Terminal clock widget

What a terminal clock widget shows

A digital clock is the widget most people place first. It needs to be readable from arm's length, so the time takes most of the space and the date sits quietly below it.

It uses the phone's own time, so it needs no permission and works offline. WidgetCraft's clock layer follows your 12- or 24-hour setting unless you choose a format.

How the terminal style shapes it

Terminal widgets look like a command prompt: a black background, green monospace text, a prompt symbol and plain text output instead of graphics.

• Numbers: Print numbers as plain monospace output, not as large display type.
• Text: Start lines with a prompt such as > or $ and write labels in lowercase.

Terminal clock widget recipe

Terminal color palette

• Black #050805Background
• Phosphor dark #0D140DSurface and tracks
• Phosphor green #39FF6AText
• Dim green #2A9D50Labels
• Green #39FF6AAccent

How to make a terminal clock widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #050805 and the corner radius to 6. Add a 1-point outline.
2. Tap Add and choose Clock. Set the format to hours and minutes, the font to JetBrains Mono, the size to 62 and the color to #39FF6A.
3. Add a Date layer above it for the weekday at size 12 in #2A9D50.
4. Add a second Date layer below for the day and month at size 15.
5. Add a small Shape in #39FF6A as the only accent, and align every layer to the same left margin of 24.
6. Arrange the layers in the header layout: weekday on the left and date on the right in one row at the top, a hairline under it, and the time anchored to the bottom left at size 66.
7. Add the terminal ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a 20-point title bar across the top in the darker green-black, with three small dots at its left like a terminal window.
8. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for terminal clock widgets

• Use one monospace font for everything.
• Keep text green on black with a dimmer green for labels.
• Seconds make a home screen widget look busy and Android updates widgets about once a minute, so leave them out.
• Check the widest time, such as 22:58 or 12:48 PM, so it never touches the edges.
• If the launcher crops the widget, reduce the time size before reducing the margins.
• Do not use rounded corners above 8.
• Do not mix in icons or images.

Questions about the terminal clock widget

What size is a terminal clock widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Black (#050805) for the background, Phosphor green (#39FF6A) for the main text, Dim green (#2A9D50) for labels and Green (#39FF6A) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Clock widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the terminal styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for hacker clock widget, command line clock widget, code clock widget, matrix clock widget. They describe the same look as this terminal clock widget.

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