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Everlife - Transparent Background Theme for Terminals and CLIs

A beautiful, minimalistic transparent terminal theme optimized for modern terminals and AI-powered CLI tools. Seamless visual integration between your terminal environment and AI coding assistants.

Why Everlife?

When using AI-powered CLI tools inside your terminal, mismatched colors create visual jarring. Everlife provides:

  1. Universal color palette - Identical colors across all supported platforms
  2. Transparent design - Beautiful backgrounds with customizable opacity
  3. AI-ready - Pre-configured for CLI AI tools with theme selectors
  4. Minimalistic - Clean, distraction-free aesthetic

The Secret Ingredient: Your Desktop Background

Transparent terminals shine brightest with a beautiful desktop wallpaper.

Style Effect
Static wallpapers Clean, consistent backdrop
Animated wallpapers Dynamic, living terminal
Gradient/abstract Minimal distraction
Nature/landscape Calm, organic feel

Tip

The 15-25% strong transparency lets your wallpaper become part of your terminal aesthetic. Choose wallpapers with softer gradients for readability, darker tones for text contrast, or nature scenes for a calm coding environment.

Your terminal becomes a window into your aesthetic. 🌿

See WALLPAPER-GUIDE.md for wallpaper recommendations and color harmony tips.

Transparency Recommendations

Style Opacity Description
Strong Transparency 15-25% Maximum see-through effect
Light Transparency 25-50% Balanced visibility with blur

Tip

We recommend starting with 20-25% opacity for the best balance of aesthetics and readability.

Quick Start

One-Line Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Davidrsdiaz/transparent-background-everlife-terminal-cli-theme/main/install.sh | bash

For Terminal Users

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Davidrsdiaz/transparent-background-everlife-terminal-cli-theme.git
cd transparent-background-everlife-terminal-cli-theme

# Copy config for your terminal (choose one)
cp terminals/ghostty/config ~/.config/ghostty/config
cp terminals/wezterm/wezterm.lua ~/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
cp terminals/alacritty/alacritty.toml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
cp terminals/kitty/kitty.conf ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
cp terminals/warp/everlife.yaml ~/.warp/themes/standard/everlife.yaml

For CLI AI Tool Users

# OpenCode
mkdir -p ~/.config/opencode/themes
cp cli-tools/opencode/transparent-everlife.json ~/.config/opencode/themes/
cp cli-tools/opencode/opencode.json ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json

# Gemini CLI
cp cli-tools/gemini-cli/settings.json ~/.gemini/settings.json

Supported Platforms

Terminals

Terminal Platform Transparency Theme Support Config
Ghostty macOS, Linux ✅ Opacity + Blur Native config
WezTerm macOS, Linux, Windows ✅ Opacity + Blur Native wezterm.lua
Windows Terminal Windows ✅ Acrylic Native settings.json
Alacritty macOS, Linux, Windows ✅ Opacity Native alacritty.toml
Kitty macOS, Linux ✅ Opacity Native kitty.conf
iTerm2 macOS ✅ Opacity + Blur Native Manual
Warp macOS, Linux ✅ Opacity Custom YAML everlife.yaml
Wave macOS, Linux, Windows ✅ Opacity Custom JSON termthemes.json

CLI AI Tools

Tool Theme Support Configuration Notes
OpenCode ✅ Custom themes JSON theme file Full theme customization
Gemini CLI ✅ Custom themes settings.json Built-in + custom themes
Every Code ✅ Custom themes theme.toml Codex fork with theming
Claude Code ⚠️ 6 built-in themes /config command Feature request for custom themes
Amazon Q/Kiro ⚠️ Light/Dark only q settings theme Limited theme options
Aider ✅ Inherits terminal None needed Uses terminal colors automatically
Continue CLI ✅ Inherits terminal None needed Uses terminal colors automatically
Goose CLI ✅ Inherits terminal None needed Uses terminal colors automatically
Crush CLI ✅ Inherits terminal None needed CharmBracelet AI agent
Codex CLI ✅ Inherits terminal None needed OpenAI's official CLI

Note

✅ Inherits terminal means the CLI automatically uses your terminal's configured colors - no additional setup needed! These tools work perfectly with our terminal configs.

