https://github.com/dhyeythumar/helium-vscode

The Helium theme color for VS Code 💜
https://github.com/dhyeythumar/helium-vscode

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The Helium theme color for VS Code 💜

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dhyeythumar/helium-vscode
• Owner: dhyeythumar
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-12-01T12:49:05.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-05-07T08:30:08.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-28T18:04:05.788Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: helium, theme-color, vs-code-extenstion, vs-code-theme
• Homepage:
• Size: 537 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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## What’s In This Document

-   [Example](#example)

-   [Installation](#installation)

-   [Recommended Settings](#recommended-settings)

-   [Contributing](#contributing)

-   [License](#license)

-   [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)

## Example

![Preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dhyeythumar/helium-vscode/main/images/example.png)

## Installation

1. Open **Extensions** sidebar panel in VS Code.

2. Search for **Helium** - find the one by **Dhyey Thumar**.

3. Click **Install**

4. Code > Preferences > Color Theme > **Helium**

Now the theme color is set 😀.

> Optional: For best experience use the recommended settings given below.

## Recommended Settings

```json

{

    "workbench.colorTheme": "Helium",

    "files.autoSave": "onFocusChange",

    "editor.fontFamily": "'Droid Sans Mono', Consolas, 'Courier New', 'Baloo Tammudu 2'",

    "editor.fontSize": 18,

    "editor.lineHeight": 28,

    "editor.letterSpacing": 0.2,

    "editor.fontWeight": "500",

    "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": true,

    "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",

    "editor.cursorStyle": "line",

    "editor.cursorWidth": 2

}

```

## Contributing

To work on this theme:

1. Clone this repo and open in VS Code.

2. Open run `Activity Bar → Run`.

3. Click `Launch Extension`. This will open up another VS Code Editor.

4. Make changes to `helium.json`. You will see changes reflected in the other editor that was opened in step 3.

## License

Licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE).

## Acknowledgements

1. This VS Code theme color is inspired by [**Wesbos's cobalt2-vscode**](https://github.com/wesbos/cobalt2-vscode).

2. Description for each and every theme color attribute given in [**Theme Color Reference**](https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/theme-color).