HackTheBox installs statistics
By silofy · VS Code Marketplace · Themes
A Visual Studio Code theme built for hackers BY hackers
HackTheBox has 235,765 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1356 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 16 ratings
About HackTheBox
Hack The Box Theme
A Visual Studio Code theme built for hackers BY HACKERS developed with 💚 by Silo & friends.
Beastly Color Contrast
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Success Criterion in color contrast for a relaxed, easy on the eyes coding environment.
Theme Preview
This theme puts the focus on your code, no distractions or overly saturated colors that might look good in a preview, but in reality, burns your eyes after a day of coding. We put extra effort in making sure your syntax and semantic highlighting are on par with your favorite coding languages. The Hack The Box theme is a constant work in progress, always looking to improve were we can. Share your thoughts over on github.
Getting started
You can install this theme through the Visual Studio Marketplace
1. Open Extensions sidebar panel in VS Code. View → Extensions 2. Search for HackTheBox 3. Click Install to install the theme 4. Click Reload to reload your editor 5. *File > Preferences > Settings > Workbench > Color Theme >* HackTheBox 6. Optional: Use the recommended settings below for best experience
Installation via command line
$ git clone https://github.com/silofy/hackthebox.git ~/.vscode/extensions/HackTheBox $ cd ~/.vscode/extensions/HackTheBox $ npm install && npm run build
Recommended Visual Studio Code Settings
These are my preferred settings when working in VS Code with the Hack The Box theme. Open your *settings.json* by clicking ctrl+shift+p Or, *File > Preferences > Settings > Workbench > settings.json* I have set my Material theme icons to *#6e7b968C* by clicking ctrl+shift+p and typing in *Material Icons: Change Folder Color*, and selecting the custom option.
"editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace", "editor.fontSize": 12, "editor.fontWeight": "300", "editor.lineHeight": 20, "editor.letterSpacing": 0.5, "editor.fontLigatures": true, "editor.wordWrap": "on", "editor.formatOnPaste": true, "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",
You can download the font JetBrains Mono here. You can download the material theme icon pack here
License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2020 HackTheBox Theme
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- color-theme
- dark
- hack
- hack the box
- hacking
- hackthebox
- theme
Where HackTheBox sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
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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=silofy.hackthebox. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.