How to theme Kali Terminal on Windows Subsystem for Linux?
Earlier this morning I got bored of my default looking Kali Terminal on Windows, so I went searching for a way to make it look spicy. To my “surprise” it’s wasn’t straightforward and easy as it should be so I thought of writing a guide in case if anyone else wanted to do the same.
And this is how you do it.
Step 1: Delete your Windows Partition and install Kali Linux
jk.
The “real” Step 1: Download the ColorTool.exe from this GitHub repo. On second thought, you don’t necessarily need the whole repo so just download this zip file instead.
ColorTool Latest Release Zip File Download Link
Step 2: Extract the folder and open a command prompt window within that folder. (If you don’t know how to do that, I can’t help you)
Step 3: Type this command to find available color schemes.
C:\Users\YourPath\ColorTool> ColorTool.exe -sYou’ll get a list of available schemes as shown below.
Step 4: In order to apply color scheme, just type the following command
C:\Users\YourPath\ColorTool> ColorTool.exe -b <scheme name>Replace <scheme name> with your preferred color scheme.
Example:
C:\Users\YourPath\ColorTool> ColorTool.exe -b campbell.iniHowever, if you are like me, you ain’t gonna be satisfied with the limited options given here. But don’t worry fam, I got you covered.
Step 5: Go to the following link, ItermColorSchemes
Step 6: Pick Any Color Scheme you want and click its name. You’ll be directed to a page with a bunch of <XML> jargon.
Step 7: Copy all that and paste it in notepad or any other text editor. Save the file with the extension .itermcolors.
Also, make sure to save it inside ColorTool/schemes folder.
Step 8: Use the command in Step 4 to apply the scheme. Since you are using the flag “-b”, it’ll change both your Command Prompt color scheme along with your Kali Terminal on Windows.
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