Can I create a theme for Blink Shell?

[carloscabanero]

How can I change the cursor color in my terminal? Can I change the cursor shape? Can I add a glow effect to my fonts?

[carloscabanero]

Making a custom theme for Blink Shell is simple. Let's start by creating a Gist named mytheme.js. Now paste the below content to it, and save it.

black = "#1C1C1C";
red = "#AF5F5F"; // red
green = "#5F875F"; // green
yellow = "#87875F"; // yellow
blue = "#5F87AF"; // blue
magenta = "#5F5F87"; // pink
cyan = "#5F8787"; // cyan
white = "#6C6C6C"; // light gray
lightBlack = "#444444"; // medium gray
lightRed = "#FF8700"; // red
lightGreen = "#87AF87"; // green
lightYellow = "#FFFFAF"; // yellow
lightBlue = "#8FAFD7"; // blue
lightMagenta = "#8787AF"; // pink
lightCyan = "#5FAFAF"; // cyan
lightWhite = "#FFFFFF"; // white

t.prefs_.set("color-palette-overrides", [
  black,
  red,
  green,
  yellow,
  blue,
  magenta,
  cyan,
  white,
  lightBlack,
  lightRed,
  lightGreen,
  lightYellow,
  lightBlue,
  lightMagenta,
  lightCyan,
  lightWhite,
]);

t.prefs_.set("foreground-color", "#bbbbbb");
t.prefs_.set("background-color", "#121212");
t.prefs_.set("cursor-color", "rgba(187,187,187,0.5)");

For some special effects like glow, check out: #1478.

Paste the link to the Gist at:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Add a new theme. Add a new name and click import.

From now on, you can choose it from the Appearance settings.

Send us PR if you want to share your awesome theme with the community.

Or just demonstrate it in Show & Tell section on GitHub and share a direct link for others to download.

More information

• Creating fonts & themes: https://docs.blink.sh/advanced/creating-fonts-and-themes

[pcho]

Users interested in creation of dynamic themes adapting to system appearance can check this out: https://github.com/ng-hai/rose-pine-blinksh/tree/main/dynamic