Cursorish Dark Theme

A clean, dark VS Code theme with carefully chosen colors for optimal readability. Cursorish Dark is designed to provide comfortable viewing during extended coding sessions while maintaining excellent syntax highlighting for all major programming languages.

Features

🌙 Clean dark color scheme perfect for any lighting condition
🎨 Carefully curated color palette for excellent readability
💻 Full syntax highlighting support for all major languages
🎯 Optimized semantic token colors for modern VS Code
✨ Beautiful UI elements with consistent styling
👁️ Reduced eye strain with soft background and text colors
🎨 6-level rainbow bracket highlighting

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

Open VS Code
Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
Search for "Cursorish Dark"
Click Install
Select "Cursorish Dark" from the theme selector (Ctrl+K Ctrl+T / Cmd+K Cmd+T)

Manual Installation

Clone the repository and copy the theme file to your VS Code extensions folder:

# macOS
cp -r cursorish-dark-theme ~/.vscode/extensions/

# Linux
cp -r cursorish-dark-theme ~/.config/Code/extensions/

# Windows
copy cursorish-dark-theme %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\

Color Palette

The theme uses a carefully selected dark color palette:

Background: #181818 - Deep dark for comfortable viewing
Foreground: #E4E4E4EB - Soft white text for reduced eye strain
Primary Accent: #81A1C1 - Soft blue for primary elements
Secondary Accent: #87A6C4 - Lighter blue for secondary elements
Success: #3FA266 - Green for additions and success states
Error: #E34671 - Pink-red for errors and critical states
Warning: #F1B467 - Orange for warnings and caution states
Info: #88C0D0 - Cyan for informational elements

Supported Languages

The theme provides optimized syntax highlighting for:

Web: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Vue, React
Python: Full support including decorators and type hints
Java: Classes, methods, imports, and generics
C/C++: Types, functions, preprocessor directives
Go: Functions, types, and interfaces
Rust: Lifetimes, traits, and macros
JSON/YAML: Proper colors for data structures
Markdown: Headers, emphasis, links, and code blocks
Bash/Shell: Commands and syntax highlighting
And many more...

Semantic Highlighting

The theme includes comprehensive semantic token colors for enhanced syntax highlighting in supported languages, providing better distinction between:

Variables: Constants, globals, readwrite variables
Functions: Built-in, declarations, method calls
Classes and Types: Declarations, built-in types, type hints
Properties and Methods: Class members, object properties
Decorators: Python decorators, annotations
Special Parameters: Self/this parameters
Macros: Preprocessor directives and macros

UI Customization

You can customize the theme colors by creating a user settings override:

Open VS Code Settings (Cmd+, / Ctrl+,)
Search for "workbench.colorCustomizations"
Add your custom colors:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "editor.background": "#181818",
    "editor.foreground": "#E4E4E4EB",
    "editor.lineHighlightBackground": "#262626",
    "activityBar.background": "#141414"
}

Bracket Highlighting

The theme includes 6-level rainbow bracket highlighting to help distinguish nested code structures:

Level 1: Primary blue
Level 2: Secondary blue
Level 3: Cyan
Level 4: Purple
Level 5: Magenta
Level 6: Pink

Terminal Colors

Full ANSI color support including:

Standard colors (black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white)
Bright variants for enhanced visibility
Optimized contrast for terminal readability

Git Integration

Custom colors for Git decorations:

Modified: Orange (#D2943E)
Added: Green (#70B489)
Deleted: Red (#FC6B83)
Untracked: Cyan (#88C0D0)
Ignored: Dimmed gray

Feedback & Support

If you have suggestions or find any issues with the theme, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Credits

Created with ❤️ for VS Code enthusiasts who prefer clean, readable dark themes.

Companion Theme

Prefer the light side? Check out Cursorish Light for a beautiful light theme alternative!

Cursorish Dark

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