Chrominal

Open new terminals instantly from the editor title bar — each one with a unique random color and icon.

Features

Two buttons are always visible in the editor title bar:

• Terminal (Panel) — opens a new terminal in the bottom panel
• Terminal (Editor Tab) — opens a new terminal as a full editor tab

Every terminal gets a distinct color and icon automatically picked to avoid duplicates with already open terminals. On VS Code 1.133 or newer, icons are chosen from the complete set of distinct glyphs available in VS Code's terminal icon picker; aliases and the intentionally blank icon are excluded. Older supported VS Code versions keep the original 16-icon palette so they never receive an icon they cannot render. Colors are chosen from a curated palette of 6 vivid ANSI colors (red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan) — white and black are excluded for better visibility.

Usage

Click the terminal icons in the top-right area of the editor:

No configuration needed — works out of the box.

Requirements

VS Code 1.60.0 or higher.