PluginStatsNord installs statistics
By arcticicestudio · VS Code Marketplace · Themes
An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Visual Studio Code theme.
Nord has 1,294,921 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #466 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 92 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.87 / 5 from 92 ratings
About Nord
An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Visual Studio Code theme.
Designed for a fluent and clear workflow based on the Nord color palette.
Getting Started
Visit the [official website][nord-home] to learn all about the [syntax highlighting][nord-home#syntax] features, details and elements of the [UI and editor elements][nord-home#editor-details] and the [one-click setup][nord-home#setup].
Learn about the [installation and activation][nord-docs-home-install], how to [customize][nord-docs-home-custom] and [develop][nord-docs-home-develop] the theme from the [official documentations][nord-docs-home].
Quick Start
Thanks to the official [VS Code Extension Marketplace][vscode-extmarket-home], _Nord Visual Studio Code_ can be installed with one click.
Open the [extension marketplace][vscode-docs-extmarket] by clicking on the _Extensions_ icon in the [_Activity Bar_][vscode-docs-ui-actbar]. Search for Nord and click on the Install button.
See Nord Visual Studio Code's documentation for details about more installation options like a [manual import through a local VSIX extension file][nord-docs-home-install#local].
Activation
To activate the theme click on the gear icon in the _Activity Bar_ and select _Color Theme_. Search for Nord and confirm the color theme change with Enter.
See Nord Visual Studio Code's documentation for details about [more activation options][nord-docs-home-install#activation].
Features
Your IDE. Your style.
A unified UI and editor syntax element design provides a clutter-free and fluidly merging appearance.
Beautiful code to keep focused.
The editor color scheme supports a wide range of programming languages — From bundled definitions up to many popular third-party syntax extensions.
Small details with unobtrusive styles.
Popular and common code editor features like search result marker and brace matching are designed to get out of your way with a visually attractive appearance.
Contributing
Nord is an open source project and we love to receive contributions from the [community][nord-comm]!
There are many ways to contribute, from [writing- and improving documentation and tutorials][nord-contrib-guide-docs], [reporting bugs][nord-contrib-guide-bugs], [submitting enhancement suggestions][nord-contrib-guide-enhance] that can be added to Nord by [submitting pull requests][nord-contrib-guide-pr].
Please take a moment to read Nord's full [contributing guide][nord-contrib-guide] to learn about the development process, the project's used [styleguides][nord-contrib-guide-styles], [branch organization][nord-contrib-guide-branching] and [versioning][nord-contrib-guide-versioning] model.
The guide also includes information about [minimal, complete, and verifiable examples][nord-contrib-guide-mcve] and other ways to contribute to the project like [improving existing issues][nord-contrib-guide-impr-issues] and [giving feedback on issues and pull requests][nord-contrib-guide-feedback].
Copyright © 2017-present Arctic Ice Studio and Sven Greb
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- arctic
- bluish
- clean
- color-theme
- elegant
- north
- theme
Where Nord sits in the listing
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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=arcticicestudio.nord-visual-studio-code. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.