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Terminal countdown widget

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A terminal countdown widget counts the days left until a date you choose. Green or amber monospace text on black, like a command line. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Terminal countdown widget design preview: Green or amber monospace text on black, like a command line.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a terminal countdown widget shows

A countdown widget keeps one date in view: a trip, a birthday, an exam or a launch. The number of days is the hero, the event name gives it meaning and a bar shows how far along you are.

WidgetCraft's countdown layer works from the phone's clock, so it is free, needs no permission and works offline. You pick the target date in the layer's details.

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.

Terminal countdown widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 180, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
Layoutstacked: label, number and event name, left aligned
Textlabel "Days until", size 12, color #2A9D50
Countdowndays remaining, JetBrains Mono, size 60, color #39FF6A
Textevent name, size 20, color #39FF6A
Progressten square blocks, 312 wide, progress #39FF6A
Ornamenta 20-point title bar across the top in the darker green-black, with three small dots at its left like a terminal window
FontJetBrains Mono (import the font file), or the built-in Mono
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Terminal color palette

How to make a terminal countdown 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 Countdown. Pick your target date and show days only.
  3. Set the font to JetBrains Mono, the size to 60 and the color to #39FF6A.
  4. Add a Text label "Days until" at size 12 in #2A9D50, and a second Text layer for the event name at size 20.
  5. Add a Progress layer as ten square blocks in #39FF6A to show how much of the wait has passed.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 countdown widgets

Questions about the terminal countdown widget

What size is a terminal countdown 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. Countdown widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the terminal styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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

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