cust-term 🖥️(Customize your Terminal)

A clean Windows Terminal customization guide — themes, fonts, and fastfetch setup from scratch.

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📸 Before & After

Before — the default Windows Terminal:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Windows PowerShell                             │
│  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.           │
│                                                 │
│  PS C:\Users\user>  _                           │
│                                                 │
│  (default black background, Consolas font,      │
│   no transparency, no personality)              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

After — with one of these themes applied:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PS ⚡  ×  +                    [frosted glass]  │
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│                                                 │
│       ·   ·          your@pc-Laptop         │
│     ·   ◇   ·        ──────────────────         │
│   ·   ◇   ◇   ·      OS    Windows 11 x86_64   │
│ ·   ◇   ◆   ◇   ·    CPU   i5-12450H @ 4.4GHz  │
│   ·   ◆   ◆   ·      RAM   6.28 / 7.72 GiB     │
│     ·   ◈   ·        Disk  163 / 226 GiB        │
│   ·   ◆   ◆   ·      Shell PowerShell           │
│ ·   ◇   ◆   ◇   ·                              │
│   ·   ◇   ◇   ·      ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●          │
│     ·   ◇   ·                                   │
│       ·   ·                                     │
│                                                 │
│  PS C:\Users\nasru> _                           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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🗂️ Repo Structure

cust-term/
├── themes/
│   ├── void-moody.json     # Dark purple — moody & deep
│   ├── ghost-wire.json     # Monochrome — minimal & sharp
│   ├── deep-tide.json      # Ocean blue — cool & clean
│   ├── ember-forge.json    # Warm sunset — orange & fire
│   └── matrix-rain.json    # Hacker green — classic matrix
├── fastfetch/
│   ├── ascii.txt           # Diamond ring ASCII art
│   └── config.jsonc        # Fastfetch configuration
└── README.md

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🚀 Step 1 — Install Windows Terminal

If you don't have it yet, install it from the Microsoft Store or via winget:

winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

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🔤 Step 2 — Install the Font

All themes use JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono — a monospace font with icon support.

1. Go to nerdfonts.com and download JetBrainsMono
2. Extract the .zip
3. Select all .ttf files → Right-click → Install for all users
4. Restart Windows Terminal

⚠️ Without this font, you'll see a warning and icons won't render correctly.

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🎨 Step 3 — Apply a Theme

Method 1 — Replace the whole settings file (easiest)

1. Pick a theme from the themes/ folder
2. Open Windows Terminal → Press Ctrl + ,
3. Click Open JSON file (bottom-left corner icon)
4. Replace everything in that file with the contents of your chosen theme JSON
5. Save → Fully close and reopen Windows Terminal

Method 2 — Add just the color scheme

If you want to keep your existing settings and only add the color scheme:

1. Open your settings.json via Ctrl + , → Open JSON file
2. Copy the object inside "schemes": [...] from your chosen theme
3. Paste it into the "schemes" array in your settings file
4. Change "colorScheme" inside "profiles" > "defaults" to match the scheme name

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🎨 Themes

🟣 Void Moody

File: themes/void-moody.json

Deep near-black background with a full electric purple palette. Frosted glass at 75% opacity. Best for night sessions.

Background  #0D0D1A    Foreground  #CDB4F0
Accent      #E040FB    Cursor      #E040FB

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⬜ Ghost Wire

File: themes/ghost-wire.json

Pure monochrome — near-black background, clean white/grey text. Minimal and sharp. Vintage cursor style.

Background  #0A0A0A    Foreground  #E0E0E0
Accent      #FFFFFF    Cursor      #FFFFFF

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🔵 Deep Tide

File: themes/deep-tide.json

Deep navy background with cool cyan/blue highlights. Calm and focused.

Background  #050D18    Foreground  #A8D8EA
Accent      #29B6F6    Cursor      #29B6F6

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🔶 Ember Forge

File: themes/ember-forge.json

Near-black background with warm orange/red tones. Feels like fire in the dark.

Background  #100800    Foreground  #FFCCBC
Accent      #FF5722    Cursor      #FF6D00

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🟢 Matrix Rain

File: themes/matrix-rain.json

Pure black background with classic hacker green text. The one and only.

Background  #000300    Foreground  #00FF41
Accent      #00FF41    Cursor      #00FF41

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💡 Step 4 — Enable Frosted Glass (Acrylic)

The themes have "useAcrylic": true set, but you also need to enable transparency in Windows itself:

1. Press Win + I → Personalization → Colors
2. Scroll down → Toggle Transparency effects → On

⚠️ Battery Saver mode disables transparency. Make sure it's off if the effect isn't showing.

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⚡ Step 5 — Install & Configure Fastfetch

Fastfetch is a system info tool that shows your specs on terminal startup — like neofetch but faster.

Install

winget install fastfetch-cli.fastfetch

Set up the ASCII art and config

1. Create the config folder if it doesn't exist:

mkdir "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\fastfetch"

2. Copy fastfetch/ascii.txt and fastfetch/config.jsonc from this repo into that folder:

C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\.config\fastfetch\ascii.txt
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\.config\fastfetch\config.jsonc

3. Open config.jsonc and replace YOUR_USERNAME with your actual Windows username in the source path.

Run on startup (PowerShell)

To make fastfetch run every time you open the terminal, add it to your PowerShell profile:

# Open your profile file
notepad $PROFILE

Add this line at the top:

fastfetch

Save and restart Windows Terminal. Fastfetch will now greet you on every launch.

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⌨️ Keybindings (all themes)

Action	Shortcut
Copy	Ctrl + C
Paste	Ctrl + V
Find	Ctrl + Shift + F
New Tab	Ctrl + T
Split Pane	Alt + Shift + D

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🛠️ Tips

• You can mix themes — use one theme's color scheme with another's font settings
• To reset to defaults, press Ctrl + , → click Reset to defaults (bottom-left)
• The scrollbarState: hidden setting hides the scrollbar for a cleaner look — remove it if you need it back
• All themes start in %USERPROFILE% (C:\Users\yourname) by default

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📄 License

MIT — use, share, modify freely. Star the repo if it helped! ⭐