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Dracula

Dark theme for KiCad and 355+ apps

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Install using Git

If you are a git user, you can install the theme and keep up to date by cloning the repo:

git clone https://github.com/dracula/kicad.git

Install manually

Download using the GitHub .zip download option and unzip them.

In KiCad 6 (2020)

Drop the file kicad/dracula.json into the following color themes directory:

  • Linux: ~/.config/kicad/VERSION/colors
  • Windows XP: “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data” + kicad (= %APPDATA%\kicad) + "VERSION/colors":
  • Windows Vista & later: “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming” + kicad (= %APPDATA%\kicad) + "VERSION/colors"
  • OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/VERSION/colors

In KiCad 5

Override the set of variables beginning with Color in the file below with the contents of kicad/eeschema

  • Linux: ~/.config/kicad/eeschema
  • Windows XP: “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data” + kicad (= %APPDATA%\kicad) + "eeschema":
  • Windows Vista & later: “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming” + kicad (= %APPDATA%\kicad) + "eeschema"
  • OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/eeschema

Activating theme (KiCad 6 only)

  1. Open eschema properties
  2. Select colors option screen
  3. Select Dracula and hit apply

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Contributors

This theme wouldn't exist without these people. Wanna help too? Check the repository on GitHub.

  • bagnaram
  • zenorocha
  • tim-clifford
  • ferdymercury
Edit this documentation on GitHub.

Made with by Zeno Rocha
under MIT license