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Terminal music widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A terminal music widget shows the song that is playing with play, pause and skip controls. 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 music 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 music widget shows

A now-playing widget shows cover art, the track and artist, a progress line and three controls. It works with whichever app is playing, not one particular service.

Reading the current track needs Android's notification access and a media connection, which is a Pro feature in WidgetCraft. The controls send play, pause and skip to the app that is playing.

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 music widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 180, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
Imagecover art 140 × 140, radius 0, connected to media artwork
Texttrack title, JetBrains Mono, size 20, color #39FF6A, one line
Textartist, size 14, color #2A9D50
Progressten square blocks, 156 wide, progress #39FF6A
Shapesprevious, play/pause and next; play in #39FF6A, others in #39FF6A, each with a tap action
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 music 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. Open Data and set up the media connection; Android will ask for notification access.
  3. Add an Image layer, 140 × 140 with radius 0, and connect it to the cover art.
  4. Add two Text layers connected to the track title (size 20, #39FF6A) and the artist (size 14, #2A9D50).
  5. Add a Progress layer as ten square blocks in #39FF6A, then three shapes for the controls. In Tap, assign previous, play/pause and next.
  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.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

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Questions about the terminal music widget

What size is a terminal music 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?

The terminal design is free to build. Showing live track details needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

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

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