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Draculinho

Draculinho

Eduardo Borges

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Just another Dracula theme fork, optimized for ligatures and italic fonts.
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Draculinho

A darker, moodier take on the classic Dracula theme. Crafted for ligature fonts and italic lovers.

Version Open VSX License


Preview

JavaScript

JavaScript example

React / TSX

TSX example

CSS

CSS example

Color Palette

Color Hex Preview
Background #0E131B #0E131B
Foreground #CDD0DD #CDD0DD
Purple #BD93F9 #BD93F9
Pink #FF79C6 #FF79C6
Cyan #00B5DC #00B5DC
Green #3dcf62 #3dcf62
Orange #FFB86C #FFB86C
Red #FF5555 #FF5555
Yellow #E2DD61 #E2DD61
Comment #465276 #465276

Install

The install script copies the theme for the apps you choose and points each config at it:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eduardoborges/draculinho/main/install.sh | sh

Pass app names to skip the menu, for example sh install.sh zed ghostty. Options: vscode, zed, ghostty, herdr, claude-code, chrome, all. The manual steps for each app follow.

VS Code, Cursor and VSCodium

Editor Link
VS Code ext install eduardoborges.draculinho
Cursor ext install eduardoborges.draculinho
VSCodium ext install eduardoborges.draculinho

Or search for Draculinho in your editor's extension panel.

Zed

Copy themes/zed/draculinho.json to ~/.config/zed/themes/ and set the theme in your settings:

{ "theme": { "mode": "dark", "dark": "Draculinho" } }

Ghostty

Copy themes/ghostty/draculinho to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/ and add this line to your config:

theme = draculinho

Reload the config afterwards (cmd+shift+, on macOS).

Herdr

Herdr has no theme files. Draculinho is a set of [theme.custom] overrides on top of the built-in dracula theme. Copy the contents of themes/herdr/draculinho.toml into ~/.config/herdr/config.toml, then run:

herdr server reload-config

Claude Code

Copy themes/claude-code/draculinho.json to ~/.claude/themes/ and pick Draculinho in /theme. You can also set it directly in ~/.claude/settings.json:

{ "theme": "custom:draculinho" }

Chrome

Chrome only takes themes from the Web Store or as an unpacked extension. Open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked and pick the themes/chrome folder. The install script copies it to ~/.config/draculinho/chrome for you.

Recommended Setup

This theme was designed with ligature and italic fonts in mind. For the best experience, try one of these fonts:

  • Dank Mono — ligatures and beautiful italics, made for code
  • JetBrains Mono
  • Fira Code
  • Cascadia Code

Then enable ligatures and italic rendering in your settings.json:

{
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "[Draculinho]": {
      "textMateRules": [
        {
          "scope": "comment",
          "settings": { "fontStyle": "italic" }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

What Makes It Different

Draculinho keeps the Dracula DNA but pushes the background much darker (#0E131B vs the original #282A36), giving a deeper, more focused feel — especially on OLED displays. Keywords, storage types, and special variables render in italic, making the code structure stand out at a glance.

License

MIT — based on the original Dracula Theme by Zeno Rocha.

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