What we're shipping

The changelog

October 29, 2026
Nosferatu and JetBrains rebuilt
Meet the eighth Dracula Pro variant, plus a ground-up JetBrains plugin rewrite.
§Highlights

Halloween ships with Nosferatu, the eighth Dracula Pro variant, and a complete rebuild of the JetBrains plugin so IntelliJ, WebStorm, PyCharm, and the rest finally match the Pro look you know from VS Code.

§Nosferatu – the eighth variant

Dracula, seen by candlelight. Bone white on coffin black, lit by lantern flame, moss, moonlight, and dried blood.

Nosferatu joins Pro, Blade, Buffy, Lincoln, Morbius, Van Helsing, and Alucard. Preview the palette on the Halloween page.

§Shipping in this package
- Emacs
- Firefox
- Ghostty
- Gnome Terminal
- Google Chrome
- Hyper
- Insomnia
- iTerm
- JetBrains IDEs (including Islands and experimental Fleet)
- Notepad++
- Raycast
- Slack
- Sublime Text
- Terminal.app
- Visual Studio Code
- Windows Terminal
- Xcode
§Coming next

Alacritty and Vim have open pull requests. They will land in the official package soon. If you have access to our private GitHub, you can already grab them from there — request access if you need it.

§JetBrains rebuilt from scratch

The JetBrains theme is no longer a patchwork of legacy schemes. The plugin was rewritten as a modern IntelliJ Platform package with generated Pro palettes, Islands variants, and editor schemes that stay in sync with the UI theme you pick.

What changed:
- Full rewrite: New plugin architecture, CI, and install flow from disk
- Syntax aligned with VS Code Pro: Tags pink, attributes green italic, functions green, strings yellow, types and builtins cyan italic, generics orange, CSS selectors pink
- Every Pro palette: Pro, Blade, Buffy, Lincoln, Morbius, Nosferatu, Van Helsing, and Alucard — each with an Islands counterpart
- Matched chrome: Selected rows, tabs, buttons, checkboxes, hover states, and focus rings stay readable on every palette
- Automatic editor scheme: Switching a Dracula Pro UI theme also switches the matching editor color scheme
- Requires JetBrains IDE 2025.3 or later
Reinstall from the zip in your Gumroad library: Settings → Plugins → Install Plugin from Disk…, then pick a Dracula Pro palette under Appearance.

§Additional notes
- Existing Dracula Pro customers get this update free — download the latest package from your Gumroad library
- JetBrains users on older IDE versions should upgrade to 2025.3+ before installing the new plugin zip
- Installation guides were rewritten and normalized across the package
- More on Nosferatu: /halloween
August 14, 2026
Firefox and Notepad++
Both themes were rebuilt from scratch, left beta, and are now available in package v2.2.3.
§Highlights

This update graduates Firefox and Notepad++ out of beta. Both themes were rebuilt from scratch and are now part of the stable package in version 2.2.3.

§Firefox

The Firefox theme was completely redone. All variants now ship as ready-to-install extension packages, with refined colors for tabs, toolbars, and buttons for a polished, cohesive look.

§Notepad++

The Notepad++ theme was also rebuilt, covering all Dracula Pro variants with updated syntax colors and improved installation instructions.
November 17, 2025
Visual Studio Code fixes and Chrome rewrite
Important fixes for Visual Studio Code and a complete rebuild of all Chrome theme variants with improved consistency.
§Highlights

This update brings fixes to Visual Studio Code and a ground-up rebuild of all Chrome theme variants, delivering better consistency and quality across the board.

§Visual Studio Code updates

We’ve applied several fixes and improvements across all Visual Studio Code variants and forks (Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
- Corrected editor badge colors- Enhanced line highlight rendering- Adjusted status bar item colors- Fixed terminal decoration issues
§Chrome complete rewrite

All seven Chrome variants (Alucard, Blade, Buffy, Lincoln, Morbius, Pro, and Van Helsing) have been rebuilt from scratch:
- Established consistent color patterns and element hierarchy across all variants- Improved manifest configuration- Streamlined build process with a new dedicated repository
May 23, 2025
Visual Studio Code v2.2.2
Various tweaks, fixes and improvements for the most used app in the world by developers and vibe-coders.
§Highlights

This update brings various fixes, adjustments, and improvements to Visual Studio Code and its forks (Cursor, Windsurf, etc.).

