🌙 Pulse Dark Theme

A clean and modern dark theme for Visual Studio Code with balanced colors and smooth syntax highlighting that's easy on your eyes during long coding sessions.

✨ Features

🎨 Modern Design: Elegant dark interface with carefully balanced colors
👁️ Eye-friendly: Color palette optimized to reduce visual fatigue
🔧 Complete Support: Compatible with all popular programming languages
🎯 Precise Highlighting: Detailed and consistent syntax highlighting
🌈 Semantic Colors: Clear differentiation between code types

🎨 Color Palette

Main Colors

Primary Background: #1a1a1a - A soft and elegant black
Secondary Background: #141414 - For sidebars and panels
Primary Text: #D8DEE9 - Soft white for comfortable reading
Secondary Text: #CCCCCC99 - For less important elements

Syntax Colors

Functions: #efb080 - Warm orange for functions
Classes: #87c3ff - Light blue for classes and types
Strings: #e394dc - Soft pink for text strings
Numbers: #ebc88d - Golden yellow for numeric values
Keywords: #83d6c5 - Aqua green for keywords
Variables: #AA9BF5 - Soft purple for properties
Comments: #6d6d6d - Gray for comments (with italic style)

🚀 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

Open Visual Studio Code
Go to the Extensions tab (Ctrl+Shift+X)
Search for "Pulse Dark Theme"
Click "Install"
Go to File > Preferences > Color Theme and select "Pulse Dark Theme"

Manual Installation

Download this repository
Copy the folder to your VS Code extensions directory:
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions
- macOS: ~/.vscode/extensions
- Linux: ~/.vscode/extensions
Restart VS Code
Select the theme from File > Preferences > Color Theme

🔧 Recommended Settings

For the best experience with Pulse Dark Theme, we recommend using these settings in your settings.json:

{
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Pulse Dark Theme",
  "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code, 'Cascadia Code' ,Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.fontWeight": "500",
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": true,
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
  "editor.linkedEditing": true,
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "expand",
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Fira Code, 'Cascadia Code' ,Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "terminal.integrated.fontWeight": "500"
}

💻 Supported Languages

Pulse Dark Theme includes optimized support for:

JavaScript/TypeScript - Advanced semantic highlighting
Python - Support for decorators and special methods
C/C++ - Complete syntax for systems development
Java - Types and annotations
PHP - Namespaces and modern functions
CSS/SCSS/Less - Properties and selectors
HTML - Tags and attributes
Markdown - Headers, links and formatting
JSON - Differentiated keys and values
Go - Operators and packages
Rust - Lifetimes and ownership
And many more...

🛠️ Development

Project Structure

pulse-dark-theme/
├── package.json           # Extension configuration
├── themes/
│   └── pulse-dark-theme.json   # Theme definition
├── CHANGELOG.md          # Change history
└── README.md            # This file

Customization

If you want to customize the theme:

Clone this repository
Modify themes/pulse-dark-theme.json
Install the extension locally
Contribute your improvements

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a suggestion:

Fork this repository
Create a branch for your feature (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
Open a Pull Request

Reporting Issues

Use GitHub Issues
Include screenshots if possible
Specify your VS Code version and operating system

📄 License

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

❤️ Acknowledgments

Inspired by modern dark theme design principles
Colors carefully selected for optimal development experience
VS Code community for feedback and suggestions

Enjoy coding with Pulse Dark Theme! 🚀

If you like this theme, please consider:

⭐ Starring the repository
📝 Leaving a review on VS Code Marketplace
🐛 Reporting bugs or suggesting improvements
📤 Sharing with other developers

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