Use VS Code themes on the Linux VT (text mode) console

vscode-theme-to-linux-vt.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Use VS Code themes on the Linux VT (text mode) console. I use this with the themes from
# https://github.com/liviuschera/noctis
# Usage:
# 1) Download a theme JSON file
# 2) python vscode-theme-to-linux-vt.py theme.json | sh
# - or -
# 2) python vscode-theme-to-linux-vt.py theme.json > theme.sh
# 3) chmod +x theme.sh
# 4) add it to your startup scripts
#
# Public domain / CC0

import json
import sys

COLORKEYS = [
    prefix + color
    for prefix in ["terminal.ansi", "terminal.ansiBright"]
    for color in ["Black", "Red", "Green", "Yellow", "Blue", "Magenta", "Cyan", "White"]
]

def main():
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        sys.exit("usage: vscode-theme-to-linux-vt.py theme.json")
    theme = json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
    print("#!/bin/sh")
    for i, color in enumerate(COLORKEYS):
        hexcode = theme["colors"][color]
        r = int(hexcode[1:3], 16)
        g = int(hexcode[3:5], 16)
        b = int(hexcode[5:7], 16)
        print(f"setpalette {i} {r} {g} {b}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()