§Key updates
- Refined theme metadata, including improvements to extension presentation, descriptive information, and iconography- Updated license for compliance with general package guidelines- Fixed minimap system issues- Enhanced active editor indent guide color for better visibility- Corrected background colors for inserted text, eliminating opacity issues that were hiding underlying decorations- Improved debugger colors and related status indicators- Adjusted user interface element borders- Fixed PHP string quote coloring and namespace separator corrections.
July 9, 2024
Raycast fix
Fixed missing Raycast theme in package and released version 2.1 with additional improvements.
§Highlights

This update fixes the missing Raycast theme in the latest package and releases version 2.1 with additional improvements.

§What’s next

We’re working on more fixes and enhancements for version 2.2. We appreciate your feedback and continued support.
July 7, 2024
Dracula Pro 2.0
Introducing Alucard, plus fixes and improvements across the board.
§Highlights

This update represents the biggest release in Dracula Pro’s history, introducing the Alucard light theme and major improvements across the board.

§Alucard – Dracula’s official light theme

Alucard is a playful nod to the famous Dracula, with a special twist-its name is Dracula spelt backwards. This new theme is perfect for those working in brighter environments and meets WCAG AA contrast standards.

Since we announced it, we’ve made many iterations and adjustments to perfect this theme.

§Dracula 2.0 updates
- VS Code and Vim: Completely redesigned from scratch to refine and optimize the existing themes with a clearer aesthetic and improved standards- JetBrains Fleet and Legacy: Initial launch with Fleet and Legacy support (more details below)- New applications: Added Raycast and Zed- Removed applications: Discontinued support for Alfred, Atom, BetterDiscord, and Visual Studio- Fonts: Added new fonts and updated existing ones to variable versions only- General improvements: Applied enhancements across nearly all supported applications.
Below is a complete list of currently supported applications:
- Alacritty
- Emacs
- Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Hyper
- Insomnia
- iTerm
- JetBrains IDEs
- Notepad++
- Raycast
- Slack
- Sublime
- Terminal App
- Vim
- VSCode
- Windows Terminal
- Xcode
- Zed
§Additional notes
- JetBrains Legacy: The current version includes only JetBrains Fleet and Legacy, containing themes for apps that already had them with critical fixes applied- Future Plans: We plan to bring a light theme to the open-source project, but it won’t be the Alucard variant present in Dracula Pro- Updates: You don’t need to make a new purchase to get all updates in Dracula Pro 2.0. Download them directly from your Gumroad library using your existing account.
April 4, 2023
Emacs and BetterDiscord
Added support for Emacs and BetterDiscord, two highly requested themes.
§Highlights

This update adds support for Emacs and BetterDiscord, two of the most requested Dracula Pro themes.

§Community testing

This release benefited from community beta testing. Join us on Discord if you’d like to help shape future themes.
February 10, 2023
Dracula Pro for Visual Studio and minor fixes
Added Visual Studio support with all variants and fixed Notepad++ color issues.
§Highlights

This update adds Dracula Pro support for Visual Studio with all variants, matching the Visual Studio Code theme as closely as possible.

§Fixes
- Adjusted background and selection colors in Notepad++ to fix overlapping issues- Updated Sublime Text installation instructions.
January 31, 2023
Alacritty revamp
Complete overhaul of the Alacritty theme with updates to all variants.
§Highlights

This update brings a complete overhaul of the Alacritty theme, bringing all variants up to modern app standards.

