Step by step guide to have Hyper, Ubuntu, Zsh, Oh My Zsh and Spaceship Prompt in Windows.
- Very cool UI
- Multiple tabs in a single Window
- Multiple panes in a single Tab
- Text search in each pane
- Integrated git support (working both in Windows and Linux)
- Icons and version for the most usual frameworks (dotnet, node, python, java, docker, etc)
- Syntax highlighting
- Command predictions
- No need to write
cd folder,cd ... Just writefolder,..
- Windows 10 19041 or later (WSL2)
- Admin rights
- Chocolatey
- Visual Studio Code + Remote WSL extension
- Install WSL: Run in PowerShell As Admin:
wsl --install
- Restart Windows
- Wait until Ubuntu is automatically installed. It will ask you for credentials.
- Update to latest:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
- Close Ubuntu
- Install FiraCode font: Run in PowerShell as Admin:
choco install firacode -y
2. Install all the tools: Zsh, Oh My Zsh, SpaceShip Prompt and Zi in Ubuntu
Open Ubuntu
Install Zsh
sudo apt-get install -y zsh
Install Oh My Zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Install SpaceShip Prompt:
- Download the code:
git clone https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt.git "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt" --depth=1
- Create symbolyc link:
ln -s "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme"
- Add SpaceShip Prompt config to ~/.zshrc
code ~/.zshrc
- Paste the following code at the end of the
~/.zshrcfile and save.
ZSH_THEME="spaceship"
SPACESHIP_PROMPT_ORDER=(
user # Username section
dir # Current directory section
host # Hostname section
git # Git section (git_branch + git_status)
hg # Mercurial section (hg_branch + hg_status)
package # Package version
node # Node.js section
docker # Docker section
kubectl # Kubectl context section
terraform # Terraform workspace section
aws # Aws section
dotnet # .NET section
exec_time # Execution time
line_sep # Line break
vi_mode # Vi-mode indicator
jobs # Background jobs indicator
exit_code # Exit code section
char # Prompt character
)
SPACESHIP_USER_SHOW=always
SPACESHIP_PROMPT_ADD_NEWLINE=false
SPACESHIP_CHAR_SYMBOL="❯"
SPACESHIP_CHAR_SUFFIX=" "
Note: Make sure to leave a blank line at the end
- Load this new config:
source ~/.zshrc
3. Install Zi to add plugins to Spaceship:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://git.io/get-zi)" --
exec zsh
zi self-update
- Add the following lines at the end of the
~/.zshrcfile and save:
zinit light zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting
zinit light zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
zinit light zsh-users/zsh-completions
zinit light denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt
- Load this new config (it will clone many git repos, takes some time):
source ~/.zshrc
- Install Hyper: Run in PowerShell as Admin:
choco install hyper -y
- Open Hyper
- Edit Settings: Press [CONTROL] [,]
- Overwrite the settings with this ones:
// Future versions of Hyper may add additional config options,
// which will not automatically be merged into this file.
// See https://hyper.is#cfg for all currently supported options.
module.exports = {
config: {
// choose either `'stable'` for receiving highly polished,
// or `'canary'` for less polished but more frequent updates
updateChannel: 'stable',
// default font size in pixels for all tabs
fontSize: 12,
// font family with optional fallbacks
fontFamily: '"Fira Code", Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace',
// default font weight: 'normal' or 'bold'
fontWeight: 'normal',
// font weight for bold characters: 'normal' or 'bold'
fontWeightBold: 'bold',
// line height as a relative unit
lineHeight: 1,
// letter spacing as a relative unit
letterSpacing: 0,
// terminal cursor background color and opacity (hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, hwb or cmyk)
cursorColor: 'rgba(248,28,229,0.8)',
// terminal text color under BLOCK cursor
cursorAccentColor: '#000',
// `'BEAM'` for |, `'UNDERLINE'` for _, `'BLOCK'` for █
cursorShape: 'BEAM',
// set to `true` (without backticks and without quotes) for blinking cursor
cursorBlink: true,
// color of the text
foregroundColor: '#fff',
// terminal background color
// opacity is only supported on macOS
backgroundColor: '#000',
// terminal selection color
selectionColor: 'rgba(248,28,229,0.3)',
// border color (window, tabs)
borderColor: '#333',
// custom CSS to embed in the main window
css: '',
// custom CSS to embed in the terminal window
termCSS: '',
// if you're using a Linux setup which show native menus, set to false
// default: `true` on Linux, `true` on Windows, ignored on macOS
showHamburgerMenu: '',
// set to `false` (without backticks and without quotes) if you want to hide the minimize, maximize and close buttons
// additionally, set to `'left'` if you want them on the left, like in Ubuntu
// default: `true` (without backticks and without quotes) on Windows and Linux, ignored on macOS
showWindowControls: '',
// custom padding (CSS format, i.e.: `top right bottom left`)
padding: '12px 14px',
// the full list. if you're going to provide the full color palette,
