Show HN: My Terminal Themes Web App

27 points | by bado 20 hours ago ago

17 comments

  • nmstoker 14 hours ago ago

    Very nice site.

    Out of interest, are they automatically classed as light or dark? For instance by some heuristic or algorithm. I saw it's reporting some contrast measures which is handy.

    I wonder how feasible it might be to use some colour distance heuristics to find similar themes: then if you find one you mostly like but it's slightly off due to some preference, you can still easily browse that "neighborhood"

    • bado 9 hours ago ago

      Hi there!

      They're classified automatically, though I did make it so I can change the light/dark classification in the Admin tools if something is off.

      Since the Similar Themes functionality was built, there has been work done on accessibility, tags, and the color profiles, so Similar may need to be revisited for its classification. I'll note to check that

      Also, there is a Find My Theme link in the nav that asks a few visual preference questions, then shows themes related to the answers. If you have feedback about that, and what works/doesn't work well for you, I'd love to hear it!

      Thanks!

  • blackfawn 17 hours ago ago

    Very neat! One thing I noticed is the "remember" function doesn't seem to work properly. It seems functional when defaulted to iTerm but when I deselect that and pick some I actually use, the button seems to be disabled as it is unclickable. I imagine the account-based version would help but I haven't tried that yet.

    • bado 9 hours ago ago

      You can set it if you have an Account, in your preferences. I don't think I built it in for stickiness in the guest mode, so that's great feedback. I'll check it out. I do preserve other settings in guest mode, and that one may have been overlooked.

      Thanks!

  • manu29d 17 hours ago ago

    Oh my. I have been using that repo and the themes on any new computer I have setup in the past 8-10 years at least (can't remember exactly, this repo is older than my career). I tried finding alternatives. While some worked, I have seen myself coming back to this repo again and again. Thank you for maintaining it for so long.

    • bado 9 hours ago ago

      Oh wow, thanks! I'm glad the repo has been useful to you all these years! It was surprising how it took off years ago! I've had people mention it to me at tech gatherings, and a few times it randomly showed up on a few of the Helpful Tools lists at companies I've worked for, when the person who created the list had no idea I was the maintainer

      Thanks for the kind words!

  • bado 8 hours ago ago

    I forgot to mention, themes added to TT do sync back to the GitHub repository, and vice versa!

  • d0utone 17 hours ago ago

    Awesome. I would make the themes much more visible on the main feed so that you can scroll through them on the phone and get a good impression. For me they were way too small so you end up entering every page to get a better glimpse.

  • boltzmann64 9 hours ago ago
  • BaudouinVH 16 hours ago ago

    my humble effort in that direction : https://terminal-theme-studio.pages.dev/

    • bado 8 hours ago ago

      Nice!

  • ravsg 9 hours ago ago

    keep going

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