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Terminal quote widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A terminal quote widget displays a line you want to see every day. 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 quote 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 quote widget shows

A quote widget is pure typography, so the style shows more clearly here than anywhere else. Line length, line spacing and the size of the quotation mark do the design work.

It is plain text you type yourself: free, offline and with no permission. Change the words whenever you like.

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.

Text: Start lines with a prompt such as > or $ and write labels in lowercase.

Terminal quote widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #050805, corner radius 6, outline 1 pt #39FF6A
Shape	vertical rule 4 points wide in #39FF6A at the left of the quote, in place of a quotation mark
Text	quote in two lines, JetBrains Mono, weight 500, size 17, line spacing 1.35, color #39FF6A, left aligned
Text	author, size 12, color #2A9D50
Ornament	a 20-point title bar across the top in the darker green-black, with three small dots at its left like a terminal window
Font	JetBrains Mono (import the font file), or the built-in Mono
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Terminal color palette

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

How to make a terminal quote widget in WidgetCraft

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.
Add a Text layer and type your quote. Set the font to JetBrains Mono, the size to 17 and the color to #39FF6A.
Press return where you want the line to break, and set the alignment to left.
Add a Shape, 4 points wide and as tall as the quote, in #39FF6A, and place it to the left of the text as a rule.
Add the author on its own Text layer at size 12 in #2A9D50.
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.
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 quote widgets

Use one monospace font for everything.
Keep text green on black with a dimmer green for labels.
Keep quotes under about 12 words so the text can stay large.
Break lines by meaning, not wherever the text happens to wrap.
Always credit the author on a separate, smaller line.
Do not use rounded corners above 8.
Do not mix in icons or images.

Questions about the terminal quote widget

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

What else is this style called?

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

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