PluginStatsC/C++ Themes installs statistics
By Microsoft (223 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Themes
UI Themes for C/C++ extension.
C/C++ Themes has 60,711,427 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #17 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 3.5 out of 5 from 19 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 3.47 / 5 from 19 ratings
About C/C++ Themes
C/C++ Extension UI Themes
Semantic colorization was added to the C/C++ Extension in version 0.24.0. At the time, colorization in VS Code was purely syntactic/lexical and leveraged TextMate grammar to associate named 'scopes' with syntactic elements. Themes and settings can be used to associate colors with these scopes. Our original implementation of semantic colorization leveraged the same system of associating colors with named scopes. But, some tokens that can be colored by semantic colorization in C/C++ did not have existing analogs in VS Code's TextMate grammar. So, new named scopes are required. Because these scopes were new, existing themes did not include colors for them either.
We created C/C++ Extension UI Themes to closely match Visual Studio themes and include colors for many of the new scopes. The old themes from Visual Studio 2017 can be found alongside new themes that more closely resemble the Enhanced themes from more recent versions of Visual Studio.
VS Code has since provided an API for semantic colorization. The C/C++ Extension has transitioned from its own implementation to this new API. These themes now include colors for some of the new semantic token scopes.
Example
Light Theme
Dark Theme
2017 Light Theme
2017 Dark Theme
Contributing
This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.
When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- C
- C++
- color-theme
- Microsoft
- Theme
- Themes
Where C/C++ Themes 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=ms-vscode.cpptools-themes. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.