Ruby Nights

A dark VS Code theme with rich ruby and garnet tones. Easy on the eyes for long coding sessions, with warm dark backgrounds and four variants to match your preference.

Variants

Features

• Warm ruby and garnet background tones — comfortable for long coding sessions
• Gold (#e6b450) accent color for cursor, badges, and highlights
• Clear git status colors — sage green for modified, red for deleted, light for untracked
• Distinct sidebar and editor backgrounds for clear visual separation
• Subtle line highlight and bracket match colors that don't distract
• Readable inactive tabs, breadcrumbs, and status bar

Install

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for Ruby Nights
4. Click Install
5. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → Preferences: Color Theme → select your variant

Recommended Setup

For the best experience, add these to your VS Code settings.json:

{
    "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono",
    "editor.fontLigatures": true,
    "editor.cursorBlinking": "expand",
    "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": false,
    "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
    "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
    "workbench.productIconTheme": "fluent-icons"
}

JetBrains Mono can be downloaded from jetbrains.com/mono. vscode-icons and fluent-icons are free extensions available in the VS Code Marketplace.

Contribute

1. Clone the repo and open it in VS Code
2. Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host
3. Modify the theme files in ./themes/
4. Open a new file in the development host to preview changes

License

Apache-2.0