# johnpapa/vscode-peacock

Subtly change the color of your Visual Studio Code workspace. Ideal when you have multiple VS Code instances, use VS Live Share, or use VS Code's Remote features, and you want to quickly identify your editor.

Repository: https://github.com/johnpapa/vscode-peacock
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-peacock
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vscode-extension, vscode, typescript, vscode-plugin, vsls, visual-studio-code, ai-ready
Last push: 2026-09-02T22:46:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2749, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 44, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1176, forks 153 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:13.192402+00:00)

## What it is
Peacock is a Visual Studio Code extension that subtly changes the color of your VS Code workspace. It helps you quickly identify which editor instance you are working in when running multiple VS Code windows, Live Share sessions, or Remote connections.

## Use cases
- color-code multiple VS Code windows so I can tell them apart
- visually distinguish remote development workspaces in VS Code
- customize the accent color of my VS Code editor chrome
- identify which workspace I am in during VS Live Share sessions
- apply favorite color presets to VS Code workspaces

## When to choose
- you regularly run several VS Code instances or remote sessions and lose track of which is which
- you want lightweight, per-workspace visual customization of the editor
- you want a mature, well-documented extension from a trusted author

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than VS Code
- you only ever open a single VS Code window
- you need deep theming of syntax colors rather than workspace chrome

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: theme, developer-tools, ui-components
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vscode-extension, workspace-color, editor-theming, visual-studio-code

## Member repositories
- johnpapa/vscode-peacock (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.192402+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 2026-08-30T06:28:17.716165+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/johnpapa/vscode-peacock (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.192402+00:00, sha 4fb5be6358d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.