PRO Changelog • Dracula Theme

May 23, 2025
Visual Studio Code v2.2.2
We've implemented various fixes, adjustments, and improvements to the world's most widely used application by developers and now also by vibe-coders!

Key updates:
- Theme metadata refinements, including improvements to extension presentation, descriptive information, and iconography;
- License update for compliance with general package guidelines;
- Minimap system fixes;
- Enhanced active editor indent guide colour for better visibility;
- Background colour corrections for inserted text, eliminating opacity issues that were hiding underlying decorations;
- Debugger colour improvements and related status indicators;
- User interface element border adjustments;
- PHP string quote colouring fixes and namespace separator corrections.
Luxonauta
July 9, 2024
Raycast fix
We noticed that Raycast was absent in the latest package. We have fixed this issue and released the new version (2.1), which includes this correction and other improvements.

We are working to bring even more fixes and enhancements to version 2.2. We appreciate your feedback and continuous support.
Luxonauta
July 7, 2024
Dracula PRO 2.0
We are thrilled to present the biggest update in Dracula PRO's history! 🤯

🌄 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.

As with the other variants, this one (Alucard) also meets the WCAG AA contrast standards.

Since we announced it, there have been many iterations and adjustments, and we hope you love this new theme as much as we enjoyed developing it!

🦇 Dracula 2.0 Updates
- VS Code & Vim: These have been completely redesigned from scratch! The main motivation was to refine and optimize what we already had and adapt it better to a clearer aesthetic and standards;
- JetBrains Fleet & Legacy: Although our goal is to support all JetBrains IDEs, we are initially launching with Fleet & Legacy (more on what this means below!) due to prioritization and availability constraints.
We've also made general improvements for nearly all apps, added new fonts, and updated previous ones to contain only their variable versions. Additionally, we've added:
- Raycast
- Zed
👋🏻 And we've said goodbye to Alfred, Atom, BetterDiscord, and Visual Studio.

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 & Legacy, which contains themes for the apps that already had them but with critical fixes applied to these versions.
- Future Plans: We intend to bring a light theme to the open-source project, but we still need to figure out what this iteration will look like, and it won't be the Alucard present in Dracula PRO.
Remember, you don't need to make a new purchase to get all the updates in Dracula PRO 2.0; you can download the updates directly from your Gumroad library using your existing account (the email you used to purchase the package).

🏁 Conclusion

We hope these updates and the launch of Alucard enhance your experience and add value to your workflow. Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our community! 💜
Luxonauta
April 4, 2023
Emacs and BetterDiscord
One of the most requested Dracula PRO themes is finally available! Emacs users, here it is! 😉

And last but not least, we now have support for BetterDiscord too!

This was one of the first times where we had beta testers helping us shape these PRO themes. Keep an eye on Discord in case you wanna help 💖
Luxonauta
February 10, 2023
Dracula PRO for Visual Studio and minor fixes
Our users have long requested Dracula PRO support for Visual Studio, and it is finally here with all variants and as close as possible to its VSCode counterpart.

✅ We also adjusted the Background and Selection Color in Notepad++, which were overlapping and not giving the necessary highlight.

🎯 We've also made a minor tweak to the Sublime Text instructions.
Luxonauta
January 31, 2023
Alacritty Revamp
Earlier last week, we published an updated version of the pack with a complete overhaul of the theme for the Alacritty app.

🔪 Blade variant:

✅ We fixed and adjusted our theme and all variants to the most modern app standards.

✨ And we also updated the installation instructions.
Luxonauta
April 14, 2022
27% smaller and JetBrains 2022
As you know, Dracula PRO used to come with some videos. This made it difficult for folks to update their local themes, since the .zip package is quite large, and re-downloading it takes time. To help with that, I decided to remove the videos, which makes it 27% smaller now.

JetBrains just released a new version called 2022.1, so if you use IntelliJ, PyCharm, CLion, DataGrip, WebStorm, or RubyMine, it's time to update your Dracula PRO plugin.
Zeno Rocha
July 29, 2021
JetBrains 2021.2 and 150k mark
JetBrains just released a new version called 2021.2, so if you use IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLion, DataGrip, or RubyMine, it's time to update your Dracula PRO plugin.

150k Mark

One of my goals with Dracula PRO is to be as transparent as possible. This includes opening revenue numbers and sharing what happened along the way (even when it's not good).

Yesterday I noticed that we just hit $151,328.16 in sales and I decided to write a Twitter thread with some lessons learned, along with an update to the Dracula PRO Journey page.

Thank you for making this journey possible, I hope these insights are helpful! 🙏
Zeno Rocha
March 10, 2021
Free Audiobook and Insomnia
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'm not gonna pretend it was all good. To be quite 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 have a full-time job that consumes me a lot.

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.

Zeno Rocha
December 14, 2020
Big Sur icons and JetBrains 2020.3
- JetBrains recently launched the 2020.3 stable version. Two months ago I released an update for that, but many users didn't download it yet, so this is a friendly reminder to get the latest version.
- Monitors are getting bigger and bigger, so I decided to include a new 8K resolution wallpaper for those people who enjoy the extra space.
- This is for those who are using the new macOS Big Sur. You probably noticed that Apple updated the desktop icons to a skeuomorphism style, so here's a new set of fresh icons for you to start using.
Zeno Rocha
October 31, 2020
🎃 It's Halloween!
Happy Halloween!

