PluginStatsdark-plus-syntax installs statistics
By dunstontc (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Themes
VS Code's default dark theme, but just a little bit better.
dark-plus-syntax has 277,804 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1213 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.6 out of 5 from 24 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.58 / 5 from 24 ratings
About dark-plus-syntax
dark-plus-syntax
Why
I really like VS Code's "Dark+ (default dark)" color theme. Unfortunately, it's unrealistic to expect the maintainers to support:
• The vast number of languages with which Visual Studio Code is used • Visual Studio Code's ever-expanding catalog of extensions
So I made a theme that does.
Supported Languages
• C# • C/C++ • Crystal • CSS • SCSS • Stylus • Elixir • Erlang • Go • Haskell • HTML • ECR/EEX/EJS/ERB • Handlebars • Jinja2 • Pug/Jade • Twig • Liquid • CFML • Java • JavaScript • TypeScript • JSX • TSX • Markdown • Protocol Buffers • Python • Ruby • Vagrant • Cucumber (Gherkin) • Rust • Swift • Misc. • CMake • CSV/TSV • GraphQL • Makefile • NGINX • Terraform • JSON • TOML • YAML
If this theme doesn't support a certain language or extension that you use, feel free to open an issue and I'll look into it.
Please use one of the issue templates.
Italic Comments & Overrides
This theme doesn't have italic comments, but you can get them by adding the following snippet to your settings.json file:
Additionally, UI colors can be overwritten using the "workbench.colorCustomizations" setting:
Issues
Please use one of the issue templates when opening a new issue.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md
License
Copyright © Clay Dunston
Licensed under the MIT license
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- color-theme
- theme
Where dark-plus-syntax sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
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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=dunstontc.dark-plus-syntax. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.