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24 alternatives to Serendipity

A lovely VS Code theme for retina displays, dark & light

Serendipity is a Visual Studio Code theme designed specifically for retina displays, offering both dark and light variants. The themes were meticulously crafted to optimize visual clarity and comfort on high-resolution… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serendipity launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A VS Code theme ported to other platforms

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Duomage▲65

    Minimal dark theme for VS Code

    2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Light & dark themes for web developers

    2023 · sapegin.me · its alternatives →

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    Experience a darker side of Todoist

    2018 · todoist.com · its alternatives →

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    Create VS Code Themes with Theme Studio!

    2021 · themes.vscode.one · its alternatives →

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    A beautiful VSCode & Atom theme, inspired by our code editor

    2018 · framer.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark theme for Visual Studio Code

    2021 · jeffreyovermeer.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark Visual Studio Code theme for those who code at night

    2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    A theme that will brighten your env and not strain your eyes

    2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Moodily▲139

    Gather and collaborate on design inspiration

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    A royal dark theme for VSCode

    2021 · crucialhuman.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark theme for every website, care for your eyes

    2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →

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    A collection of CSS effects with a click to copy.

    2019 · emilkowalski.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Colors for developers with sensitive eyes

    2020 · rorvswild.com · its alternatives →

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    Read Medium stories with happy eyes

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more pleasing look than equally neutral greys. For much more detailed info, including the construction, check out the repository. There’s also already a (bare-bones) VSCode extension, linked in the repository, but it could…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    VS Code theme inspired by IntelliJ's Darcula theme

    2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Create your own VS Code theme easily, within your browser

    2021 · themes.vscode.one · its alternatives →

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    Darkness▲269

    Dark themes for Google, Facebook and more

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Mood boards for photographers and visual creators

    2025 · vsco.co · its alternatives →

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    Make your Notion pretty with custom themes

    2022 · notionthemes.yudax.me · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight, reactive, and elegant dark mode composable for Vue 3. Seamlessly toggle themes with zero dependencies.

    2018 · vuedarkmode.com · its alternatives →

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    Code Blue▲159

    A carefully concocted dark theme for VS Code.

    2018 · sujansundareswaran.com · its alternatives →

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    Search and browse color themes for Visual Studio Code!

    2021 · vscolors.com · its alternatives →

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