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  • New Spec, Omarchy, and 7 more themes

    New Spec, Omarchy, and 7 more themes

    We have a lot of cool stuff to show you today, so sit back, grab a glass of blood, and enjoy!

    2 min. read / Published in August 28, 2025

  • New Light theme coming to all platforms

    New Light theme coming to all platforms

    We're introducing a new light theme to Dracula.

    3 min. read / Published in July 9, 2025

  • Cursor theme, five new additions & more

    Cursor theme, five new additions & more

    We've crafted a custom-made Dracula theme just for Cursor.

    2 min. read / Published in May 23, 2025

  • 400 apps, Ghostty & four new themes

    400 apps, Ghostty & four new themes

    We are celebrating 400 supported apps! 🎉

    2 min. read / Published in February 28, 2025

  • Dracula Theme turns 11 with 10 new themes

    Dracula Theme turns 11 with 10 new themes

    This year, Dracula turns 11, and it has become the most used theme out there!

    2 min. read / Published in December 13, 2024

  • Fundraising campaign for St. Jude

    Fundraising campaign for St. Jude

    Let's help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

    2 min. read / Published in September 4, 2024

  • Dracula Pro 2.0 - Our First Light Theme!

    Dracula Pro 2.0 - Our First Light Theme!

    We're excited to announce the launch of Alucard, the official Dracula light theme & Dracula Pro 2.0

    2 min. read / Published in July 7, 2024

  • Get ready for Dracula Light Mode

    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".

    2 min. read / Published in February 29, 2024

  • Dracula 2023 Wrapped

    Dracula 2023 Wrapped

    There's a lot to celebrate, but first, I just want to say thank you for making Dracula such a fantastic community to be a part of.

    2 min. read / Published in December 19, 2023

  • Sunsetting Dracula UI

    Sunsetting Dracula UI

    We decided to sunset Dracula UI to have more time for Dracula Theme, Dracula Pro, and some new projects in 2024.

    2 min. read / Published in December 19, 2023

  • Black Friday And 7 New Dracula Themes

    Black Friday And 7 New Dracula Themes

    If you have considered upgrading your setup, this is the perfect opportunity.

    1 min. read / Published in November 21, 2023

  • Dracula-o-ween 2023!

    Dracula-o-ween 2023!

    Is it the spookiest time of the year already? Time truly has wings!

    2 min. read / Published in October 31, 2023

  • Celebrating 10 years of Dracula

    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.

    3 min. read / Published in October 12, 2023

  • 13 new themes, email updates, and Pro news

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in September 27, 2023

  • Dracula AI, 10 New Themes And Emacs For Pro

    Dracula AI, 10 New Themes And Emacs For Pro

    We couldn't help ourselves, so we introduced 🤖 Dracula AI (on April 1st)!

    2 min. read / Published in April 4, 2023

  • 11 New Themes And Updates For Dracula Pro

    11 New Themes And Updates For Dracula Pro

    Life has been crazy over here, but Dracula continues to evolve and grow.

    2 min. read / Published in March 2, 2023

  • AWS, New Wallpapers And Five New Themes

    AWS, New Wallpapers And Five New Themes

    A couple of days ago, I was configuring some stuff on AWS and noticed that they are using Dracula!

    2 min. read / Published in January 31, 2023

  • Celebrating 300 Themes With The New Winter Drop

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in December 22, 2022

  • Black Friday And 12 New Dracula Themes

    Black Friday And 12 New Dracula Themes

    Dracula Pro is now 40% off! If you are thinking about getting Pro or giving it to a friend, now is the time.

    2 min. read / Published in November 23, 2022

  • Dracula UI Is Now Free And Open Source

    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.

    1 min. read / Published in September 29, 2022

  • Dracula For CodeSandbox And 9 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in September 1, 2022

  • Dracula On CodePen And Open Startup

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in June 15, 2022

  • Interview with Lucas - the new Dracula team member

    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.

    3 min. read / Published in April 13, 2022

  • Dracula Livestream And 3 New Themes

    Dracula Livestream And 3 New Themes

    The fine folks from Microsoft invited me to talk about how to build your own VS Code theme.

    2 min. read / Published in March 17, 2022

  • Dracula Stickers, StackOverflow and 5 new themes

    Dracula Stickers, StackOverflow and 5 new themes

    These past few days have been difficult. I hope you and your family are safe!

    2 min. read / Published in March 7, 2022

  • Dracula On Twitter And 7 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in February 22, 2022

  • Dracula Shop Is Here!

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in January 20, 2022

  • Dracula On GitHub.com And Some Behind-The-Scenes

    Dracula On GitHub.com And Some Behind-The-Scenes

    I got a LOT of responses about doing Dracula merch, so I started ordering some samples to learn more about how can I make the absolute best products.

    2 min. read / Published in January 13, 2022

  • Dracula T-Shirt... A? B? Or C?

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in January 6, 2022

  • 2021 Year in Review

    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.

    3 min. read / Published in January 3, 2022

  • Why Is Dracula So Popular?

    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.

    3 min. read / Published in December 23, 2021

  • Keycaps V2 And 4 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in December 6, 2021

  • Bl3ck Fr1d3y And 5 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in November 25, 2021

  • Dracula Keycaps And 6 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in October 27, 2021

  • Little Vampire And 7 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in October 12, 2021

  • 200 Themes!

