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VSCode Icons

v0.5.0 · by Chawye Hsu · added 3 November 2026

🍇 vscode-icons theme for Zed

Icon themes

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for VSCode Icons. The extension's id is chawyehsu-vscode-icons.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

zed-vscode-icons-theme

The VSCode Icons theme for Zed editor. This theme port brings the popular vscode-icons to Zed.

Zed-badge license

Preview

Preview

Features

  • Comprehensive icon set for files and directories
  • Supports both dark and light themes
  • Automatically updates with the latest vscode-icons releases
  • Complete file type coverage

Installation

This icons theme has been submitted to the Zed Extension store, you may install from there.

Or you may install from the repository:

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Run the build script to generate the theme
  3. Install the theme in Zed
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/chawyehsu/zed-vscode-icons-theme
cd zed-vscode-icons-theme

# Install Dev Extension in Zed, navigate to the directory

After installation, update Zed settings.json to use the icons theme:

{
  "icon_theme": {
    "mode": "system",
    "dark": "VSCode Icons",
    "light": "VSCode Icons Light"
  },
  // Enable icons for tabs
  "tabs": {
    "file_icons": true
  }
}

Development

To modify or contribute to this theme:

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Build the theme
bun run build

Credits

  • vscode-icons - The original icon set for VS Code
  • Zed - The fast, multiplayer code editor

License

zed-vscode-icons-theme © Chawye Hsu. Released under the MIT license. For the license of vscode-icons, please refer to its repo.

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