Themes

The Terminal ships with seven themes to match your visual preferences. Each theme applies to all panels — terminal, editor, and UI chrome.

Available Themes

Theme	Style	Description
Default	Dark	The Terminal’s native dark theme
Dracula	Dark	Purple-accented dark theme, popular with developers
Nord	Dark	Arctic-inspired, muted blue palette
Catppuccin	Dark	Pastel-toned, easy on the eyes
Solarized	Both	Ethan Schoonover’s precision color scheme
Monokai	Dark	Warm, high-contrast syntax highlighting
GitHub	Light	Clean light theme matching GitHub’s aesthetic

Switching Themes

Open Settings (Cmd+,) and navigate to Appearance. Select your theme from the dropdown.

Color Mode

Independent of the theme, you can set the color mode:

• Dark — always use dark mode
• Light — always use light mode
• Auto — follow macOS system appearance

When set to Auto, The Terminal switches between light and dark variants of your chosen theme based on your macOS system preference.

Theme Scope

Themes apply globally to:

• Terminal panels — background color, text color, ANSI color palette
• Editor panels — syntax highlighting colors, background
• UI chrome — sidebars, panels, borders, buttons
• Browser panel — only the UI chrome, not the web content

The browser panel’s web content renders with its own styles — the theme doesn’t affect your web app’s appearance.

Next Steps

• Keyboard Shortcuts — customize key bindings
• Settings — all configuration options