https://github.com/tech5g5g/mica-visual-studio

Enhance your VS experience with Windows materials
https://github.com/tech5g5g/mica-visual-studio

acrylic design fluent glass mica modern tabbed theme ui visual-studio visual-studio-extension windows windows-11

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Enhance your VS experience with Windows materials

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tech5g5g/mica-visual-studio
• Owner: Tech5G5G
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-03-16T17:50:35.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2026-03-19T22:15:36.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-03-20T13:22:25.297Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: acrylic, design, fluent, glass, mica, modern, tabbed, theme, ui, visual-studio, visual-studio-extension, windows, windows-11
• Language: C#
• Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Tech5G5G.MicaVisualStudio
• Size: 5.29 MB
• Stars: 43
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Mica Visual Studio

Enhance your Visual Studio experience with Windows materials




  

	  

  



![Mica Visual Studio showcase image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/784a10cb-dc1c-4ccf-b463-58ee73c16c2e)

## Overview

Mica Visual Studio provides four different materials to apply as the backdrop of any window:

1. Mica

2. Tabbed

3. Acrylic

4. (Solid) Glass

Official documentation of these materials (excluding Glass) can be found here: [Materials in Windows (learn.microsoft.com)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/signature-experiences/materials)

To select which material you use as your backdrop, use the **Tools > Backdrop** submenu.

## Prerequisites

* Visual Studio 2026 or later

* Windows 11 or later

## Additional information

Additional documentation about Mica Visual Studio and its settings is available on its [wiki](https://github.com/Tech5G5G/Mica-Visual-Studio/wiki).

If you find a bug in Mica Visual Studio — or have an idea to improve it — please [file an issue](https://github.com/Tech5G5G/Mica-Visual-Studio/issues) using the appropriate template.