# sdras/night-owl-vscode-theme

🌌 NIGHT OWL: A VS Code dark theme for contrast for nighttime coding, 🦉 LIGHT OWL: a daytime light theme

Repository: https://github.com/sdras/night-owl-vscode-theme
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/night-owl-vscode-theme
Homepage: https://aka.ms/nightowl
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: night, owl, vscode, vscode-theme, theme, editor-theme, night-owl, dark-theme, dark-syntax-theme, dark-vscode-theme
Last push: 2024-12-31T22:23:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3030, "days_push": 610, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2956, forks 252 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.207418+00:00)

## What it is
Night Owl is a Visual Studio Code color theme fine-tuned for nighttime coding, with a companion Light Owl theme for daytime use. Color choices prioritize accessibility for colorblind users and readability in low-light conditions.

## Use cases
- darken my vscode editor for late night coding
- find an accessible color theme for colorblindness
- get a light theme balanced for daytime coding
- install a popular vscode syntax theme
- disable italics in my editor theme

## When to choose
- you use VS Code and want a polished, accessible dark or light theme
- you code at night and want reduced eye strain
- you want a theme with a no-italics variant

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than VS Code (community ports exist but are separate projects)
- you need a functional extension rather than a color theme

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: theme
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-design
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: vscode-theme, color-theme, dark-theme, light-theme, syntax-highlighting, accessibility

## Member repositories
- sdras/night-owl-vscode-theme (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.207418+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:32:27.077089+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sdras/night-owl-vscode-theme (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.207418+00:00, sha 599c831f825f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.