A minimal AMOLED black theme for Visual Studio Code & Cursor — pure #000000 UI with vivid GitHub Dark–inspired syntax colors.
Publisher: mozaddedalfeshani · Theme: Murad AMOLED · Extension ID: mozaddedalfeshani.murad-amoled
Editor background: #000000
Accent / focus: #40F0FF (Nilkantha cyan)
Keywords: #ff7b72
Functions: #C084FC (violet)
Strings: #A8F5FF
Comments: #64748B (italic, Nilkantha) · #6E7681 (other themes)
| Theme | Style |
|---|---|
| Murad Andhokar | AMOLED + jade |
| Murad Amoled Yellow Era | AMOLED + lemon yellow |
| Murad Nilkantha | AMOLED + cyan / violet |
| Murad Alokito | Light mint-white jade |
True black chrome · OLED-friendly · high-contrast syntax
- Pure AMOLED black (
#000000) editor and workbench - On update, clears leftover Nilkantha bird wallpaper settings from older installs
- Vivid syntax highlighting inspired by GitHub Dark
- Semantic highlighting enabled
- Tuned UI tokens (sidebar, tabs, status bar, terminal, debug)
- Works on VS Code and Cursor
- Cross-platform one-liner install (macOS · Linux · WSL · Windows)
- Open Extensions (
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X) - Search Murad AMOLED
- Click Install
- Activate:
Cmd/Ctrl+KthenCmd/Ctrl+T→ Murad AMOLED
Direct link: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mozaddedalfeshani.murad-amoled
Downloads the latest .vsix Release and installs into VS Code.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AbabilX/nodextheme/main/install.sh | bashirm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AbabilX/nodextheme/main/install.ps1 | iex# Cursor only
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AbabilX/nodextheme/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --cursor
# VS Code + Cursor
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AbabilX/nodextheme/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --all# Windows — save then run
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AbabilX/nodextheme/main/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1
.\install.ps1 -Target cursor # or: -Target allRequirements
- A GitHub Release with a
.vsixasset - Editor CLI on PATH:
- macOS:
Cmd+Shift+P→ Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH - Windows:
Ctrl+Shift+P→ Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH - Linux: follow VS Code CLI docs
- macOS:
After install: Developer: Reload Window → Color Theme → Murad AMOLED
./install.sh --vscode ./murad-amoled.vsix.\install.ps1 -Target vscode -VsixPath .\murad-amoled.vsix- Extensions →
⋯→ Install from VSIX… - Select
murad-amoled.vsix - Color Theme → Murad AMOLED
code --install-extension murad-amoled.vsix --force
# Cursor:
cursor --install-extension murad-amoled.vsix --forcepnpm install
pnpm install:vscode # package + install into VS Code
pnpm install:cursor # package + install into CursorOr press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host and pick Murad AMOLED.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Color Theme picker | Cmd/Ctrl+K then Cmd/Ctrl+T |
| Command Palette | Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → Preferences: Color Theme |
| Reload window | Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → Developer: Reload Window |
- Edit a file under
themes/(e.g.murad-nilkantha-color-theme.json) - Rebuild & reinstall:
pnpm install:vscode- Reload the window to preview
| Script | What it does |
|---|---|
pnpm package |
Build murad-amoled.vsix |
pnpm install:vscode |
Build + install into VS Code |
pnpm install:cursor |
Build + install into Cursor |
pnpm publish |
Publish to VS Marketplace |
pnpm package
# GitHub → Releases → New release → upload murad-amoled.vsix (+ install.sh already on main)| Editor | Sidebar | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Add screenshot | Add screenshot | Add screenshot |
├── package.json
├── extension.js # one-time cleanup of leftover bird bg settings
├── themes/
│ ├── murad-andhokar-color-theme.json
│ ├── amoled-yellow-era-color-theme.json
│ ├── murad-nilkantha-color-theme.json
│ └── murad-alokito-color-theme.json
├── images/
│ └── icon.png
├── install.sh # macOS / Linux / WSL / Git Bash
├── install.ps1 # Windows PowerShell
├── README.md
├── CHANGELOG.md
└── LICENSE
- Inspired by GitHub Dark and AMOLED black themes
- Color & token palette from the original Muradian AMOLED theme