Pycritty

Change your alacritty config on the fly!

Installation:

Install Script

curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antoniosarosi/pycritty/master/install.sh" \
| bash -s [fonts]

If fonts param is present, the script will also install the fonts used as examples in config/fonts.yaml. Themes will be installed by default, unless ~/.config/alacritty/themes already exists.

Manual Installation

# Clone repo
mkdir -p ~/.config/alacritty
cd ~/.config/alacritty
git clone https://github.com/antoniosarosi/pycritty
# Create themes and fonts configs
cp pycritty/config/fonts.yaml fonts.yaml
cp -r pycritty/config/themes themes
# Create executable
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -s ~/.config/alacritty/pycritty/src/main.py ~/.local/bin/pycritty
chmod 755 pycritty/src/main.py
# Add ~/.local/bin to $PATH
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

Usage:

pycritty --font UbuntuMono --size 14 --opacity 0.95
# Check all available options
pycritty --help

Fonts Config

Fonts are configured in ~/.config/alacritty/fonts.yaml with this format:

fonts:
    Alias: Font Name

When applied using pycritty -f Alias, the previous format will be converted into the alacritty equivalent:

font:
    normal:
        family: Font Name
    italic:
        family: Font Name
    bold:
        family: Font Name

You can also specify a different font for each font type:

fonts:
    Alias:
        normal: Normal Font Name
        bold: Bold Font Name
        italic: Italic Font Name

Note that the fonts must be installed on your system.

Theme Config

You can make your own custom themes by creating new theme files with the correct format, ~/.config/alacritty/themes/custom.yaml should look like this:

colors:
    # Default colors
    primary:
        background: '0x292d3e'
        foreground: '0xbbc5ff'
    # Normal colors
    normal:
        black:   '0x101010'
        red:     '0xf07178'
        green:   '0xc3e88d'
        yellow:  '0xffcb6b'
        blue:    '0x82aaff'
        magenta: '0xc792ea'
        cyan:    '0x89ddff'
        white:   '0xd0d0d0'
    # Bright colors
    bright:
        black:   '0x434758'
        red:     '0xff8b92'
        green:   '0xddffa7'
        yellow:  '0xffe585'
        blue:    '0x9cc4ff'
        magenta: '0xe1acff'
        cyan:    '0xa3f7ff'
        white:   '0xffffff'

Then you can apply it using the name of the file:

pycritty -t custom