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By Dalton Menezes · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

A beautiful dark theme for Visual Studio Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Aura Theme has 622,807 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #749 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 43 ratings.

PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.

Installs
622,807
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#749
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.95 / 5 from 43 ratings

About Aura Theme

✨ A beautiful dark theme with four variants for Visual Studio Code. Two of these variants are focused on long-term work without causing any discomfort to the eyes

Themes available

• Aura Dark • Aura Dark (Soft Text) • Aura Soft Dark • Aura Soft Dark (Soft Text)

Installation

1. Open the Extensions sidebar in VS Code 2. Search for Aura Theme 3. Click Install 4. Open the Command Palette with Ctrl + Shift + P or ⇧ + ⌘ + P 5. Select Preferences: Color Theme and choose an Aura variant.

Getting full experience

1. Install Fira Code font 2. Install Material Icon Theme

Changelog

2.1.2 (February 19, 2022)

• Improve status bar colors when debbuging • Improve breakpoint frame highlight

2.1.1 (February 17, 2022)

• Improve the Dart/Flutter support

2.1.0 (October 14, 2021)

• Add colors to editor inlay hint • Update selection color to accent20 • Update JSX children texts to be green

2.0.1 (October 3, 2021)

• Replace Aura Dark to Aura Dark Plus but keeping the name • Update yellow accents, like in functions, for an orange tone • Update Shock pink accents as in object properties for a softer tone • Update active and inactive selected file list items to have a clearer background for easier • Update scrollbar background color for the text selection accent making it clearer and with a slight transparency avoiding the loss of relevant information. • jsx: Update the color of the component tags for better differentiation and more consistent with the color given at the time they are defined. • Update the active tab foreground to be green • Update active icon color on sidebar to green • Better support for: • Elixir • Python • GraphQL • Env files • Markdown • CSS

See full changelog

Contributors

Dalton Menezes

License

MIT © Dalton Menezes

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • aura-theme
  • color-theme
  • dark
  • theme

Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

Aura Theme installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 622,807 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Aura ThemeInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days622,807installs622.3K622.4K622.5K622.6K622.7K622.8K622.9KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Aura Theme installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 622,807 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Aura Theme installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Aura ThemeInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace622,807installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Aura Theme installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Aura Theme VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #749 (by installs).Aura ThemeVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#749current rank#746#747#748#749#750#751Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Aura Theme VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #749 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Aura Theme ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 43 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Aura ThemeRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days43ratings384042444648Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Aura Theme ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 43 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 38, #9 (overall #749)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
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Listing placement

Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 3, #15 (overall #55)
Themes: every listing in installs order
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a log scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Aura Theme
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
622,807+243
622,564+10
622,554+207
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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=DaltonMenezes.aura-theme. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.