restart with the glow active

The ⚡️ Neon: On/Off button in the Status Bar (bottom right) is a one-click shortcut to toggle glow at any time.

To customize glow brightness

Add the following to your settings.json:

"neonvscode.glowBrightness": 0.65

• Range: 0.0 (transparent / no glow) → 1.0 (full brightness)
• Default is 0.65 — a carefully tuned value that avoids eye strain during long sessions
• Glow adds a soft visual highlight that enhances the theme’s neon atmosphere while keeping text readable and comfortable.
• After changing this value, re-run NeonVSCode: Enable Neon Glow from the Command Palette to apply the new brightness

To disable glow but keep the theme

Add to your settings.json:

"neonvscode.disableGlow": true

Then re-run NeonVSCode: Enable Neon Glow to apply, or run NeonVSCode: Disable Neon Glow to remove the glow script entirely.

To remove the corruption warning

Because NeonVSCode modifies internal VS Code files to inject the glow script, VS Code may display an "Unsupported" or "Your installation appears to be corrupt" notification. This is completely normal — the same behaviour occurs with SynthWave '84 and other UI-modifying themes.

To permanently remove this warning:

1. Install the Fix VSCode Checksums extension
2. Run Fix Checksums: Apply from the Command Palette
3. Fully restart VS Code

You can safely dismiss the warning at any time; it does not affect stability or functionality.

📸 Screenshots

🛠 Compatibility

NeonVSCode is compatible with:

• Visual Studio Code v1.74.0+
• VSCodium
• GitHub Codespaces
• Cursor-based editors that support VS Code themes
• Antigravity coding environments (just kidding, but it looks that good!)

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.