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Terminal home screen setup
Terminal widgets look like a command prompt: a black background, green monospace text, a prompt symbol and plain text output instead of graphics. This setup uses three widgets, one wallpaper and one palette so the whole screen reads as a single design.
The three terminal widgets
- Terminal battery widget (2 × 2): shows your charge level as a ring with the percentage in the middle.
- Terminal to-do list widget (4 × 2): keeps today's tasks on your home screen with boxes you can tick.
- Terminal clock widget (4 × 2): shows the time in large numerals with the day and date beneath.
Place them top to bottom in that order and leave the row above the dock empty so the wallpaper has room.
Battery widget settings
A battery widget turns one number into a shape you can read without thinking. A ring that fills clockwise is the clearest form, with the percentage inside it.
- Canvas: 200 × 200, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
- Ring: diameter 120, stroke 9, track #2A9D50 at 28% opacity, progress #39FF6A, round ends, start at top
- Battery: level as a number, JetBrains Mono, size 44, color #39FF6A, centered in the ring
- Bars and rings: Draw bars from block characters, like [#####-----].
Free to build. Full recipe and steps.
To-do list widget settings
A to-do widget works when it is short. Three tasks, a clear title and a box to tap are enough; a long list belongs in an app.
- Canvas: 360 × 200, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
- Text: title "Today", JetBrains Mono, size 22, color #39FF6A
- Text: count such as "1 of 3", size 12, color #2A9D50, right aligned
- Lists: Prefix rows with [ ] and [x] like a text file checklist.
Free to build. Full recipe and steps.
Clock widget settings
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.
- Canvas: 360 × 180, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
- Layout: header: 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
- Text or Date: weekday, JetBrains Mono, size 12, color #2A9D50
- Numbers: Print numbers as plain monospace output, not as large display type.
Free to build. Full recipe and steps.
How to set up a terminal home screen
- Set the wallpaper first, so you can judge every color against it.
- Build the battery widget and add it to the home screen at 2 × 2.
- Duplicate its canvas settings for the to-do list and clock widgets so the background, radius and outline match exactly.
- Place all three, then adjust margins until the left edges line up.
- Change the icons last, and remove any app you do not use daily from the page.
Terminal wallpaper ideas
Pure black.
Terminal icons and dock
Monochrome green or white glyph icons.
Terminal home screen colors
- Black
#050805Background - Phosphor dark
#0D140DSurface and tracks - Phosphor green
#39FF6AText - Dim green
#2A9D50Labels - Green
#39FF6AAccent
Fonts for a terminal home screen
Use JetBrains Mono (import the font file), or the built-in Mono at weight 500. Corner radius is 6 on every widget so the shapes match.
Do and avoid
- Use one monospace font for everything.
- Keep text green on black with a dimmer green for labels.
- Do not use rounded corners above 8.
- Do not mix in icons or images.