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What is your favorite ZSH theme?

Noah Trupin on November 23, 2019

I've being using the classic robbyrussell with Oh My ZSH for quite some time now, and I'm looking for ideas about what to used next.

So, what is your favorite ZSH theme?

Abdurrahman Hafez • Nov 23 '19

I have been using space-ship for about a year.
github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-p...

Roman Perepelitsa • Nov 29 '19

Powerlevel10k is an order of magnitude faster, easier to configure and has more features. Give it a try.

Honza • Dec 18 '20

I was happy with Wes Bos' Cobalt 2 – but mate… Now, I'm a believer – Powerlevel10k is sweet!

Mohammed Almajid • May 5 '20

how to shorten the directory?

Roman Perepelitsa • May 5 '20

Run p10k configure. If the directory is too long for your liking, open ~/.p10k.zsh, search for POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_MAX_LENGTH and set its value to 0.

Noah Trupin • Nov 24 '19

I'm really liking the usage of color in this theme! Really lets you see what's important at a glance.

Damián Cravacuore • Nov 25 '19

I made my own Frankenstein theme raw:

# Inspired by making a mixture the following themes:
# robbyrussell + arrow + lambda
# changing some colors and elements positions

local ret_status="%(?:%{$fg_bold[grey]%}λ :%{$fg_bold[red]%} λ )"
PROMPT=' ${ret_status}%{$fg[magenta]%}%c %{$fg[black]%}➤ %{$reset_color%}'
RPROMPT='$(git_prompt_info) %{$reset_color%}'

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg_bold[grey]%}git:(%{$fg[cyan]%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%} "
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="%{$fg[grey]%}) %{$fg[yellow]%}✗"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN="%{$fg[grey]%})"

Fred Vassard • Nov 24 '19

I have been using powerlevel10k for a while now. It has a nice setup/config and is pretty flexible.

Jeklah • Nov 24 '19

Without a doubt, Powerlevel10k.
github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

Igor Moura • Nov 24 '19

Kind of a shameless self plug, but I've made my own based on a theme from bash-it that I really liked, you can find it here.

Noah Trupin • Nov 24 '19

Well done with the theme! The blue/green color combination is a nice touch

Igor Moura • Nov 25 '19

Thanks, really appreciate your words :)

Manan Joshi • Nov 24 '19

I use the powerlevel9k zsh theme.

Check out more of my setup here:

What is the best .zshrc config you have seen?

Manan Joshi ・ Nov 12 '19

#config #productivity #discuss

Madiyar • Nov 24 '19

Bira

Dante Calderón • Nov 24 '19

I like the default theme.

ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"

Nick Taylor • Nov 24 '19 • Edited

I use Joker or Agnoster. Lately I've been on Agnoster.

More about my setup here:

My Mac Setup

Nick Taylor (he/him) ・ Jan 12 '18 ・ 9 min read

#productivity #developertools #webdev

Glenn Carremans • Nov 24 '19

The Dracula 🧛‍♂️ theme is cool and minimalistic.
github.com/dracula/zsh

Noah Trupin • Nov 24 '19

I use Dracula with VSCode, you can't really go wrong with it

Johnny Bell • Nov 23 '19

You should check out Pure. It’s amazing. Doesn’t come default with Oh My Zsh, but you can install it and link it.

Noah Trupin • Nov 23 '19

Wow! I really like the color and minimalism in that one.

Johnny Bell • Nov 23 '19

Yeah. I changed from a custom theme I built about a month ago and I’m in love ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Heiker • Nov 23 '19

But there is one that is based on that theme, I think is called refined.

Johnny Bell • Nov 23 '19

I’ll check it out. Thanks.

Scott Tesler • Nov 24 '19

The Dracula theme.

draculatheme.com

jsundqvist • Nov 24 '19

github.com/jsundqvist/bastard.zsh-...

Dmytro Kyshchenko • Nov 24 '19

Bira

Mohamed Hazem • Nov 24 '19

Spaceship of course

J. Tanner Porter • Nov 24 '19

Agnoster is my perfered do far. Interested in trying refined though, looks nice.

Hardik khanesa • Apr 29 '21

github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#o...

Ben Sinclair • Nov 23 '19

My favourite theme for anything is Gruvbox, and I've been using variations on it since it came out.

Pål Nes • Nov 24 '19

Lambda all the way.

Jesse M. Holmes • Nov 24 '19

I’ve only ever used bullet train. 😊

Tacio Nery • Nov 24 '19

I like simple themes. I use Gitster Lambda since 2017

github.com/ergenekonyigit/lambda-g...

Jacob Colborn • Nov 23 '19

I've been using Dallas since installing ZSH. I am new to ZSH though, so it's only the 3rd or 4th theme I installed.

gustavobcampos • Nov 24 '19

It's just like 9k but faster

Roman Perepelitsa • Feb 1 '20

You can use Powerlevel10k as a faster version of Powerlevel9k but it's not the whole thing. There are many features that exist only in Powerlevel10k. See github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/b....

Daniel • Nov 25 '19

I use Ubuntu on windows 10. And Space-ship is my favorite theme.

Ricardo Grøndahl-Rosado • Nov 24 '19

I used the default robbyrussell for a long time, but switched to bira. Happy with it so far. Need to try out space-ship and powerlevel10k though.