Open the Plugins manager through Tools > Plugins and select the Downloaded tab. Install PluginĪfter downloading the plugin (nbm file), you will only need to install it. If you are interested as well to see the source code of the plugin, visit the Github repository as well here. You can download the latest version of the plugin from the NetBeans official plugin page here.
The best dark theme that you can find for NetBeans is Darcula, a NetBeans Look And Feel plugin using Darcula of IntelliJ IDEA. In this article, we will show you how to install and use one of the best dark themes for NetBeans, similar to the dark theme of PHP Storm. Which as you can see, still uses the default light theme of NetBeans, simply horrible.
By default, NetBeans include only a dark highlight theme for the code editor, the nothing pleasant City Lights:
