Dracula

KiCad

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