Features

Beautiful Transparency

Style Opacity Blur Best For
Strong 15-25% 15-25px Maximum desktop visibility
Light 25-50% 20-30px Balanced aesthetics
Subtle 50-70% 10-15px Traditional terminal feel

Color Palette

Based on the beloved Everforest theme:

Color Hex Usage
Background #1e2326 Dark evergreen base
Foreground #d3c6aa Warm beige text
Red #e67e80 Errors, diff removals
Green #a7c080 Success, diff additions
Yellow #dbbc7f Warnings, highlights
Cyan #7fbbb3 Primary accent
Magenta #d699b6 Secondary accent
Aqua #83c092 Tertiary accent
Orange #e69875 Borders, cursor

Agent Colors (CLI Tools)

Agent Color Description
Plan #a277ff Purple - For planning/suggestion modes
Build #EC5B2B Orange - For implementation modes

For AI Agents

This repository is designed for easy implementation by AI agents. Structure:

transparent-background-everlife-terminal-cli-theme/
├── terminals/           # Terminal configurations
├── cli-tools/          # CLI AI tool themes
└── colors/             # Shared color definitions

Quick Implementation

# Detect terminal and install theme
if [ -d "$HOME/.config/ghostty" ]; then
  cp terminals/ghostty/config ~/.config/ghostty/config
elif [ -d "$HOME/.config/wezterm" ]; then
  cp terminals/wezterm/wezterm.lua ~/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
fi

# Detect CLI tool and install theme
if command -v opencode &> /dev/null; then
  mkdir -p ~/.config/opencode/themes
  cp cli-tools/opencode/transparent-everlife.json ~/.config/opencode/themes/
fi

File Structure

transparent-background-everlife-terminal-cli-theme/
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── WALLPAPER-GUIDE.md       # Desktop aesthetic tips
├── install.sh              # Quick install script
├── .gitignore
├── .github/
│   └── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
│       ├── bug_report.md
│       ├── feature_request.md
│       └── question.md
├── screenshots/
│   └── README.md
├── terminals/
│   ├── ghostty/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── config
│   ├── wezterm/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── wezterm.lua
│   ├── windows-terminal/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── settings.json
│   ├── alacritty/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── alacritty.toml
│   ├── kitty/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── kitty.conf
│   ├── iterm2/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── Everlife.itermcolors
│   ├── warp/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── everlife.yaml
│   └── wave/
│       ├── README.md
│       └── termthemes.json
├── cli-tools/
│   ├── opencode/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   ├── transparent-everlife.json
│   │   └── opencode.json
│   ├── gemini-cli/
│   │   ├── README.md
│   │   └── settings.json
│   ├── claude-code/
│   │   └── README.md
│   ├── aider/
│   │   └── README.md
│   ├── continue/
│   │   └── README.md
│   ├── amazon-q/
│   │   └── README.md
│   ├── goose/
│   │   └── README.md
│   ├── crush-cli/
│   │   └── README.md
│   ├── codex-cli/
│   │   └── README.md
│   └── every-code/
│       ├── README.md
│       └── theme.toml
└── colors/
    └── everlife-palette.json

Screenshots

See screenshots/ for examples.

Note

Screenshots welcome! See screenshots/README.md for guidelines on contributing.

Credits

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Contributions welcome! Feel free to:

  • Add support for more terminals
  • Add support for more CLI AI tools
  • Submit screenshots
  • Report issues or suggest improvements

License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details.

Made with care by davidrsdiaz

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Beautiful transparent terminal theme for modern terminals (Ghostty, WezTerm, Alacritty, Kitty, Warp) and AI CLI tools (OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Aider)

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