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By Alex Owl · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

Experience the ultimate coding environment with the Transparent Color theme. Designed exclusively for macOS, this theme brings the stunning vibrancy background blur of macOS to Visual Studio Code. Enjoy a sleek and modern coding experience with translucent backgrounds that seamlessly blend with the

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Transparent Color Theme has 108,176 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #2260 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
108,176
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#2260
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.50 / 5 from 2 ratings

About Transparent Color Theme

Transparent Color Theme

<img src="https://github.com/AlexOwl/vscode-transparent-color-theme/raw/HEAD/images/icon.png" style="height:100px;float:right"></img>

Experience the ultimate coding environment with the Transparent Color theme. Designed exclusively for macOS, this theme brings the stunning vibrancy background blur of macOS to Visual Studio Code. Enjoy a sleek and modern coding experience with translucent backgrounds that seamlessly blend with the rest of your macOS interface.

Screenshots

Screenshot

Installation

  1. Launch Visual Studio Code
  2. Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the square icon on the left side toolbar or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+X
  3. Search for "Transparent Color Theme" and click on the "Install" button
  4. Once the theme is installed, click on the "Reload" button to activate it
Blur effect

To achieve the transparent effect with Visual Studio Code, you can use the Apc Customize UI++ extension. It allows you to configure the transparency settings by adding the following settings to your VS Code settings.json:

"apc.electron": {
    "opacity": 0.95,
    "transparent": true,
    "backgroundColor": "#00000000",
    "vibrancy": "ultra-dark"
},

Additional

Cursor Blinking Effect
"apc.stylesheet": {
        ".monaco-editor .cursor": "background: #ffffffaa !important; box-shadow: 0 0 70px 5px #ffffff, #ffffff 0px 0px 34px 1px; color: [#161616](https://github.com/AlexOwl/vscode-transparent-color-theme/issues/161616) !important",
},
"editor.cursorBlinking": "phase",
"editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
Font with ligatures

You can download FiraCode Font on this link

"editor.fontFamily": "'FiraCode Nerd Font Mono', 'FiraCode Nerd Font', FiraCode, Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
"editor.fontLigatures": true,
UI Animations

There is great extension VSCode Animations

"animations.Enabled": true,
"animations.CursorAnimation": true,
"animations.Command-Palette": "None",
"animations.CursorAnimationOptions": {
    "TrailLength": 10
},
"animations.Tabs": "Slide",
"animations.Active": "Indent",

Theme Details

  • Name: Transparent Color Theme
  • Version: 1.0.0
  • VS Code Version: 1.81.0 and above
  • Keywords: theme, transparent, macOS, vibrancy, ultra-dark, glass
  • Categories: Themes
  • Extension Pack: drcika.apc-extension

Contributing

If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue.

License

This theme is licensed under the MIT License.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • color-theme
  • glass
  • macos
  • theme
  • transparent
  • ultra-dark
  • vibrancy

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Charts

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Adoption over time

Transparent Color Theme installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 108,176 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Transparent Color ThemeInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days108,176installs108K108K108K108.1K108.1K108.1K108.1K108.1K108.2K108.2KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Transparent Color Theme installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 108,176 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Transparent Color Theme installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Transparent Color ThemeInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace108,176installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Transparent Color Theme installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Transparent Color Theme VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2260 (by installs).Transparent Color ThemeVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#2260current rank#2258#2259#2260#2261#2262Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Transparent Color Theme VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2260 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Transparent Color Theme ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 2 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Transparent Color ThemeRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days2ratings1.81.922.12.2Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Transparent Color Theme ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 2 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 113, #20 (overall #2,260)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 12, #14 (overall #234)
Themes: every listing in installs order

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Recent observations

Full history (5)
Recent installs observations for Transparent Color Theme
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alexowl.transparent-color-theme. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.