Makinda Dark

A professionally curated dark theme with vibrant orange accents for Visual Studio Code.

Features • Installation • Recommended Settings • Screenshots • Contributing • License

Features

• Vibrant Orange Accents — Eye-catching orange highlights for functions, keywords, and UI elements
• Purple Types — Elegant purple tones for classes, types, and interfaces
• Teal Strings — Refreshing teal color for strings and template literals
• Balanced Contrast — Carefully selected colors for optimal readability
• Comprehensive Coverage — 140+ token scopes and 200+ UI color definitions
• Italic Styles — Elegant italic styling for comments, parameters, and keywords

Color Palette

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open Extensions sidebar panel: View → Extensions
2. Search for Makinda Dark
3. Click Install
4. Go to Code → Preferences → Color Theme → Makinda Dark

From Command Line

code --install-extension makindajack.makinda-dark

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest .vsix file from Releases
2. Open VS Code
3. Run Extensions: Install from VSIX... from the Command Palette
4. Select the downloaded file

Recommended Settings

Icon Themes

For the best experience, we recommend pairing Makinda Dark with:

• Nomo Dark Icon Theme by be5invis
• Material Product Icons by Philipp Kief

Font Recommendations

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "'Fira Code', 'JetBrains Mono', Menlo, Monaco, monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.6
}

Screenshots

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read the contributing guidelines before submitting issues or pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Made with ❤️ by Jackson Makinda