greybeard devtools theme

greybeard is a fork of SO-Dark-Monokai-v3 chrome developer tools theme. in addition of the monokai color scheme, all dev-tools ui…

Greybeard DevTools Theme - Dark Monokai theme for Chrome

The 'Greybeard DevTools Theme' is a Chrome extension providing a new appearance to your developer tools. It adopts a dark Monokai color scheme combined with a matching dark grey palette to give your Chrome a refined and eye-friendly makeover. To apply, you need to activate 'Developer Tools experiments' in your Chrome settings. A feature also exists to adjust the tab widths to accommodate tab names. The theme, originated as a fork of the SO-Dark-Monokai-v3, is open for further customizability and improvements via GitHub.

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Extension stats

By: xero

Users: 638

Rating: 4.05

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Version: 3.1.5 (Last updated: 2014-12-17)

Creation date: 2014-12-17

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 551.94K

Ranking

# 35,959 ▲ 832

Other rankings

#7645 in Developer Tools ▲ 8 #101 in developer tools keyword 46 ▼ 4 #183 in reload keyword 25 ▼ 2 #199 in theme keyword 81 ▲ 8

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Extension summary

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greybeard is a fork of SO-Dark-Monokai-v3 chrome developer tools theme. in addition of the monokai color scheme, all dev-tools ui elements have been updated to a matching dark grey palette. this is the packaged version for chrome v33+.

after installing you need to enable custom themes:

navigate to chrome://flags/
enable Developer Tools experiments
reload chrome
open devtools
click settings > experiments
click allow custom ui themes
reload devtools for theme to fully apply

feel free to fork it on github! https://github.com/xero/greybeard-devtools

User reviews

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Pros

Easier on the eyes than the default theme
Helps with eye strain during long development sessions
Has a nice aesthetic similar to Sublime Text

Cons

Unreadable colors in the Elements tab
Brightly colored line numbers that are difficult to read
Difficulties operating on console due to dark font for errors
Not fully styled as shown in screenshots
Compatibility issues with the latest Chrome version

Most mentioned

Colors are unreadable
Line numbers are too bright
Difficult to read in console

User reviews

Works like a boss. This extension is literary saving my eyes.

PaddyElm, 2018-03-31

Unreadable colors for the Elements tab

Elia Grady, 2016-10-06

Great theme, I have used for quite a while, but recently a the line numbers are all colored very brightly and I had to switch, hopefully that gets fixed, thanks!