§Updates
- Fixed and adjusted theme and all variants to modern app standards- Updated installation instructions.
April 14, 2022
27% smaller and JetBrains 2022
Removed videos to reduce package size by 27% and updated support for JetBrains 2022.1.
§Highlights

This update removes videos from the Dracula Pro package, reducing the download size by 27% and making updates faster for users.

§JetBrains update

JetBrains released version 2022.1. If you use IntelliJ, PyCharm, CLion, DataGrip, WebStorm, or RubyMine, update your Dracula Pro plugin to the latest version.
July 29, 2021
JetBrains 2021.2 and 150k mark
JetBrains 2021.2 support and celebrating $150k in sales milestone.
§Highlights

This update adds support for JetBrains 2021.2. If you use IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLion, DataGrip, or RubyMine, update your Dracula Pro plugin.

§150k milestone

We’ve reached $151,328.16 in sales. We’ve shared lessons learned in a Twitter thread and updated the Dracula Pro Journey page with insights from this milestone.

Thank you for making this journey possible! 🙏
March 10, 2021
Free audiobook and Insomnia
I couldn't be more proud to see this community growing.
The last two weeks have been really busy. I decided to create this page to show Dracula Pro's journey from $0 to $100k and it blew up. Since then, 218 people bought Dracula Pro, which represents $13,599.35.

I won’t pretend it was all easy. To be frank, I wasn’t expecting such a high volume of new users. This generated a flood of support emails and questions via DM. Taking care of all this alone has been very difficult, especially because I also have a full-time job.

Still, I couldn't be more proud to see this community growing. 💜

§Audiobook

I've always believed that tools and hard skills are only a part of what makes a productive developer. That's why I decided to write a book about habits and soft skills.

After months of planning and editing, the audiobook is now available on Audible. 🎉

I insisted on recording with my own voice, instead of some random guy who sounds like a robot. In total, there are 3 hours 21 minutes and 35 seconds of audio, which includes not only the content of the book but also extra comments that are made at the end of each chapter.

Dracula Pro users are getting all this for free. Enjoy! 😁

§Insomnia

Dracula Pro is also getting a new theme - Insomnia is now available - including its 5 different variations: Blade, Buffy, Lincoln, Morbius, and Van Helsing.

If you don't know Insomnia, it's a cross-platform REST API client which is getting pretty popular.
December 14, 2020
Big Sur icons and JetBrains 2020.3
JetBrains 2020.3 support, 8K wallpapers, and macOS Big Sur desktop icons.
§Highlights

This update adds support for JetBrains 2020.3 stable version, introduces 8K resolution wallpapers, and includes new macOS Big Sur desktop icons matching Apple’s skeuomorphic design style.
October 31, 2020
It’s Halloween
Celebrating Halloween with community milestones and growth numbers.
§Highlights

Happy Halloween. We’re celebrating with some impressive community milestones.

§Community growth

We now have 1,588 Dracula Pro users, and the open-source community continues to grow:
- 👻 VSCode: 1,661,819 users
- 🧟 JetBrains: 280,392 users
- 💀 Atom: 219,224 users
Thank you for your continued support.
September 29, 2020
New Alacritty theme and JetBrains update
Added Alacritty theme, JetBrains EAP 2020.3 support, and new desktop icons.
§Highlights

This update adds a new Alacritty theme, JetBrains EAP support, and additional desktop icons.

§Alacritty

Added Dracula Pro theme for Alacritty terminal emulator.

§JetBrains

Added support for EAP 2020.3 (Early Access Program).

§Desktop Icons

Added desktop icons for Alacritty and Android Studio.
August 18, 2020
New desktop icons
Introduced Dracula Pro Desktop Icons with 20 icons available in 6 variants.
§Highlights

This update introduces Dracula Pro Desktop Icons, featuring 20 custom app icons available in all 6 theme variants.
June 5, 2020
Updates on JetBrains, VSCode, Notepad++
Added JetBrains EAP 2020.2 support, enabled VSCode semantic highlighting, and added LaTeX support for Notepad++.
§Highlights

This update brings improvements across JetBrains, VSCode, and Notepad++.

