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Gogh is a collection of color schemes for various terminal emulators, including Gnome Terminal, Pantheon Terminal, Tilix, and XFCE4 Terminal also compatible with iTerm on macOS.
Source code at GitHub https://gogh-co.github.io/Gogh/
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Gogh

Gogh
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Color Scheme Implementer for Terminals

Section titled “Color Scheme Implementer for Terminals”

Gogh is a collection of color schemes for various terminal emulators, including Gnome Terminal, Pantheon Terminal, Tilix, and XFCE4 Terminal. These schemes are designed to make your terminal more visually appealing and improve your productivity by providing a better contrast and color differentiation. (This fork of Gogh includes a color scheme named “Vaombe”.)

The inspiration for Gogh came from the clean and minimalistic design of Elementary OS, but the project has since grown to include a variety of unique and beautiful options. Not only does Gogh work on Linux systems, but it’s also compatible with iTerm on macOS, providing a consistent and visually appealing experience across platforms.


Index:

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⚙️ Pre-Install

Section titled “⚙️ Pre-Install”

In your terminal, type:

For Debian/Ubuntu:

Terminal window
sudo apt-get install dconf-cli uuid-runtime

For Arch Linux:

Terminal window
sudo pacman -S dconf util-linux-libs

You can now install Gogh in Interactive Mode (Easier) or Non-Interactive Mode! (Ideal for Scripting)



Install

Section titled “Install”

Interactive Mode:

Section titled “Interactive Mode:”

1. Just copy and paste this one-line command:

Terminal window
bash -c "$(wget -qO- https://git.io/vQgMr)"

Or, if you’re a Mac user:

Terminal window
bash -c "$(curl -sLo- https://git.io/vQgMr)"

2. Select your installed theme from your terminal.

DEMO:

gogh-demo-profile



⚙️ Install (Non-Interactive Mode)

Section titled “⚙️ Install (Non-Interactive Mode)”

Two ways:

  • Clone the repository.
  • Download the only required files. (Bare Minimum!)

Clone Repository

Section titled “Clone Repository”
Terminal window
# Clone the repo into "$HOME/src/gogh"
mkdir -p "$HOME/src"
cd "$HOME/src"
git clone https://github.com/Gogh-Co/Gogh.git gogh
cd gogh


# necessary in the Gnome terminal on ubuntu
export TERMINAL=gnome-terminal


# necessary in the Alacritty terminal
pip install -r requirements.txt
export TERMINAL=alacritty


# Enter theme installs dir
cd installs


# install themes
./atom.sh
./dracula.sh

Download the only required files. (Bare Minimum!)

Section titled “Download the only required files. (Bare Minimum!)”
Terminal window
# Download apply script
wget https://github.com/Gogh-Co/Gogh/raw/master/apply-colors.sh
# Download desired themes from ./installs/ like this:
wget https://github.com/Gogh-Co/Gogh/raw/master/installs/selenized-dark.sh


# Optional - download Alacritty dependency (may require additional python packages, see requirements.txt for more)
wget https://github.com/Gogh-Co/Gogh/raw/master/apply-alacritty.py
# Optional - download Terminator dependency (may require additional python packages, see requirements.txt for more)
wget https://github.com/Gogh-Co/Gogh/raw/master/apply-terminator.py


# You can also specify where to find the apply scripts with the following environmental variables:
GOGH_APPLY_SCRIPT=/path/to/apply-colors.sh
GOGH_ALACRITTY_SCRIPT=/path/to/apply-alacritty.py   # only needed if applying to Alacritty terminal
GOGH_TERMINATOR_SCRIPT=/path/to/apply-terminator.py # only needed if applying to Terminator terminal


# Control Gogh behavior with the following:
TERMINAL=gnome-terminal # Select for which terminal to install the theme
                        # (see apply-colors.sh for all supported terminals)
GOGH_NONINTERACTIVE= # Make output silent and answer all prompts with default value
                     # (errors will still be printed)
GOGH_USE_NEW_THEME= # Make theme the currently used/default one of the terminal
                    # Actual effect may differ between terminals
                    # Supported terminals: xfce4-terminal


# Apply downloaded theme (apply script must be in the same folder)
TERMINAL=gnome-terminal bash ./selenized-dark.sh
# OR specify apply script path
GOGH_APPLY_SCRIPT=/path/to/file/apply-colors.sh bash ./selenized-dark.sh


💻 Terminal Support

Section titled “💻 Terminal Support”

Here are some terminals that Gogh is supported with:



🎨 Themes

Section titled “🎨 Themes”

We have lots of themes in stock! Check them out here!




