Kova Material Icons

A VS Code icon theme that extends Material Icon Theme with first-class support for the Kova language.

If you're writing .kova files, your editor should feel like home. This extension makes sure of that.

What it does

• Adds a dedicated icon for .kova files in the VS Code file explorer
• Keeps all the icons you already love from Material Icon Theme: nothing breaks, we just add Kova on top

Setup

Option 1: Install from VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to the Extensions panel (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
3. Search for Kova Material Icons
4. Click Install

Option 2: Install from a .vsix file

If you've downloaded a .vsix release from GitHub Releases:

code --install-extension kova-material-icons-x.x.x.vsix

Or in VS Code: Extensions → ... menu → Install from VSIX

How to use it

Switching to the Kova icon theme

After installing, you need to activate the theme:

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type File Icon Theme
3. Select Kova Material Icons from the list

Your file explorer will now show the Kova icon next to any .kova file.

You can also set it via VS Code settings:

{
  "workbench.iconTheme": "kova-material-icons"
}

VS Code settings

You can add this to your Workspace settings (.vscode/settings.json) to make the theme automatic for everyone working on a Kova project: no manual switching needed.

// .vscode/settings.json
{
  "workbench.iconTheme": "kova-material-icons"
}

Pairing with the Kova language extension

A dedicated Kova language extension (with syntax highlighting, LSP support, and more) is coming soon. Once available, the two extensions will work together out of the box: install both and your .kova files will have full editor support from icons to intellisense.

👉 Watch kova-lang on GitHub to get notified when it drops.

Contributing

Want to improve the icons or add support for more Kova file types? See CONTRIBUTING.md it's a quick read.

Built with ❤️ by the Kova team.