§JetBrains
- Added support for EAP 2020.2 (Early Access Program)- Standardized syntax colors for HTML, XML, CSS, JS, JSON, Go, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and C#.
§VSCode
- Enabled semantic highlighting- Fixed terminal bug by modifying hover background color- Enhanced whitespace color- Matched breadcrumb color to active tab color- Added support for editor.foldBackground highlight group.
§Notepad++
- Added support for LaTeX highlighting- Included note about Markdown syntax.
May 21, 2020
Chrome and Firefox
Dracula Pro themes for the most popular browsers.
§Highlights

This update introduces Dracula Pro themes for the world’s most popular browsers, bringing consistent theming to your entire browsing experience.

§Chrome

All six Dracula Pro variants are now available for Google Chrome, the world’s most used browser.

§Firefox

Mozilla Firefox now supports all Dracula Pro variants with accent colors on active tabs and buttons for a polished, cohesive look.
April 15, 2020
Vim
The #1 most requested Dracula Pro theme is finally available.
§Highlights

The #1 most requested Dracula Pro theme is now available for Vim, Neovim, and MacVim users.

§Acknowledgments

This wouldn’t be possible without the help of D. Ben Knoble and the initial work done by Derek Sifford.

§Additional updates
- Updated wallpaper sizes to support 4K and 5K monitors- Added ANSI 256 color equivalents alongside existing HEX, RGB, and HSL formats in design/PALETTE.md.
April 15, 2020
Wallpapers
Introduced programmatically generated Dracula Pro wallpapers for all platforms and screen sizes.
§Highlights

This update introduces Dracula Pro Wallpapers, programmatically generated with JavaScript, converted to SVGs, and exported as PNGs to fit every platform and screen size.

§Why it matters

Having a wallpaper that consistently matches your applications creates a cohesive visual experience throughout your workflow.
March 29, 2020
New Atom theme + JetBrains 2020.1
Added Atom theme support and JetBrains EAP 2020.1 compatibility.
§Highlights

This update adds Dracula Pro support for Atom, one of the most requested themes, and adds compatibility with JetBrains EAP 2020.1.

§JetBrains update

Added support for JetBrains Early Access Program (EAP) 2020.1 beta versions.
March 5, 2020
Becoming more Windows-friendly
Dracula Pro is now available for Notepad++ and Windows Terminal.
§Highlights

This update brings Dracula Pro to Windows users with support for Notepad++ and Windows Terminal.

§JetBrains updates

Applied minor updates to the JetBrains IDEs themes.
February 22, 2020
Design files
Added design files with color codes for Adobe, Figma, and Sketch.
§Highlights

This update adds design files with all Dracula Pro color codes, making it easier to use the palette in your design workflow.

§Design files

All colors are available in HEX, RGB, and HSL formats, with dedicated design files for:
- Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Figma
- Sketch
February 19, 2020
Xcode major update
Major update to the Xcode theme with improved colors, font weights, and console schemes.
§Highlights

This update brings a major overhaul to the Xcode theme, improving color variations, font weights, and console schemes based on community feedback from Dominik Kozlowski.
February 14, 2020
JetBrains revamp
Complete redesign of the JetBrains theme to better match VSCode and Sublime.
§Highlights

Based on community feedback, we’ve completely redesigned the JetBrains theme to better align with the VSCode and Sublime themes while respecting each editor’s unique characteristics.

§Before

§After

§Updates
- Redesigned sidebar, file tree, tabs, and line numbers- Revisited syntax highlighting for all languages.
February 12, 2020
Android Studio
Added support for Android Studio in the JetBrains IDEs theme.
§Highlights

This update adds support for Android Studio to the JetBrains IDEs theme.
February 9, 2020
Videos added
Added Welcome Video, Alfred Screencast, and Font Instructions.
§Highlights

This update adds new resources to the Dracula Pro package:
- Welcome Video
- Alfred Screencast
- Font Instructions