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in September 2, 2021

  • Dracula Community And 6 New Themes

    Dracula Community And 6 New Themes

    After dozens of responses, it's clear that Discord is where the cool kids hang out nowadays, so here it is!

    2 min. read / Published in July 20, 2021

  • Quick Question... Slack Or Discord?

    Quick Question... Slack Or Discord?

    I've been thinking about creating a Dracula Community for a long time. But I want to make sure we pick the best platform, that's why I need your help.

    2 min. read / Published in June 2, 2021

  • Dracula On Super Nintendo, Tailwind, And LaTeX

    Dracula On Super Nintendo, Tailwind, And LaTeX

    I've been working on some really exciting new projects!

    2 min. read / Published in April 7, 2021

  • 3D, Physical Book, And 4 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in March 25, 2021

  • Making a Physical Book

    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.

    3 min. read / Published in March 24, 2021

  • Audiobook, Insomnia, And 7 New Themes

    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.

    3 min. read / Published in March 10, 2021

  • How I Made $101,578.04 Selling Colors Online

    How I Made $101,578.04 Selling Colors Online

    Today is a special day. Dracula Pro has hit 100K in sales, which is absolutely insane. When I started this thing I never thought this would happen.

    1 min. read / Published in February 25, 2021

  • 14 Best Free Fonts for Programming

    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.

    5 min. read / Published in February 10, 2021

  • The Most Popular Dracula Themes in 2020

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in January 28, 2021

  • Purchasing Parity Power + 4 New Themes

    Purchasing Parity Power + 4 New Themes

    I'm super happy to announce Purchasing Parity Power on Dracula Pro! Why? Because not everyone earns in dollars.

    1 min. read / Published in January 14, 2021

  • GitHub Dark, Big Sur Icons, And 5 New Themes

    GitHub Dark, Big Sur Icons, And 5 New Themes

    Here it is... The moment we've all been waiting for - GitHub finally has a Dark Mode! You can enable it in your settings. I know, it's not a Dracula color palette, but it's better than nothing :P

    2 min. read / Published in December 15, 2020

  • It's Halloween!

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in October 31, 2020

  • 2020 Halloween Costume Contest

    2020 Halloween Costume Contest

    Halloween is almost here and this year I want to do something different... Introducing the 2020 Halloween Costume Contest!

    1 min. read / Published in October 28, 2020

  • Dark Mode Everywhere And 11 New Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in September 29, 2020

  • Dracula UI - Week 3

    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.

    1 min. read / Published in September 24, 2020

  • Dracula UI - Week 1

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in September 10, 2020

  • Dracula UI - Web Or React Native?

    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.

    1 min. read / Published in September 3, 2020

  • 6 New Themes And 20 Desktop Icons

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in August 18, 2020

  • Free Wallpapers And New Dracula Pro Price

    Free Wallpapers And 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.

    1 min. read / Published in August 11, 2020

  • 3 New Themes And Better Code Screenshots

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in August 5, 2020

  • Make Music With Dracula

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in May 21, 2020

  • Dracula 100 Themes

    Dracula 100 Themes

    Today is a special day. We have hit 100 themes on Dracula! When I started this little project, I never imagined the community would embrace it the way it did. Thank you so much for everyone involved in this.

    2 min. read / Published in May 4, 2020

  • Dracula Pro Wallpaper

    Dracula Pro Wallpaper

    Ohhh there is so much exciting news to share that I don't even know where to being. Let's get right to it...

    2 min. read / Published in April 16, 2020

  • Dracula On Reddit + Discourse And Javadoc Themes

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in April 7, 2020

  • New Dracula Site And Logo

    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.

    2 min. read / Published in March 24, 2020

  • Podcast About Dracula And Better Windows Support

    Podcast About Dracula And Better Windows Support

    It's been a crazy couple of weeks. I have to admit I'm a little bit overwhelmed with all that's happening in the world but, hey, the show must go on.

    1 min. read / Published in March 19, 2020

  • Dracula For Figma, Sketch, And Adobe

    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.

    1 min. read / Published in March 3, 2020

  • $7,128.57 In Sales In 7 Days

    $7,128.57 In Sales In 7 Days

    If you have been following me on Twitter, I'm sharing some lessons learned since the Dracula Pro launch. The response from the community has been insane!

    2 min. read / Published in February 19, 2020

  • Dracula Pro Is Here!

    Dracula Pro Is Here!

    The wait is over... Dracula Pro is live! This is a very special moment for me. It's been almost 7 years since I launched Dracula, and I'm super excited about this next step.

    2 min. read / Published in February 11, 2020

  • A Quick Spoiler...

    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. I've been studying colors like never before.

    1 min. read / Published in February 8, 2020

  • A Vampire Needs Your Help...

    A Vampire Needs Your Help...

    For the past few weeks, I've been working non-stop to make sure that Dracula, the open source project, is well organized and with fewer issues as possible. We even crossed the number of 90 themes, which is totally insane!

    2 min. read / Published in January 23, 2020

  • 32 New Dracula Themes For 2020

    32 New Dracula Themes For 2020

    Before I start working like crazy on Dracula Pro, I decided to spend my entire weekend doing some housekeeping on the original Dracula project.

    2 min. read / Published in January 14, 2020

  • Top Dracula Themes In 2019

    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.

    1 min. read / Published in January 9, 2020

  • A new theme is coming

    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.

    1 min. read / Published in January 6, 2020

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