From CRT to OLED. Bringing warmth back to a world of cold themes. cattho.de
Catthode is a high-contrast, retro-futuristic VS Code theme designed for prolonged coding sessions. It blends the crushed blacks of modern OLED displays with the comforting, warm glow of analog tungsten filaments.
| Color | Hex | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Base | #000000 |
Editor background, pure void |
| Sidebar | #141414 |
Sidebars, panels, widgets |
| Selection | #2d2d2d |
Text selection, hover states, buttons |
| Border | #636363 |
Borders, subtle dividers |
| Color | Hex | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Text | #ffffff |
Standard text |
| Variable | #e8e8e8 |
Variables, identifiers |
| Comment | #b3b3b3 |
Comments, docstrings |
| Ignored | #757575 |
Ignored files, disabled elements |
| Color | Hex | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | #fae2c8 |
Types, classes, bright glow |
| Tan | #d9b98c |
Secondary glow |
| Gold | #ffb86c |
Keywords, storage, headers |
| Amber | #ff9e3b |
Functions, accents, active states |
| Clay | #f08d49 |
Operators, punctuation |
| Color | Hex | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Red | #ff6b6b |
Errors, deletions, dangerous actions |
| Green | #b9d665 |
Strings, insertions, success |
| Cyan | #aee6d6 |
Regex, escapes, information |
| Blue | #9cd9e6 |
Links, properties, secondary info |
| Purple | #eba4be |
Constants, numbers, booleans |
- Open Extensions sidebar in VS Code.
- Search for
Catthodein the Marketplace, or install directly via this link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Catthode.catthode - Press
Cmd+K Cmd+T(macOS) orCtrl+K Ctrl+T(Windows/Linux) and select Catthode.
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/catthode/vscode.git
- Open the folder in VS Code.
- Press
F5to launch the Extension Development Host with the theme loaded.
installed-extensions.json records the active extensions in one desktop VS Code profile as captured on 2026-09-14. It includes IDs and installed versions without user settings or workspace data.
The Marketplace extensions in this snapshot are restored by the Catthode nix-darwin activation script through the installed VS Code CLI. jesbz.notemd is also captured, but it was installed from a local VSIX and is intentionally left out of that Marketplace-only restore set.