👀 WCAG - Accessibility Contrast

Section titled “👀 WCAG - Accessibility Contrast”




❓ HELP

Section titled “❓ HELP”

🔹 Debian Fixes

Section titled “🔹 Debian Fixes”

Fix 1 (@romzie):

Section titled “Fix 1 (@romzie):”
  • Reset your profiles:
Terminal window
dconf reset -f /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/

Fix 2 (@MalwareJedi):

Section titled “Fix 2 (@MalwareJedi):”
  • Reset your profiles:
Terminal window
dconf reset -f /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/
  • Close your terminal; re-open it.
  • Go to Edit ---> Preferences ---> Profiles.
  • Create a new profile called Default.
  • Close the terminal. re-open it.
  • Confirm that Default is still listed in your profiles.
  • If it is, run the Gogh script again.

Fix 3 (@sui74):

Section titled “Fix 3 (@sui74):”
  • Reset your profiles:
Terminal window
dconf reset -f /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/
  • “Unname” Rename profile called “default”.
Terminal window
sudo apt install uuid-runtime
  • Run the Gogh script.

🔹 Elementary OS

Section titled “🔹 Elementary OS”

1 - Uncomment the following line in .bashrc ;you can find this file in your /home/USER/ directory.

Terminal window
    #force_color_prompt=yes

2 - Execute in terminal

Terminal window
source .bashrc


🖼️ Create your Own Theme!

Section titled “🖼️ Create your Own Theme!”

Good news! Now, creating themes are easier than ever.

All you need to do is to create a YAML format file, following the example of the other files in the themes folder.

Some rules to keep in mind:

  • The file name should match the name of the theme. For example:
    • Filename: Solarized Dark.yml
    • Inside the .yml file: name: 'Solarized Dark'
  • Use title case for all words by capitalizing their first letter.
  • Ensure that the contrast is sufficient for good legibility.

Now, you can send your Pull Request Thank you for collaborating!

Theme “.yml” template

Section titled “Theme “.yml” template”

If you indeed use this, replace the HEX values with your own ones.

---
name: 'Gogh'
author: ''             # 'Author Name (http://website.com)'
variant: ''            # Dark or Light


color_01: '#292D3E'    # Black (Host)
color_02: '#F07178'    # Red (Syntax string)
color_03: '#62DE84'    # Green (Command)
color_04: '#FFCB6B'    # Yellow (Command second)
color_05: '#75A1FF'    # Blue (Path)
color_06: '#F580FF'    # Magenta (Syntax var)
color_07: '#60BAEC'    # Cyan (Prompt)
color_08: '#ABB2BF'    # White


color_09: '#959DCB'    # Bright Black
color_10: '#F07178'    # Bright Red (Command error)
color_11: '#C3E88D'    # Bright Green (Exec)
color_12: '#FF5572'    # Bright Yellow
color_13: '#82AAFF'    # Bright Blue (Folder)
color_14: '#FFCB6B'    # Bright Magenta
color_15: '#676E95'    # Bright Cyan
color_16: '#FFFEFE'    # Bright White


background: '#292D3E'  # Background
foreground: '#BFC7D5'  # Foreground (Text)


cursor: '#BFC7D5'      # Cursor

Explanation of colors and variables

Section titled “Explanation of colors and variables”

The colors of the terminal are composed of 18 colors in 3 sections.

Section 1: Regular text.

Section 2: Bold text.

Section 3: text and background.

The basic colors are 8:

  • Black
  • Red
  • Green
  • Yellow
  • Blue
  • Purple
  • Cyan
  • White

In comments variables is that of the console belongs each color.

Here is a picture that explains a little better as colors are distributed.

Colors


👨‍💻 As command line

Section titled “👨‍💻 As command line”

WARNING: Only if you know what you are doing or trust me :)

Terminal window
sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/gogh https://git.io/vQgMr && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gogh

Now in your terminal just type gogh:

Terminal window
gogh

🌱 First commit:

Section titled “🌱 First commit:”

Nov 18, 2013 - aa9871e


:heart: Credits:

Section titled “:heart: Credits:”

:heart: Contributors:

Section titled “:heart: Contributors:”

Many thanks to all who have participated in this project.

@contributors



🧠 Author (contributor)

Section titled “🧠 Author (contributor)”

I cannot claim to be the only author of this project. Without the help of the people who have contributed, this would not have been possible. Therefore, that’s why all contributors are listed first in this document. While I am listed as the author, the true authors are all those who are mentioned in the document. I would like to express my gratitude to all of them, as well as to future contributors.

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🖌️ Why Gogh?

Section titled “🖌️ Why Gogh?”

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

— Vincent Van Gogh —



📣 Mentions

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🌟 Stargazers Over Time

Section titled “🌟 Stargazers Over Time”

Stargazers over time