Release notes

Follow new updates and improvements to Vira Theme.

January 7th, 2026

JetBrains

This is the first stable release for Vira Theme on JetBrains IDEs! All the following changes are compared with the latest beta release.

NEW

  • Add new setting to change tree rows height for a more compact view

  • Add new file and folder icons

FIXED

  • Fixed internal mechanics about license activation and validation

  • Fixed rendering issue (blurred icons) in project tree

  • Fix icon for style/styles folders

January 4th, 2026

VS Code

NEW

  • Add new file and folders icons

IMPROVED

  • Fixed settings and customisations schema

  • Improved license management to prepare for new command to deactivate current Vira Theme copy.

November 14th, 2025

JetBrains

Hello! We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever beta release of the Vira Theme for the JetBrains IDE family.

While the IDE appears stable for most users, your feedback is crucial for finalising the first general release.  This beta can be activated for free by following the instructions on the provided link:

https://vira.build/jetbrains

November 13th, 2025

VS Code

Hello everyone, this new release focuses on internal fixes and introducing new icons.

You might also notice a rather significant new version. This is because we’re transitioning to a more robust versioning system, similar to those used by Apple, JetBrains, Sketch and others.  WIth the upcoming Vira Theme for JetBrains, this new approach will enable us to manage versioning more effectively across our products.

NEW

  • Add new file and folders icons for Kotlin, Puppeteer, oxlintrc, apollo, gradle

IMPROVED

  • Fixed some internal actions while applying customisations to user settings.

October 12th, 2025

VS Code

This release includes a new setting, new file icons and some fixes. Enjoy!

NEW

  • Add new setting to automatically sync file icons with the active theme. This is enabled by default. To use a different file icon disable this setting and switch your icon theme.

  • Add new file icons

IMPROVED

  • After some customers concerns, we updated the way license activations names are generated by removing potential sensitive informations from the default activation name. No sensitive data were used, but we wanted to avoid any confusion in the future.

FIXED

  • Improved the way you can switch to a built-in accent while a custom accent is set.

  • Fix an issue that was copying local workspace customization settings to global settings.

  • Fixed folder icon for the folder called it while expanded

September 15th, 2025

VS Code

Hey there! Guess what? Vira Theme is getting a cool new feature: product icons! Now, you can pick Vira UI Icons as your product icons, and it’ll update all the icons in your VS Code interface. This update is like a cherry on top, letting you enjoy an even better experience by mixing and matching Vira Theme, Vira File Icons, and Vira UI Icons. How awesome is that?

NEW

  • Add product icons. You can now swap VS Code UI icons to Vira with the command Preferences: Product Icon Theme

  • Add new file icons

August 15th, 2025

VS Code

This anticipated August release introduces a brand new customization setting that allows you to use the top tab indicator instead of the bottom border. It also brings some fixes, color improvements, and better error codes during license activation.

This will be the last release for the next 2 months (bug excluded). Enjoy summer and stay fresh.

NEW

  • Add new file icons

  • Add new setting to use the top tab indicator border instead of the bottom one

IMPROVED

  • Add error codes for license activation

  • Improved colors for shellscript

  • Add support for new UI elements in Copilot chat

FIXED

  • Fix go.mod and go.sum icons

  • Fix .ps1 and .bash icons

July 15th, 2025

VS Code

This release includes various colors tweaks across the UI and syntax colors, It also brings 11 new file and folder icons.

ADDED

  • Added 11 new file icons

  • Improved support for semantic tokens. This applies only when the semantic highlighting feature is on.

IMPROVED

  • Tweak some elements colors in all variants

  • Align Carbon comments brightness with other variants.

  • Tweak syntax colors for Python language

June 18th, 2025

VS Code

NEW

  • Added 11 new file icons

  • Added new setting Hides shadows to remove shadows from the UI for a completely flat experience

  • You can now assign an optional custom activation name, eg. "Personal computer" to better identify the instance on Lemon Squeezy page

IMPROVED

  • Updated some file and folder icons

  • Improved contrast color for diffeditor sections

FIXED

  • Minor internal fixes

May 21st, 2025

VS Code

Version 1.4 brings some exciting visual updates to the workbench. From the primary and secondary buttons to a new accent, tweaked contrasts, fresh icons, and chat colors, there’s something for everyone.

NEW

  • Add dynamic foreground color for ui elements that use accent color as background

  • Add colors for some chat elements (most of them can't be customized)

  • Add colors for editor GitLens texts

  • Add new icons for folders and files

  • Add new white accent color

IMPROVED

  • Improve contrasted tab option color combination

  • Uniformed foreground brightness

  • Tweaked some accent color to increase contrast with Teal and Palenight variants

  • Update button styles: primary buttons and extension buttons now use the accent color

  • Updated some old file icons to match new logos

  • Add subtle border to widgets (command palette, etc..) and toast notifications

  • Reduced the contrast for the remote button on the status bar

FIXED

  • Fix colors of various UI elements across the whole theme

  • Fix missing icon for .idea folder

  • Fix color for invisible whitespace characters to be less contrasty

  • Fix hides explorer arrows setting on VS Code restart