Theming

Selecting a Theme

Set the theme in your config.toml:

[theme]
name = "my-theme"

The change takes effect immediately via hot-reload.

Light / Dark Auto-Switch

Configure separate themes for light and dark system appearances:

[theme]
light = "my-light-theme"
dark = "my-dark-theme"

ori-term follows your system appearance setting and switches instantly. When you toggle light/dark mode on your OS, ori-term matches automatically.

Custom Themes

Create a TOML file in your config directory:

# ~/.config/ori-term/themes/my-theme.toml

[colors]
foreground = "#d4d4d4"
background = "#0a0a0a"
cursor = "#00ff41"
selection_bg = "#264f78"
selection_fg = "#ffffff"

[colors.normal]
black = "#0a0a0a"
red = "#f44747"
green = "#00ff41"
yellow = "#e5e510"
blue = "#2472c8"
magenta = "#bc3fbc"
cyan = "#11a8cd"
white = "#e5e5e5"

[colors.bright]
black = "#666666"
red = "#f14c4c"
green = "#23d18b"
yellow = "#f5f543"
blue = "#3b8eea"
magenta = "#d670d6"
cyan = "#29b8db"
white = "#f5f5f5"

Then reference it in your config:

[theme]
name = "my-theme"

Color Slots

Every theme defines these color slots:

• foreground — Default text color
• background — Terminal background
• cursor — Cursor color
• selection_bg / selection_fg — Selected text colors
• normal — 8 standard ANSI colors (0-7)
• bright — 8 bright ANSI colors (8-15)

Importing Themes

ori-term can import themes from other terminal emulators:

• iTerm2 — .itermcolors XML files
• Ghostty — Ghostty theme format
• base16 — base16 YAML/JSON schemes

Bring your existing theme collection with you when you switch to ori-term.