Customizing My Terminal

Updated

There are a ton of ways you can customize your terminal.

Here's a few of my favourite configuration schemes:

I'm a Unix guy, so irrespective of the OS, I stay away from PowerShell (hence Git Bash).

For my PC, I run Git Bash in mintty with the following setup:

ThemeFile=gruvbox
Font=Fixedsys
FontHeight=16
CursorType=block
CursorBlinks=no
Transparency=medium
FontWeight=400
FontIsBold=no

Here's what it looks like:

A mintty terminal using the Gruvbox theme

Pro tip: Try out a transparent terminal background so you can see your desktop wallpaper seep through.

On my MacBook, I run Ghostty and have a more complex setup:

  • Zsh
  • Powerlevel10k