# Borealis Theme for VS Code

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The theme is designed to be easy on the eyes thus reducing the eye strain.
The aurora borealis served as the inspiration for this theme, with it's teal like colors, mixed with violets, pink, greens, and the dark of the night sky in Alaska.

## Borealis

![Borealis Screenshot](https://github.com/eckertalex/borealis/raw/main/images/borealis.png)

## Installation

1. Open **Extensions** sidebar panel in VS Code. View → Extensions
2. Search for `Boralis`
3. Click **Install** to install it.
4. Code > Preferences > Color Theme > **Borealis**

## Recommended Settings

```json
{
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Borealis",
  // The Cursive font is Dank Mono, it's 40.00£ and you need to buy it to get the cursive (https://dank.sh/),
  "editor.fontFamily": "'Dank Mono', Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 16,
  "editor.lineHeight": 25,
  "editor.letterSpacing": 0.5,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
  "editor.fontWeight": "400",
  "prettier.eslintIntegration": true,
  "editor.cursorStyle": "line",
  "editor.cursorWidth": 3,
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "solid",
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "all"
}
```

## _The Font_ used in the screenshots

The font used in the screenshots is [Dank Mono](https://dank.sh/).

## Tools

Online Tools used:

- [Accessible Colors](http://accessible-colors.com/)
- [Colorhexa](https://www.colorhexa.com/)

## Credits

This theme was inspired by the themes [Cobalt2](https://github.com/wesbos/cobalt2-vscode), [Noctis](https://github.com/liviuschera/noctis), [Lucy](https://github.com/juliettepretot/lucy-vscode-theme), [Night Owl](https://github.com/sdras/night-owl-vscode-theme).

### Logo

Icon made by Freepik from [flaticon.com](https://github.com/eckertalex/borealis-vscode/blob/master/www.flaticon.com)

## [Borealis Theme](https://github.com/eckertalex/borealis-theme) in other Applications

- [Kitty](https://github.com/eckertalex/borealis-kitty)
- [iTerm](https://github.com/eckertalex/borealis-iterm)