Neo Brutal

Neo
Brutal

A VS Code theme with no gradients and no soft edges. Black text on cream, a black border on every panel, and colour used like a highlighter.

Install in VS Code View on Marketplace

Free. The first button opens VS Code on this computer.

Drawn with the theme's own colours, taken from version 0.0.2 of the theme file.

Nine colours, none of them shy

Each colour has one job, so you can tell a keyword from a function at a glance. Select a colour to copy its hex code.

Built on four rules

Borders on everything

Every panel, tab, input and menu is outlined in black. You always know where one thing ends and the next begins.

Black on cream

Code is pure black on a warm cream page. The colour is saved for the parts of the code that carry meaning.

Bold where it counts

Keywords, functions, classes and numbers are set in bold. Comments step back in grey italics.

A terminal that shouts

The integrated terminal is black with lime text, the one dark panel in a light theme.

Install it three ways

From this page

Select Install in VS Code. VS Code opens on the theme's page; choose Install.

From inside VS Code

Press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on macOS), paste this and press Enter.

ext install talha2k.neo-brutal
From a terminal

Useful for dotfiles and setup scripts.

code --install-extension talha2k.neo-brutal

Then press Ctrl + K, Ctrl + T and choose Neo Brutal.

Version0.0.2TypeLight themeNeedsVS Code 1.105 or newerLicenceMIT

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