Beautify your Windows Terminal and Powershell

Step-by-step tutorial to customize the Windows Terminal and Powershell Core

Getting Started

Install Hack (Nerd Fonts)

Download the Hack font from Nerd Fonts.

Otherwise you will see some gibberish on your terminal.

Install all Windows compatible .ttf files.

Install Powershell Core

Download the latest release of Powershell Core from Github Repo.

Install Windows Terminal

You can download the Windows Terminal from Microsoft Store.

Or you can download using Invoke-WebRequest command:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/download/v1.5.10411.0/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.5.10411.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -OutFile WindowsTerminal.appx -UseBasicParsing

Add-AppxPackage .\WindowsTerminal.appx

Windows Terminal Setup

My Windows Terminal configuration for References:

// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation
{
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
    "actions": [
        {
            "command": {
                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+c"
        },
        {
            "command": "paste",
            "keys": "ctrl+v"
        },
        {
            "command": "find",
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
        },
        {
            "command": {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        }
    ],
    "copyFormatting": "none",
    "copyOnSelect": false,
    "defaultProfile": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
    "launchMode": "maximized",
    "profiles": {
        "defaults": {
            // Don't forget to change "backgroundImage"
            "backgroundImage": "D:\\User Images\\terminal.jpg",
            "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5,
            "colorScheme": "One Half Dark",
            "font": {
                "face": "Hack NF",
                "size": 14
            }
        },
        "list": [
            {
                "commandline": "powershell.exe",
                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Windows PowerShell"
            },
            {
                "commandline": "cmd.exe",
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Command Prompt"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "PowerShell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
                // Don't forget to change "startingDirectory"
                "startingDirectory": "D:\\"
            }
        ]
    },
    "schemes": 
    [
        {
            "background": "#282C34",
            "black": "#282C34",
            "blue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightBlack": "#5A6374",
            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightCyan": "#56B6C2",
            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
            "brightPurple": "#C678DD",
            "brightRed": "#E06C75",
            "brightWhite": "#DCDFE4",
            "brightYellow": "#E5C07B",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#56B6C2",
            "foreground": "#DCDFE4",
            "green": "#98C379",
            "name": "One Half Dark",
            "purple": "#C678DD",
            "red": "#E06C75",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#DCDFE4",
            "yellow": "#E5C07B"
        }
    ]
}

Obs: Don't forget to change "backgroundImage" on defaults Profile and "startingDirectory" on Powershell Core Profile

Prompt Setup

The next codes you must run them inside Powershell Core prompt.

Install oh-my-posh:

Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser -Force

Obs: You must have installed Git for Windows.

Customize your Powershell Profile

You can open your Powershell Profile with the command below:

notepad $PROFILE.CurrentUserCurrentHost

Now go ahead and add the following code to your Powershell Profile:

Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module oh-my-posh

Create the custom theme

Open oh-my-posh themes folder:

Documents\PowerShell\Modules\oh-my-posh\themes

Obs: Sometimes will be ~\AppData\Local\oh-my-posh\themes.

paste the minimal.omp.json file.

Obs: minimal.omp.json is located in .config\terminal folder on this repo.

Open $PROFILE file again, then add:

Set-PoshPrompt -Theme minimal

Install PSReadLine and Terminal Icons

Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowPrerelease -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck

Install-Module -Name Terminal-Icons -Repository PSGallery -Force

Open $PROFILE file again, then add:

# Icons
Import-Module -Name Terminal-Icons

# PSReadLine
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView

Obs: You can clear the PSReadLine history by cleaning the history file.

You can get the path using (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath command.

Final Result

Useful Resources

How to set up PowerShell prompt with Oh My Posh on Windows 11

NerdFonts - Glyphs/Icons Cheat Sheet

Oh My Posh THEMES

oh-my-posh repository