VSCode Light Modern

Light theme adaptation based on leozague/obsidian-vscode-dark-plus, tuned for macOS and Obsidian light mode.

Features

• VS Code Light Modern inspired palette with low-saturation syntax colors.
• macOS-first font stack: SF Pro for UI and SF Mono / Menlo for editor text.
• Light-mode adaptations for headings, links, inline code, callouts, checkboxes, graph view, canvas, Calendar and Dataview blocks.
• Keeps the original theme's compact editor feel: 13px text, monospace writing surface, tight tabs and neutral borders.

Installation on macOS

1. Open your Obsidian vault in Finder.
2. Create this folder if it does not exist: .obsidian/themes/VSCode Light Modern/
3. Copy theme.css and manifest.json into that folder.
4. In Obsidian, go to Settings -> Appearance -> Themes and choose VSCode Light Modern.
5. Make sure Obsidian is using light mode.

You can also install from Terminal after replacing /path/to/YourVault:

mkdir -p "/path/to/YourVault/.obsidian/themes/VSCode Light Modern"
cp theme.css manifest.json "/path/to/YourVault/.obsidian/themes/VSCode Light Modern/"

Recommended Settings

• Settings -> Appearance -> Base font size: 13
• Settings -> Editor -> Readable line length: off
• Settings -> Appearance -> Accent color: #006ab1

Credits

• Original theme: VSCode Dark+ for Obsidian by Leonardo Zague.
• Palette inspired by VS Code Light Modern / Light+ syntax colors.

License

MIT