New Spec, Omarchy, and 7 more themes
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“Truly there is no such thing as finality.” - Bram Stoker, Dracula
From terminal slideshows to network monitoring
4 new additions to the Dracula clan!
What should Dracula build in 2026?
No wrong answers.
Dracula Friday
Our annual Black Friday sale is up and running
Halloween 2025 Alucard, Radio and 8 themes
Beware! Dracula-o-ween is here!
Cursor theme, five new additions and more
We've crafted a custom-made Dracula theme just for Cursor.
400 apps, Ghostty and four new themes
We are celebrating 400 supported apps! 🎉
Dracula theme turns 11 with 10 new themes
This year, Dracula turns 11, and it has become the most used theme out there.
Fundraising campaign for St. Jude
Let's help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Dracula Pro 2.0: our first light theme
We’re excited to announce the launch of Alucard, the official Dracula light theme, and Dracula Pro 2.0.
Get ready for Dracula light mode
For years, we heard the same question, "Are you going to create a light color scheme?" and the answer always was, "Nope. Dracula can't stand the light".
Dracula 2023 wrapped
Thank you for being part of Dracula. Now let’s celebrate 2023.
Sunsetting Dracula UI
We decided to sunset Dracula UI to have more time for Dracula Theme, Dracula Pro, and some new projects in 2024.
Black Friday and 7 new Dracula themes
If you have considered upgrading your setup, this is the perfect opportunity.
Dracula-o-ween 2023
Is it the spookiest time of the year already? Time truly has wings.
Celebrating 10 years of Dracula
This month marks a significant milestone for us - the 10th anniversary of Dracula. What started as one theme for one application, has now become a global movement.
13 new themes, email updates, and Pro news
It's been a while since I don't send these Dracula updates, right? The main reason is that I've been building a new email platform - Resend.
Dracula AI, 10 new themes, and Emacs for Pro
We couldn’t help ourselves, so we introduced Dracula AI (on April 1st).
11 new themes and updates for Dracula Pro
Life has been busy lately, but Dracula continues to evolve and grow.
AWS, new wallpapers, and five new themes
A couple of days ago, I was configuring AWS and noticed they’re using Dracula.
Celebrating 300 themes with the new winter drop
Today we officially crossed 300 Dracula themes. When I started this project back in 2013 with a single commit.
Black Friday and 12 new Dracula themes
Dracula Pro is now 40% off. If you’re thinking about getting Pro (or gifting it), now is the time.
Dracula UI is now free and open source
When Dracula UI was first released, it was a paid product hosted on GitHub as a private repository and a private package.
Dracula for CodeSandbox and 9 new themes
I don't know about you, but I always struggle to find a good syntax highlighter library for showing code on a page.
Dracula on CodePen and open startup
I've always admired this concept of 'open startup' in which people gather all their private metrics and make them public.
Interview with Lucas - the new Dracula team member
Today, I'm excited to introduce you to Lucas. He has joined Dracula to help in our mission to create the best theme for developers in the world.
Dracula livestream and 3 new themes
The fine folks from Microsoft invited me to talk about how to build your own VS Code theme.
Dracula Stickers, StackOverflow and 5 new themes
These past few days have been difficult. I hope you and your family are safe.
Dracula on Twitter and 7 new themes
I joined Twitter in March 2009 (yes, I'm that old), and it has been my favorite place to stay up to date with the tech community since then.
Dracula Shop is here
There are 12 custom-designed items over there, such as t-shirts, stickers, hoodies, pins, pullovers, hats, and even baby clothing.
Dracula on GitHub.com and some behind-the-scenes
I got many responses about Dracula merch, so I started ordering samples to learn how to make the best products.
Dracula T-shirt: A, B, or C?
I'm starting to play around with the idea of having Dracula merch! Now I need your help deciding which designs look better.
2021 Year in Review
Transparency is a major value for me, so I thought it would be a good idea to gather some interesting numbers about Dracula in 2021.
Why is Dracula so popular?
Two weeks ago, Dracula showed up on the front page of Hacker News. The thread had 227 comments, but one comment caught my attention.
Keycaps v2 and 4 new themes
For those of you who are into mechanical keyboards, today is the last day to get the Dracula GMK Keycaps v2.
Bl3ck Fr1d3y and 5 new themes
Dracula Pro and Dracula UI are 40% off. I'm running this Black Friday deal as a way of saying thank you.
Dracula keycaps and 6 new themes
After two years of waiting, the GMK Dracula keycaps finally arrived. If you're into mechanical keyboards, you're going to love this.
Little vampire and 7 new themes
For the next few weeks, I'll be out on paternity leave. This means that I'll be slow to respond to emails, Discord messages, and GitHub issues.
200 themes
When I started this project 8 years ago, I never thought it could become so big. I'm beyond grateful for this fantastic developer community.
Dracula community and 6 new themes
After dozens of responses, it’s clear that Discord is the best place for the Dracula community.
