--- title: 19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience... description: A curated collection of 19 popular VS Code themes ranging from dark options like Dracula and One Dark Pro to light alternatives like GitHub Theme and Bluloco... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience With VS Code | daily.dev og:description: A curated collection of 19 popular VS Code themes ranging from dark options like Dracula and One Dark Pro to light alternatives like GitHub Theme and Bluloco... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JGIWUDjxk.png og:image:alt: 19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience With VS Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience With VS Code **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 8 min read · 282 upvotes · 26 comments ## Summary A curated collection of 19 popular VS Code themes ranging from dark options like Dracula and One Dark Pro to light alternatives like GitHub Theme and Bluloco Light. Each theme is presented with key features, highlighting aspects like readability, contrast, color palettes, and suitability for different coding environments and preferences. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@theacademe** · 11 upvotes > #8, Night Owl, by Sarah Drasner, has some of the most complete syntax highlighting I have seen. It also has great contrast for reading comprehension that assists with colorblindness. The version with italics, when combined with the font ligatures of Fira Code or Fira Code iScript, can provide for fast visual scanning of a large code code. **@joshwcorbett** · 4 upvotes > I swear every vscode themes highlights list is the exact same **@peyz0** · 3 upvotes > We need some new Themes for code NGL **@pranjal\_kumar** · 3 upvotes > Hi guys, I created this theme '[Minimal Kiwi](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PranjalKumar.minimal-kiwi)'. > > I was initially using a custom packed theme which I built, but when my friends wanted to use it, I published this on VS Code Marketplace. Hope you like it! 😄 > >  > > > >  **@micahnorwoodjordan** · 3 upvotes > try 2077 by Endormi. amazing syntax highlighting: > >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#ui-ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-ux), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience With VS Code","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk"},"datePublished":"2025-08-29T03:45:37.365Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:14:52.665Z","description":"A curated collection of 19 popular VS Code themes ranging from dark options like Dracula and One Dark Pro to light alternatives like GitHub Theme and Bluloco...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/92a41c84af82aad200428e759a6005c7?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/92a41c84af82aad200428e759a6005c7?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":26,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":282},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":26}],"keywords":"devtools,ui-ux,vscode","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"19 Beautiful Themes to Get a Better Visual Experience With VS Code"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/19-beautiful-themes-to-get-a-better-visual-experience-with-vs-code-jgiwudjxk","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"#8, Night Owl, by Sarah Drasner, has some of the most complete syntax highlighting I have seen. 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