Cursorish Midnight Theme
An ultra-dark VS Code theme designed specifically for night-time coding and minimal eye strain. Cursorish Midnight provides a pure dark experience with vibrant syntax highlighting that remains visible even in low-light conditions.
Features
- 🌃 Ultra-dark color scheme perfect for night-time coding
- 🎨 Vibrant syntax highlighting visible in dark environments
- 💻 Full syntax highlighting support for all major languages
- 🎯 Optimized semantic token colors for modern VS Code
- ✨ Beautiful UI elements with consistent styling
- 👁️ Minimal eye strain with ultra-dark backgrounds
- 🎨 6-level rainbow bracket highlighting
- 🌙 Perfect for extended night coding sessions
Installation
From VS Code Marketplace
- Open VS Code
- Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
- Search for "Cursorish Midnight"
- Click Install
- Select "Cursorish Midnight" 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-midnight-theme ~/.vscode/extensions/
# Linux
cp -r cursorish-midnight-theme ~/.config/Code/extensions/
# Windows
copy cursorish-midnight-theme %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\
Color Palette
The theme uses an ultra-dark color palette optimized for night-time coding:
- Background:
#0a0e27 - Pure ultra-dark for minimal light emission
- Foreground:
#e8eaf6 - Soft white text for comfortable reading
- Primary Accent:
#7986cb - Soft indigo for primary elements
- Secondary Accent:
#9fa8da - Lighter indigo for secondary elements
- Success:
#4caf50 - Green for additions and success states
- Error:
#ef5350 - Red for errors and critical states
- Warning:
#ffb74d - Orange for warnings and caution states
- Info:
#29b6f6 - Bright 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": "#0a0e27",
"editor.foreground": "#e8eaf6",
"editor.lineHighlightBackground": "#1a1f3a",
"activityBar.background": "#0f1329"
}
Bracket Highlighting
The theme includes 6-level rainbow bracket highlighting to help distinguish nested code structures:
- Level 1: Indigo
- Level 2: Light indigo
- Level 3: Cyan
- Level 4: Purple
- Level 5: Pink
- Level 6: Light pink
Terminal Colors
Full ANSI color support including:
- Standard colors (black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white)
- Bright variants for enhanced visibility in dark terminals
- Optimized contrast for terminal readability
Git Integration
Custom colors for Git decorations:
- Modified: Orange
- Added: Green
- Deleted: Red
- Untracked: Cyan
- Ignored: Dimmed gray
Why Cursorish Midnight?
Cursorish Midnight is designed for developers who:
- Code during night hours and need minimal eye strain
- Prefer ultra-dark themes over standard dark themes
- Want vibrant syntax highlighting that stands out
- Spend long hours in dark environments
- Need a theme optimized for low-light viewing
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 night-time developers and late-night coders.
Companion Themes
Explore other themes in the Cursorish collection:
