🎨 claude-code-themes

Beautiful terminal themes for Claude Code — Nord, Catppuccin, Dracula, Tokyo Night, Gruvbox.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YOUR_USERNAME/claude-code-themes/main/install.sh | bash

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Themes

Theme	Vibe
nord	🧊 Cool blues and arctic whites
catppuccin-mocha	🌸 Warm pastels on deep mocha
dracula	🧛 Classic dark with vivid purples
tokyo-night	🌃 Deep blue Tokyo after dark
gruvbox	🌲 Earthy retro warmth

Usage

# Apply a theme
claude-theme apply catppuccin-mocha

# List all themes
claude-theme list

# Preview themes with color swatches
claude-theme preview

# See what's active
claude-theme current

# Reset to Claude Code defaults
claude-theme reset

After applying, open Claude Code and run:

/color #cba6f7

...using the matching prompt bar color for your theme.

What each theme configures

Each theme is a bundle of three things:

1. ~/.claude/settings.json — statusline style, syntax highlighting, diff style
2. Shell env vars — CLAUDE_CODE_THEME, COLORTERM=truecolor (fixes washed-out colors over SSH)
3. Oh My Posh statusline (optional) — a matching statusline config if you have Oh My Posh installed

Oh My Posh integration

If you have Oh My Posh installed, you get a matching statusline that shows your current Claude model, token usage, and session cost — styled to your theme.

Add this to ~/.claude/settings.json after applying a theme:

{
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "oh-my-posh claude --config ~/.claude-themes/themes/catppuccin-mocha.omp.json",
    "padding": 0
  }
}

Honest limitations

Claude Code's interactive UI elements (prompts, selection highlights, diffs) use hardcoded RGB values that your terminal theme cannot override. This is a known open issue.

What this repo can control:

• ✅ The /theme setting (dark/light/ansi/daltonized)
• ✅ The prompt bar color (via /color)
• ✅ The statusline content and style
• ✅ Shell environment for truecolor rendering
• ✅ Oh My Posh statusline design

What it cannot control (yet):

• ❌ Background color of diff blocks
• ❌ Selection highlight colors in yes/no prompts
• ❌ The core TUI palette (hardcoded by Anthropic)

When Anthropic ships custom theme support (issue #1302), this repo will be first to support it.

Manual install

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/claude-code-themes.git
cd claude-code-themes
chmod +x bin/claude-theme install.sh
cp bin/claude-theme ~/.local/bin/claude-theme

# Download theme assets
mkdir -p ~/.claude-themes/themes
for t in nord catppuccin-mocha dracula tokyo-night gruvbox; do
  cp themes/$t/claude-settings.json ~/.claude-themes/themes/$t.claude.json
  cp themes/$t/omp.json              ~/.claude-themes/themes/$t.omp.json
  cp themes/$t/env.sh                ~/.claude-themes/themes/$t.env.sh
done

Contributing a theme

1. Create a folder: themes/your-theme-name/
2. Add claude-settings.json, omp.json, env.sh
3. Add your theme to the THEMES array in bin/claude-theme
4. Open a PR with a screenshot

Recording screenshots

Highly recommended: use vhs to record terminal gifs.

brew install vhs
vhs demo.tape

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Star the repo if you find it useful. Follow for updates when Anthropic ships deeper theme support.