MintShot is a dark VS Code theme with mint-accented UI colors, soft contrast, and bright syntax highlights designed to stay readable during long coding sessions.
What it looks like
MintShot is built around:
a deep dark background
mint and sea-green accent colors
bright function and symbol highlighting
low-glare panels, tabs, and sidebars
Install
From the VS Code Marketplace
Once published, search for MintShot in the Extensions view and install it like any other VS Code theme.
From a .vsix file
Download the latest .vsix from the repo's releases.
In VS Code, run Extensions: Install from VSIX....
Select the downloaded file.
Open Preferences: Color Theme and choose MintShot.
Development
To work on the theme locally:
Open this repo in VS Code.
Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host.
In the new window, open Preferences: Color Theme.
Select MintShot.
To package the extension locally:
bun run package
This creates a .vsix you can install manually or attach to a GitHub release.
Publishing
This repo targets the VS Code Marketplace.
Manual publish
bun run publish:vsce
GitHub Actions publish
The included GitHub Actions workflow can package and publish the extension when the VSCE_PAT repository secret is configured.
Repo structure
package.json contains extension metadata and publish/package scripts.
themes/mintshot-dark-color-theme.json contains the theme definition.
.github/workflows/publish.yml contains the release workflow.
