VS Code

SilkCircuit for Visual Studio Code, all five variants in one extension.

Install from the Marketplace

1. Extensions, Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X.
2. Search for SilkCircuit and install it.
3. Ctrl+K Ctrl+T, then pick a variant.

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/hyperb1iss/silkcircuit.git
cd silkcircuit/extras/vscode

npm install -g @vscode/vsce

# The theme has no runtime dependencies, and without this flag vsce fails
# looking for a lockfile.
vsce package --no-dependencies
code --install-extension silkcircuit-theme-*.vsix

The installer copies the extension directory straight into ~/.vscode/extensions/, which skips the packaging step: ./install.sh. The extension is one package carrying all five themes, so --variant does not narrow it; pick a theme in the editor.

Available themes

Theme	Type	Description
SilkCircuit Neon	Dark	The original electric experience
SilkCircuit Vibrant	Dark	Pure saturation, darker canvas
SilkCircuit Soft	Dark	Gentler, for long sessions
SilkCircuit Glow	Dark	Near-black with pure neon
SilkCircuit Dawn	Light	Bright rooms, same accents

Color tokens

Syntax element	Scope	Color
Keywords	keyword	Purple
Functions	entity.name.function	Cyan
Strings	string	Pink soft
Numbers	constant.numeric	Coral
Booleans	constant.language	Coral
Types	entity.name.type	Yellow
Comments	comment	Purple muted

Override any of them per theme in settings.json:

{
  "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "[SilkCircuit Neon]": {
      "textMateRules": [
        {
          "scope": "comment",
          "settings": { "foreground": "#6272a4", "fontStyle": "italic" }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Contributing

The theme JSON is generated from lua/silkcircuit/variants.lua, so a color change belongs in the palette or in lua/silkcircuit/extra/vscode.lua, then make build. Editing the JSON directly gets overwritten on the next build. Package with make vscode-package.

Files

The extension manifest, icon, LICENSE, and README are hand-maintained in extras/vscode/. The themes underneath are generated.

Variant	File
neon	extras/vscode/themes/silkcircuit-neon.json
vibrant	extras/vscode/themes/silkcircuit-vibrant.json
soft	extras/vscode/themes/silkcircuit-soft.json
glow	extras/vscode/themes/silkcircuit-glow.json
dawn	extras/vscode/themes/silkcircuit-dawn.json