🧘 Calm Coder Theme

A soothing Visual Studio Code color theme tuned for ADHD-friendly focus: soft blues and greens, calm earth tones, and moderate contrast to limit visual overload while keeping code easy to read.

Design philosophy

This theme is built on evidence-based color psychology for ADHD focus:

• Soft blues & greens: Promote tranquility and sustained attention
• Neutral earth tones: Provide grounding without distraction
• No bright reds/oranges (in the core Calm palettes): Avoids triggering overstimulation or anxiety
• Moderate contrast: Clear readability without harsh visual "jumps"
• Balanced syntax (Light / Dark): Readable without harsh contrast jumps

🔤 Typography (font)

This extension sets a default editor font per theme via configurationDefaults:

• JetBrains Mono, with fallbacks: Consolas, Courier New, monospace.

Install JetBrains Mono on your system (or use a font extension). If it is missing, the editor uses the next font in the list.

Override per theme in settings.json if you prefer another font:

{
  "[Calm Coder Light]": {
    "editor.fontFamily": "'Your Font', monospace"
  }
}

⚙️ Activating the theme

1. Ctrl+K Ctrl+T / Cmd+K Cmd+T, or File → Preferences → Color Theme.
2. Select Calm Coder Light or Calm Coder Dark.

👀 Theme preview

Calm Coder Dark

Calm Coder Light

🌍 Language support

Works with all languages VS Code supports. Highlighting follows TextMate scopes (and semantic highlighting where enabled).

💡 Tips for focus

1. Suggested settings for a calmer editor:

   {
     "editor.lineNumbers": "on",
     "editor.renderWhitespace": "none",
     "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
     "editor.cursorBlinking": "solid",
   }
   

   Add a similar block for [Calm Coder Dark] if you use it.

2. Less motion (optional):

   {
     "workbench.list.smoothScrolling": false,
     "editor.smoothScrolling": false,
     "terminal.integrated.smoothScrolling": false
   }
   

📝 Feedback

Built with ADHD-friendly goals in mind; needs vary — share feedback if something feels too strong or too soft.

🎓 Based on research

Blues and greens for calm, neutral surfaces to cut distraction, moderate contrast for longer reading, and (in the core Calm palettes) avoiding harsh reds/oranges in syntax where possible.

📄 License

MIT License

Happy coding with less distraction!