Darcula.nvim

A high-fidelity Neovim color scheme that perfectly matches the official JetBrains Darcula theme. Built with Lush for easy customization and comprehensive plugin support.

✨ Features

• Pixel-perfect JetBrains Darcula colors - Official color palette from IntelliJ IDEA
• Full nvim-treesitter compatibility - Complete support for all modern Tree-sitter capture groups
• LSP Semantic Tokens - Enhanced highlighting with italic/bold modifiers for static, abstract, and readonly
• Extensive plugin support - 20+ popular plugins themed out of the box
• 256 colors - Full true color support
• Backward compatible - Legacy Tree-sitter groups maintained for older versions

🎨 Supported Plugins

• Completion: blink.cmp, nvim-cmp
• File Explorers: nvim-tree, neo-tree
• Fuzzy Finder: Telescope
• Git: GitSigns, Neogit
• UI: Noice, Bufferline, Which-Key
• Utilities: Lazy, Mason, Trouble
• Navigation: Hop, Leap
• Notifications: nvim-notify
• Indentation: indent-blankline
• Dashboard: alpha-nvim

⚡ Requirements

• Neovim 0.8+ (recommended 0.9+)
• termguicolors enabled for true color support
• (recommended) nvim-treesitter for enhanced syntax highlighting
• (recommended) LSP server for semantic token highlighting

📦 Installation

lazy.nvim (Recommended)

{
  "briones-gabriel/darcula-solid.nvim",
  dependencies = { "rktjmp/lush.nvim" },
  priority = 1000, -- Load before other plugins
  config = function()
    vim.cmd("colorscheme darcula")
  end,
}

Packer

use {
  "briones-gabriel/darcula-solid.nvim",
  requires = "rktjmp/lush.nvim"
}

vim-plug

Plug 'rktjmp/lush.nvim'
Plug 'briones-gabriel/darcula-solid.nvim'

🔧 Configuration

Basic Setup

-- init.lua
vim.opt.termguicolors = true
vim.cmd("colorscheme darcula")

Or in Vimscript:

" init.vim
set termguicolors
colorscheme darcula

LSP Semantic Highlighting

For the best experience with semantic tokens (italic static/abstract members, etc.):

-- Ensure your LSP is configured to enable semantic tokens
-- Most LSP servers enable this by default

🎨 Color Palette

The theme uses the official JetBrains Darcula colors:

Element	Color	Hex
Background	Dark Gray	#2B2B2B
Foreground	Light Gray-Blue	#A9B7C6
Keywords	Orange	#CC7832
Strings	Green	#6A8759
Numbers	Blue	#6897BB
Comments	Gray	#808080
Functions	Yellow	#FFC66D
Types/Classes	Teal-Blue	#769AA5
Constants	Purple	#9876AA
Annotations	Olive-Yellow	#BBB529

🛠️ Customization

Because the theme is built with Lush, you can easily customize it to your preferences:

1. Create a colors directory: ~/.config/nvim/colors
2. Create a custom theme file: ~/.config/nvim/colors/darcula-custom.lua
3. Extend the base theme:

vim.opt.background = 'dark'
vim.g.colors_name = 'darcula-custom'

local lush = require('lush')
local darcula = require('lush_theme.darcula')
local spec = lush.extends({darcula}).with(function()
  -- Your modifications go here
  local yellow = lush.hsl(37, 100, 71)

  return {
    -- Override specific highlight groups
    Type { fg = yellow },
    Function { fg = darcula.Normal.fg },
    -- Add more customizations...
  }
end)

lush(spec)

4. Apply your custom theme:

vim.cmd("colorscheme darcula-custom")

🌟 Highlights

Tree-sitter Support

Full support for all modern nvim-treesitter capture groups including:

• All @keyword.* variants (coroutine, import, type, modifier, etc.)
• Complete @markup.* groups for Markdown and other markup languages
• @diff.* groups for version control
• LSP semantic tokens with modifiers (static, abstract, readonly, deprecated)

Italic & Bold Refinements

Following JetBrains conventions:

• Bold keywords for better visibility
• Italic for static members, abstract classes, and readonly properties
• Italic documentation comments
• Strikethrough for deprecated items

🐛 Troubleshooting

If certain elements aren't highlighting correctly (e.g., this keyword appears purple instead of orange, or Angular components appear white), see DEBUGGING.md for detailed troubleshooting steps.

Quick fixes:

1. Reload the theme: :colorscheme darcula
2. Check what highlight is applied: :Inspect (cursor on element)
3. Ensure tree-sitter parsers are installed: :TSInstall typescript javascript html
4. Restart LSP: :LspRestart

🙏 Credits

• Original theme inspired by the official JetBrains Darcula theme
• Thanks to @rorystephenson for the customization idea
• Built with Lush by @rktjmp

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