I just wanted to say THANKS to all of you.

There are now 1,588 Dracula PRO users, which is absolutely insane.

On the open source side our clan continues to grow too, just take a look at these crazy numbers...
- 👻 VSCode: 1,661,819 users
- 🧟 JetBrains: 280,392 users
- 💀 Atom: 219,224 users
Because of your support, I'm able to maintain this huge community and continue to build the most used theme for developers.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
Zeno Rocha
September 29, 2020
New Alacritty theme and JetBrains update
Alacritty
- New Alacritty theme
JetBrains
- Add support for EAP 2020.3 (Early Access Program)
Desktop Icons
- Add Alacritty icons
- Add Android Studio icons
Zeno Rocha
August 18, 2020
New Desktop Icons
Last weekend I started playing around with some custom app icons. People seemed to like it, so I decided to take it to the next level.

Presenting the Dracula PRO Desktop Icons!

The 20 icons are available in 6 different flavors, just like the themes.

Zeno Rocha
June 5, 2020
Updates on JetBrains, VSCode, Notepad++
JetBrains
- Add support for EAP 2020.2 (Early Access Program)
- Standardize syntax colors for HTML, XML, CSS, JS, JSON, Go, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and C#
VSCode
- Enable semantic highlighting
- Modify hover background color to fix a terminal bug
- Enhance whitespace color
- Make breadcrumb color match active tab color
- Add support for editor.foldBackground highlight group
Notepad++
- Add support for LaTeX highlight
- Include note about Markdown syntax
Zeno Rocha
May 21, 2020
Chrome and Firefox
From Mosaic to Netscape to IE6.

We all love using browsers to navigate through this crazy world called the internet. We spend a lot of time on our code editors and terminals, but I bet we spend even more time on web browsers.

That's why having a Dracula PRO theme for the most popular browsers is not only cool; it's a must-have.

Chrome

Starting with the most used browser in the world. Here are all six variations of Dracula PRO on Google Chrome.

Firefox

Now let's talk about Mozilla's main project - Firefox. What I love about this theme are the accent colors present on the active tabs and buttons. It's a simple, gorgeous detail.

Zeno Rocha
April 15, 2020
VIM
The #1 most requested Dracula PRO theme is finally available!

Vim users, Neovim users, MacVim users, here it is 😉

P.S.: This wouldn't be possible without the help of D. Ben Knoble and the initial work done by Derek Sifford. You guys are the best!

Wallpaper

I updated the wallpaper sizes to support 4k and 5k monitors.

Color Palette

Besides providing the Dracula PRO colors in HEX, RGB, and HSL, I now added the ANSI 256 equivalent.

You can find them all inside design/PALETTE.md.
Zeno Rocha
April 15, 2020
Wallpapers
I'm super excited to announce the Dracula PRO Wallpapers!

They are programmatically generated with JavaScript, converted to SVGs, and then exported as PNGs to fit every platform and screen size.

We spend the entire day on our computers, so having a wallpaper that consistently matches the rest of your applications is key.

And here's how it looks on a watch. It's simply gorgeous.

I hope you like it and please: post screenshots of your new wallpapers so I can check them out (and your friends get jealous) 😄
Zeno Rocha
March 29, 2020
New Atom theme + JetBrains 2020.1
Atom, a code editor built by GitHub, was one of the most requested themes. I'm glad to announce that it's now available for PRO users.

JetBrains Update

JetBrains has an Early Access Program (EAP) in which they provide a beta build of their IDEs. Starting today, Dracula PRO has support for those 2020.1 beta versions too.
Zeno Rocha
March 5, 2020
Becoming more Windows-friendly
I have some good news for Windows users.

Dracula PRO is now available for Notepad++ and Windows Terminal.

Besides that, I made some minor updates to the JetBrains IDEs themes.
Zeno Rocha
February 22, 2020
Design Files
Many people asked if the Dracula PRO package included the color codes for them to use in other apps.

Because of that, I decided to not only describe all colors in HEX, RGB, and HSL, but also add some design files for:
- Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
- Figma
- Sketch
Zeno Rocha
February 19, 2020
XCode Major Update
Thanks to the feedback provided by Dominik Kozlowski, the XCode theme received a major update.

All the color variations, font weights, and Console schemes have been improved. If you're a Swift or Objective-C developer, I'm sure you're going to like this.
Zeno Rocha
February 14, 2020
JetBrains Revamp
I received some emails asking why the JetBrains IDEs themes were so different than the VSCode and Sublime themes.

Although all editors are different and it's not possible to have a 100% match, those feedbacks were completely right, so I decided to rethink the entire JetBrains theme. Here's the result:

Before:

After:

Not only the sidebar, file tree, tabs, and line numbers were updated. I also revisited the syntax highlighting for all languages.
Zeno Rocha
February 12, 2020
Android Studio
Hey 👋 I just made an update for the JetBrains IDEs theme to support Android Studio.
Zeno Rocha
February 9, 2020
Videos added
I have recently updated some files associated with Dracula Pro. They're yours for free.
- Welcome Video
- Alfred Screencast
- Font Instructions
Zeno Rocha