PyCharm Darcula Theme for Visual Studio Code

Description

A theme extension for Visual Studio Code based on Darcula theme from PyCharm IDEs with support for other languages.

Installation

Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.

ext install nobbmaestro.pycharm-darcula-theme

or: Download from VisualStudio Marketplace

JetBrains Mono Font Installation

Downloaded and install JetBrains Mono font https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono

Add this snippet in your "settings.json":

  "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 12,
  "editor.lineHeight": 18,
  "editor.fontWeight": "500",

Tweaks & theming

If you want to play around with new colors, use the setting workbench.colorCustomizations to customize the currently selected theme. For example, you can add this snippet in your "settings.json" file:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
  "tab.activeBackground": "#282c34",
  "activityBar.background": "#282c34",
  "sideBar.background": "#282c34"
}

or use the setting editor.tokenColorCustomizations

"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
  "[JetBrains Darcula Theme]": {
    "textMateRules": [
      {
        "scope": ["source.python"],
        "settings": {
          "foreground": "#e06c75"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Enablement of semantic highlighting

By default Semantic Highlighting value is false in this theme, you can add this snippet in your "settings.json" file to disable it:

"editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true

Please check the official documentation, Theme Color Reference and Theme Color, for more helpful information.

More info

Syntax Support

Python
Javascript
TypeScript
React, Vue
HTML
Markdown
JSON
CSS, SCSS
Dockerfile
Go
More and more...

Contribution

If you want to add more syntax support or have any idea to improve highlighting, feel free to make a pull request or open a new issue.

Resources

Changelog

CHANGELOG

License

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

Enjoy!