Quick question: Slack or Discord?
I’ve been thinking about a Dracula Community for a while. Help me pick the best platform: Slack or Discord?
Dracula on Super Nintendo, Tailwind, and LaTeX
I’ve been working on some exciting new projects.
3D physical book and 4 new themes
Last year I wrote an e-book called 14 Habits of Highly Productive Developers. I made this specifically for Dracula Pro.
Making a physical book
I can’t believe this is real. My book is now available in hardcover. Building this physical copy has been a really intense process.
Audiobook, Insomnia, and 7 new themes
The last two weeks have been really busy. I decided to create this page to show Dracula Pro's journey.
How I made $101,578.04 selling colors online
Today is a special day. Dracula Pro has hit 100K in sales. When I started this project, I never thought this would happen.
14 Best Free Fonts for Programming
We spend the entire day using code editors, terminal emulators, and other developer tools. Using a font that feels comfortable to your eyes can make a huge difference and improve your productivity.
The most popular Dracula themes in 2020
2021 is here and its first month is almost over. Still, I decided to take a step back and look at all the data from 2020.
Purchasing Parity Power + 4 new themes
I’m happy to announce Purchasing Parity Power on Dracula Pro. Not everyone earns in dollars.
GitHub Dark, Big Sur icons, and 5 new themes
GitHub finally has a dark mode. You can enable it in your settings. It’s not a Dracula palette, but it’s better than nothing.
It’s Halloween
I'm getting ready for a big announcement next week, but before we talk about that, I want to share a ton of new themes with you.
2020 Halloween Costume Contest
Halloween is almost here, and this year I want to do something different: the 2020 Halloween Costume Contest.
Dark mode everywhere and 11 new themes
I love dark mode and I've been experimenting with different setups lately. One of my favorite tools so far is Night Eye.
Dracula UI - Week 3
Our team has been hard at work building what we believe will be the best dark-first collection of UI components and patterns.
Dracula UI - Week 1
Our team of 3 (Netto, Zeno, and Cookie) has been hard at work building what we believe will be the best dark-first collection of UI components and patterns.
Dracula UI: web or React Native
Most templates are built using light colors and later on adapted to dark colors. The process of building a dark theme shouldn’t be an afterthought-it should be a top priority. That’s why I decided to invest time in this.
6 new themes and 20 desktop icons
Do you know Swift, PHP, Ruby, Java, Typescript, Go, or C? I'm trying to standardize all the Dracula screenshots using the same code snippet structure.
Free wallpapers and a new Dracula Pro price
On February 11th, Dracula Pro was being launched. Today, exactly six months later, more than 1,143 copies have been sold. What started as a simple side project, became something much bigger.
3 new themes and better code screenshots
Last time we saw each other I was telling you all about this new book I wrote. The launch was amazing, it reached #1 Best-Seller on Amazon, and I couldn't be happier with the reception.
Make music with Dracula
I'm getting ready for a big announcement next week, but before we talk about that, I want to share a ton of new themes with you.
Dracula: 100 themes
Today is a special day: we’ve hit 100 themes on Dracula. When I started this little project, I never imagined the community would embrace it the way it did.
Dracula Pro wallpaper
There’s plenty of news to share, so let’s get right to it.
Dracula on Reddit + Discourse and Javadoc themes
It's been 7 weeks since the launch of Dracula Pro and I've been sharing some of the lessons learned. I'm not a big Reddit user, but I decided to publish there and it went semi-viral.
New Dracula site and logo
The Dracula site and logo were the same since 2013. I've always wanted to give it a refresh, but I was never able to prioritize it.
Podcast about Dracula and better Windows support
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’m a little overwhelmed with everything happening in the world, but the show must go on.
Dracula for Figma, Sketch, and Adobe
I'm not a designer, but I'm always amazed by the kind of work these people do. Their ability to create entire screens out of a blank canvas is just incredible.
$7,128.57 in sales in 7 days
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, I’m sharing lessons learned since the Dracula Pro launch. The response from the community has been incredible.
Dracula Pro is here
The wait is over: Dracula Pro is live. It’s a special moment for our team-nearly seven years after the original Dracula launch.
A quick spoiler
I have some exciting news to share. Dracula Pro will be launched in 3 days on February 11th. It’s been quite a ride to get here.
A vampire needs your help
For the past few weeks, I’ve been working hard to keep Dracula organized and reduce the number of issues. We’ve even crossed 90 themes.
32 new Dracula themes for 2020
Before I start work on Dracula Pro, I spent a weekend doing some housekeeping on the original Dracula project.
Top Dracula themes in 2019
I thought it would be a good idea to gather the most popular Dracula themes from 2019, in case you missed, so here it is.
A new theme is coming
In 2013, I decided to create a theme. At that time there were hundreds of thousands of color schemes out there, but none of them were appealing to me. So I decided to create my own.