Terminal Styler

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.

Terminal Styler Screenshot

What It Does

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

Quick Start

Open a terminal
Press Cmd+Shift+T (Mac) or Ctrl+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.

Features

Template Buttons

One click to insert:

folder - Parent folder name
path - Abbreviated path
repo - Git repo name
branch - Current branch
date - Today's date
time - Current time

Emoji Row

Quick access to: 🚀 🔥 ✨ ☠️ ⚙️ 📦 🧪 🧟

Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Mac	Windows/Linux
Open Panel	`Cmd+Shift+T`	`Ctrl+Shift+T`
Apply	`Enter`	`Enter`
Cancel	`Escape`	`Escape`

Options

Rename only - Skip icon & color pickers when you just need a quick rename

Installation

VS Code / Cursor Marketplace

Open Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X)
Search "Terminal Styler"
Install

Manual Install

Download .vsix from Releases
Run Extensions: Install from VSIX... from Command Palette

Requirements

VS Code or Cursor 1.80.0+
Git extension (optional, for branch/repo buttons)

Why I Built This

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.

Contributing

Found a bug? Have an idea? Open an issue or submit a PR.

License

MIT - do whatever you want with it.

Made with ☕ and frustration by Paper Diamond