If you're like me and you're running lots of terminals in Cursor and VS Code, this is for you.
Too many times I'll have Docker, Next.js, and 5 instances of Claude running at the same time and get completely lost in the sauce. I've found that renaming terminals, setting icons, and picking colors is far too many clicks and way too annoying.
Hence, Terminal Styler was born.
Use a keybinding to open a style panel where you can easily edit your terminal name, color, icon, and add things like emojis, branch names, timestamps, and more. You can also create new terminals and style them VERY quickly from within the panel.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
bash, bash, bash, bash |
🚀 API Server, 🐛 Debug, 📦 Docker, ✨ Claude |
- One panel to rename, set icon, and set color
- Template buttons to quickly insert folder name, git branch, date, time
- Emoji row for quick visual markers
- Recent names for styles you use often
- New Terminal button to create and style multiple terminals without leaving the panel
- Open a terminal
- Press
Cmd+Shift+T(Mac) orCtrl+Shift+T(Windows/Linux) - Type a name, click some template buttons, add an emoji
- Hit
Enter - Pick an icon, pick a color, done!
Or click the paintcan icon in the status bar.
One click to insert:
folder- Parent folder namepath- Abbreviated pathrepo- Git repo namebranch- Current branchdate- Today's datetime- Current time
Quick access to: 🚀 🔥 ✨ ☠️ ⚙️ 📦 🧪 🧟
| Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Open Panel | Cmd+Shift+T |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
| Apply | Enter |
Enter |
| Cancel | Escape |
Escape |
- Rename only - Skip icon & color pickers when you just need a quick rename
- Open Extensions (
Cmd+Shift+X) - Search "Terminal Styler"
- Install
- Download
.vsixfrom Releases - Run
Extensions: Install from VSIX...from Command Palette
- VS Code or Cursor 1.80.0+
- Git extension (optional, for branch/repo buttons)
I was tired of right-clicking terminals, navigating menus, and losing track of which terminal was which. Now I just hit Cmd+Shift+T, type 🚀 server, and I'm done.
If this saves you even a few seconds of confusion per day, it's worth it.
Found a bug? Have an idea? Open an issue or submit a PR.
MIT - do whatever you want with it.
Made with ☕ and frustration by Paper Diamond
