Daidai is a calm VS Code theme pair built around one idea: let the editor stay quiet while the code keeps its shape.
It uses orange for decisive syntax, purple for structure, blue for data, and restrained surfaces that lean on borders instead of stacked background colors. Both dark and light variants are included.
Themes
Daidai Dark: near-black surfaces, warm foregrounds, and high-signal orange accents.
Daidai Light: soft paper tones with the same syntax logic tuned for daylight.
Screenshots
Daidai Dark
Daidai Light
Install
Open Extensions in VS Code.
Search for Daidai Theme.
Install the extension.
Run Preferences: Color Theme and choose Daidai Dark or Daidai Light.
Local Development
Clone the repository, open it in VS Code, then press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host with the themes loaded.
To package a .vsix locally:
npm install -g @vscode/vsce
npm run package
Release Checklist
Update CHANGELOG.md.
Confirm the publisher in package.json matches your Visual Studio Marketplace publisher ID.
Push this repository to https://github.com/rx-rz/daidai so Marketplace can resolve the screenshot images.
Run npm run package and install the generated .vsix in a clean VS Code profile.
