https://github.com/ysalitrynskyi/zed-theme-darcula
The classic JetBrains Darcula color scheme for the Zed editor — 9 dark variants in one extension
https://github.com/ysalitrynskyi/zed-theme-darcula
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The classic JetBrains Darcula color scheme for the Zed editor — 9 dark variants in one extension
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ysalitrynskyi/zed-theme-darcula
- Owner: ysalitrynskyi
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2026-06-04T15:06:13.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-06-04T21:13:03.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-06-04T21:25:44.605Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: color-scheme, darcula, dark-theme, jetbrains, syntax-highlighting, theme, zed, zed-editor, zed-extension, zed-theme
- Homepage: https://zed.dev/extensions?query=darcula
- Size: 7.31 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Notice: NOTICE.txt
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README
# Darcula Theme for Zed
The classic **Darcula** color scheme from JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PhpStorm, PyCharm, WebStorm, RustRover, etc.), ported to the [Zed editor](https://zed.dev/).
This brings the familiar dark Darcula look — `#2B2B2B` background, `#A9B7C6` foreground, orange keywords, green strings, blue numbers, purple fields, yellow methods — to Zed.
Ships as **9 variants**, all built from the same canonical Darcula palette and listed here from lightest to darkest within each family.
### Classic
| Variant | Editor background |
| ------- | ----------------- |
| **Darcula Lighter** | `#313335` — softer, raised background |
| **Darcula** | `#2B2B2B` — the original classic scheme |
| **Darcula Dim** | `#252525` — a touch deeper than classic |
| **Darcula Darker** | `#1E1E1E` — deeper background |
| **Darcula Pitch Black** | `#000000` — true black, ideal for OLED |
### High Contrast
| Variant | Editor background |
| ------- | ----------------- |
| **Darcula High Contrast** | `#000000` — black background, brighter foreground and bolder syntax |
### Vivid (more saturated syntax)
| Variant | Editor background |
| ------- | ----------------- |
| **Darcula Vivid** | `#2A2C2E` — vivid syntax on the classic background |
| **Darcula Vivid Darker** | `#1E1E1E` — vivid syntax on a deeper background |
| **Darcula Vivid Black** | `#000000` — vivid syntax on true black |
## Previews
### Darcula Lighter
### Darcula
### Darcula Dim
### Darcula Darker
### Darcula Pitch Black
### Darcula High Contrast
### Darcula Vivid
### Darcula Vivid Darker
### Darcula Vivid Black
## Installation
### From the Zed extension registry
1. Open Zed
2. Press `Cmd+Shift+P` (macOS) or `Ctrl+Shift+P` (Linux/Windows) → **Extensions: Install Extensions**
3. Search for **Darcula**
4. Click **Install**
### Manually (install as a dev extension)
1. Clone this repo
2. In Zed, run **zed: install dev extension** from the command palette
3. Select this folder
## Activating the theme
1. Press `Cmd+K` `Cmd+T` (macOS) or `Ctrl+K` `Ctrl+T` (Linux/Windows)
2. Select any variant from the list
> **Note:** Zed's theme picker lists themes alphabetically, so in-app the variants appear sorted by name rather than by brightness.
## Palette
Base palette (shared by all variants unless noted):
| Token | Color |
| ----------------- | --------- |
| Background | `#2B2B2B` |
| Foreground | `#A9B7C6` |
| Keyword | `#CC7832` |
| String | `#6A8759` |
| Number | `#6897BB` |
| Comment | `#808080` |
| Doc comment | `#629755` |
| Field / property | `#9876AA` |
| Function / method | `#FFC66D` |
| Annotation | `#BBB529` |
| Tag | `#E8BF6A` |
| Selection | `#214283` |
## License
Theme code released under the [Apache 2.0 license](./LICENSE). Darcula is a JetBrains color scheme — see [NOTICE.txt](./NOTICE.txt). This is an unofficial port, not affiliated with JetBrains.