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dark-plus-syntax installs statistics

By dunstontc (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

VS Code's default dark theme, but just a little bit better.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

dark-plus-syntax has 277,804 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1213 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
277,804
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#1213
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.58 / 5 from 24 ratings

About dark-plus-syntax

dark-plus-syntax

Why

I really like VS Code's "Dark+ (default dark)" color theme. Unfortunately, it's unrealistic to expect the maintainers to support:

• The vast number of languages with which Visual Studio Code is used • Visual Studio Code's ever-expanding catalog of extensions

So I made a theme that does.

Supported Languages

• C# • C/C++ • Crystal • CSS • SCSS • Stylus • Elixir • Erlang • Go • Haskell • HTML • ECR/EEX/EJS/ERB • Handlebars • Jinja2 • Pug/Jade • Twig • Liquid • CFML • Java • JavaScript • TypeScript • JSX • TSX • Markdown • Protocol Buffers • Python • Ruby • Vagrant • Cucumber (Gherkin) • Rust • Swift • Misc. • CMake • CSV/TSV • GraphQL • Makefile • NGINX • Terraform • JSON • TOML • YAML

If this theme doesn't support a certain language or extension that you use, feel free to open an issue and I'll look into it.

Please use one of the issue templates.

Italic Comments & Overrides

This theme doesn't have italic comments, but you can get them by adding the following snippet to your settings.json file:

Additionally, UI colors can be overwritten using the "workbench.colorCustomizations" setting:

Issues

Please use one of the issue templates when opening a new issue.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

License

Copyright © Clay Dunston

Licensed under the MIT license

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • color-theme
  • theme

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Adoption over time

dark-plus-syntax installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 277,804 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.dark-plus-syntaxInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days277,804installs277.8K277.8K277.8K277.8K277.8K277.8K277.8KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
dark-plus-syntax installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 277,804 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

dark-plus-syntax installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.dark-plus-syntaxInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace277,804installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
dark-plus-syntax installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

dark-plus-syntax VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1213 (by installs).dark-plus-syntaxVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1213current rank#1210#1211#1212#1213#1214#1215Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
dark-plus-syntax VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1213 (by installs).

Ratings over time

dark-plus-syntax ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.dark-plus-syntaxRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days24ratings21222324252627Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
dark-plus-syntax ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 61, #13 (overall #1,213)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 6, #4 (overall #104)
Themes: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for dark-plus-syntax
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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=dunstontc.dark-plus-syntax. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.