Sweet Dracula

v0.1.0 · by Armin Chanchian · added 3 November 2026

A cheerful dark blue theme with vibrant, contrasting syntax highlighting.

Themes

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for Sweet Dracula. The extension's id is sweet-dracula.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

About

The following is a dark theme for Zed Editor that brings in a symbiotic link an inspiration from Monokai syntax with a darker Dracula palette. It has a contrasted background that gives a comfortable canvas that reduces eye strain during coding sessions, alongside vibrant accent colors that enhance the visual pleasure.

Color Philosophy

The theme uses a layered approach to backgrounds:

Base: #11131c (main background)
Surface: #161925 (editor, panels)
Elevated: #161925 (dialogs, menus)

Syntax colors draw from both worlds:

Monokai’s readability for functions and strings
Dracula’s vibrancy for comments and keywords (#8BE9FD)
Purple accents for types and hints (#BD93F9)

Installation

Via Zed Extensions (Recommended)

Check Zed extension marketplace from within the app.

Manual Installation

Clone or download this repository
Copy sweetdracula.json to your Zed themes directory:
- macOS/Linux: ~/.config/zed/themes/
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\themes\
Restart the editor
Open the theme selector (cmd/ctrl + k, cmd/ctrl + t)
Select "Sweet Dracula"

Dev Extension Installation

Clone or download this repository
In Zed, open the Command Palette (cmd/ctrl + shift + p and run "install dev extension"
Select the main repository folder
Reload Zed or restart the editor
Open the theme selector (cmd/ctrl + k, cmd/ctrl + t)
Select "Sweet Dracula"

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Reach out to me via the profile addresses.

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License

License: MIT