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By JonathanHarty · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

Gruvbox Material Icons

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 21, 2026

Gruvbox Material Icon Theme has 130,162 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #2026 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs
130,162
Official API · Oct 21, 2026
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Rank
#2026
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.43 / 5 from 7 ratings

About Gruvbox Material Icon Theme

<h1 align="center"> <br> <img src="https://github.com/Jonathan-Harty/vscode-material-icon-theme/raw/HEAD/./logo.png" alt="logo" width="200"> <br><br> Material Icon Theme Gruvbox Material Based on https://github.com/sainnhe/gruvbox-material <br> <br> </h1>
File icons
<img src="https://github.com/Jonathan-Harty/vscode-material-icon-theme/raw/HEAD/./images/fileIcons.png" alt="file icons">
Folder icons
<img src="https://github.com/Jonathan-Harty/vscode-material-icon-theme/raw/HEAD/./images/folderIcons.png" alt="folder icons">
Customize folder color

You can change the color of the default folder icon using the command palette:

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PKief/vscode-material-icon-theme/master/images/set-folder-color.gif" alt="custom folder colors">

or via user settings:

"material-icon-theme.folders.color": "#ef5350",
Folder themes

You can change the design of the folder icons using the command palette:

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PKief/vscode-material-icon-theme/master/images/set-folder-theme.gif" alt="folder themes">

or via user settings:

"material-icon-theme.folders.theme": "specific"

Custom icon opacity

You can set a custom opacity for the icons:

"material-icon-theme.opacity": 0.5

Custom icon saturation

If colors do not make you happy you can change the icons to have less saturation making them look grayish or completely grayscale by setting saturation to 0:

"material-icon-theme.saturation": 0.5

Custom icon associations

You can customize the icon associations directly in the user settings.

File associations

With the *.[extension] pattern you can define custom file icon associations. For example you could define an icon for *.sample and every file that ends with .sample will have the defined icon. However, not all files with the same file extension always have the same icon. For some specific file names there is a special icon. In order to overwrite all the specific file icons as well, two asterisks must be set instead of one, i.e. **.[extension].

If there's no leading * it will be automatically configured as filename and not as file extension.

"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
    "*.ts": "typescript",
    "**.json": "json",
    "fileName.ts": "angular"
}
Custom SVG icons

It's possible to add custom icons by adding a path to an SVG file which is located relative to the extension's dist folder. However, the restriction applies that the directory in which the custom icons are located must be within the extensions directory of the .vscode folder in the user directory.

For example a custom SVG file called sample.svg can be placed in an icons folder inside of VS Code's extensions folder:

.vscode
 ┗ extensions
   ┗ icons
     ┗ sample.svg

In the settings.json the icon can be associated to a file name or file extension like this:

"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
    "fileName.ts": "../../icons/sample"
}

Note: The custom file name must be configured in the settings without the file ending .svg as shown in the example above.

Folder associations

The following configuration can customize the folder icons. It is also possible to overwrite existing associations and create nice combinations. For example you could change the folder theme to "classic" and define icons only for the folder names you like.

"material-icon-theme.folders.associations": {
    "customFolderName": "src",
    "sample": "dist"
}
Custom SVG folder icons

Similar to the files, it is also possible to reference your own SVG icons for folder icons. Here it's important to provide two SVG files: one for the folder if it's closed and another one for the opened state. These two files - let's call them "folder-sample.svg" and "folder-sample-open.svg" - have to be placed into a directory which is relative to the extensions dist folder. This directory has to be somewhere inside of the .vscode/extensions folder.

In our example we place them into an icons folder inside of the .vscode/extensions folder:

.vscode
 ┗ extensions
   ┗ icons
     ┣ folder-sample.svg
     ┗ folder-sample-open.svg

In the settings.json the folder icons can be associated to a folder name (e.g. "src") like this:

"material-icon-theme.folders.associations": {
    "src": "../../../../icons/folder-sample"
}
Language associations

With the following configuration you can customize the language icons. It is also possible to overwrite existing associations.

"material-icon-theme.languages.associations": {
    "languageId": "iconName",
    "json": "json"
}

Available language ids:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/identifiers#_known-language-identifiers

You can see the available icon names in the overview above.

One-click activation

After installation or update you can click on the 'Activate'-button to activate the icon theme, if you haven't already. The icons will be visible immediately.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PKief/vscode-material-icon-theme/master/images/oneclickactivation.png" alt="activation">

Commands

Press Ctrl-Shift-P to open the command palette and type Material Icons.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PKief/vscode-material-icon-theme/master/images/commandPalette.png" alt="commands"> <p></p>…

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • customization
  • icons
  • icon-theme
  • material
  • theme

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Adoption over time

Gruvbox Material Icon Theme installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 130,162 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.Gruvbox Material Icon ThemeInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days130,162installs129.9K130K130K130.1K130.1K130.2K130.2KJul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Gruvbox Material Icon Theme installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 130,162 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Gruvbox Material Icon Theme installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Gruvbox Material Icon ThemeInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace130,162installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Gruvbox Material Icon Theme installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Gruvbox Material Icon Theme VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2026 (by installs).Gruvbox Material Icon ThemeVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#2026current rank#2022#2023#2024#2025#2026#2027#2028Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Gruvbox Material Icon Theme VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2026 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Gruvbox Material Icon Theme ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 7 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.Gruvbox Material Icon ThemeRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days7ratings6.26.46.66.877.27.47.67.8Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Gruvbox Material Icon Theme ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 7 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,253 shown · page 102, #6 (overall #2,026)
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Listing placement

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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=JonathanHarty.gruvbox-material-icon-theme. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.