PluginStatsPitch Black Theme installs statistics
By Viktor Qvarfordt · VS Code Marketplace · Themes
Pitch Black Theme
Pitch Black Theme has 176,145 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1669 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.91 / 5 from 22 ratings
About Pitch Black Theme
VS Code Pitch Black Color Theme
All backgrounds and unnecessary borders are black. Syntax highlighting colors are taken from the Dark+ (default) theme.
Install
Follow the instructions at the marketplace or install directly from the editor:
Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P), select Extensions: Install Extensions, search for Pitch Black Theme.
Activate
Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P), select Preferences: Color Theme, select Pitch Black.
Enable additional darkness
Some features cannot be enabled automatically by a color them. So you should configure it manually in the user settings.
Open the user settings: Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P), select Preferences: Open Settings (JSON). Add this into the settings file:
Optional settings - Configure some colors manually
If you like the theme as it is, you don't need to read this.
This color theme removes many lines and borders by default, if you want you can add them back:
If you don't like the text selection and search highlight colors you can configure them:
Advanced: Manual Install: Useful for developing and testing the theme
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- color-theme
- theme
Where Pitch Black Theme sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
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=viktorqvarfordt.vscode-pitch-black-theme. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.