// including the 6 x 6 color cubes and the grayscale map, just provide
// an array here instead of a color map object
colors: {
black: '#000000',
red: '#C51E14',
green: '#1DC121',
yellow: '#C7C329',
blue: '#0A2FC4',
magenta: '#C839C5',
cyan: '#20C5C6',
white: '#C7C7C7',
lightBlack: '#686868',
lightRed: '#FD6F6B',
lightGreen: '#67F86F',
lightYellow: '#FFFA72',
lightBlue: '#6A76FB',
lightMagenta: '#FD7CFC',
lightCyan: '#68FDFE',
lightWhite: '#FFFFFF',
},
// the shell to run when spawning a new session (i.e. /usr/local/bin/fish)
// if left empty, your system's login shell will be used by default
//
// Windows
// - Make sure to use a full path if the binary name doesn't work
// - Remove `--login` in shellArgs
//
// Bash on Windows
// - Example: `C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe`
//
// PowerShell on Windows
// - Example: `C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe`
shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\wsl.exe',
// for setting shell arguments (i.e. for using interactive shellArgs: `['-i']`)
// by default `['--login']` will be used
//shellArgs: ['--login'],
shellArgs: [],
// for environment variables
env: {},
// set to `false` for no bell
bell: 'SOUND',
// if `true` (without backticks and without quotes), selected text will automatically be copied to the clipboard
copyOnSelect: false,
// if `true` (without backticks and without quotes), hyper will be set as the default protocol client for SSH
defaultSSHApp: true,
// if `true` (without backticks and without quotes), on right click selected text will be copied or pasted if no
// selection is present (`true` by default on Windows and disables the context menu feature)
quickEdit: false,
// choose either `'vertical'`, if you want the column mode when Option key is hold during selection (Default)
// or `'force'`, if you want to force selection regardless of whether the terminal is in mouse events mode
// (inside tmux or vim with mouse mode enabled for example).
macOptionSelectionMode: 'vertical',
// URL to custom bell
// bellSoundURL: 'http://example.com/bell.mp3',
// Whether to use the WebGL renderer. Set it to false to use canvas-based
// rendering (slower, but supports transparent backgrounds)
webGLRenderer: true,
// for advanced config flags please refer to https://hyper.is/#cfg
paneNavigation: {
debug: true,
hotkeys: {
navigation: {
up: 'control+shift+up',
down: 'control+shift+down',
left: 'control+shift+left',
right: 'control+shift+right'
},
jump_prefix: 'control+shift', // completed with 1-9 digits
permutation_modifier: 'shift', // Added to jump and navigation hotkeys for pane permutation
maximize: 'meta+enter'
},
showIndicators: true, // Show pane number
indicatorPrefix: '⌥', // Will be completed with pane number
indicatorStyle: { // Added to indicator <div>
position: 'absolute',
top: 0,
left: 0,
fontSize: '10px'
},
focusOnMouseHover: false,
inactivePaneOpacity: 0.6 // Set to 1 to disable inactive panes dimming
},
activeTab: '🚀',
hyperline: {
plugins: [
"hostname",
"cpu",
"memory",
]
},
hyperBorder: {
borderWidth: '1px',
animate: true,
},
hyperTabs: {
trafficButtons: false,
border: false,
tabIconsColored: true,
activityColor: 'salmon',
},
},
// a list of plugins to fetch and install from npm
// format: [@org/]project[#version]
// examples:
// `hyperpower`
// `@company/project`
// `project#1.0.1`
plugins: [
'hyper-search',
'hyper-opacity',
'hyperlinks',
'hyperborder',
'hyper-dracula',
'hyper-pane', // https://github.com/chabou/hyper-pane/issues/69
'hyperline',
'hyper-tab-icons',
],
// in development, you can create a directory under
// `~/.hyper_plugins/local/` and include it here
// to load it and avoid it being `npm install`ed
localPlugins: [],
keymaps: {
// Example
// 'window:devtools': 'cmd+alt+o',
},
};
- Save and Close.
- Several pop ups will appear. Wait until all plugins are loaded, this can take some time.
- Close and open it again.
Since Windows and Linux use different default line endings, Git may report a large number of modified files that have no differences aside from their line endings. To prevent this from happening, you can disable line ending conversion on the Windows side.
- Run in PowerShell as Admin:
git config --global core.autocrlf false
- Run in PowerShell as Admin:
git config --global credential.helper wincred
- Run in Hyper
git config --global credential.helper "/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-wincred.exe"
- Copy:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[C] - Paste:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[V]
- Search:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[F]
- New vertical pane on the right:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[D] - New horizontal pane below:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[E] - Close current pane:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[W] - Go to pane above:
[SHIFT]+[↑] - Go to pane below:
[SHIFT]+[↓] - Go to pane on the rifht:
[SHIFT]+[→] - Go to pane on the left:
[SHIFT]+[←]
- New tab:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[T] - Cycle tabs:
[CONTROL]+[TAB] - Go to tab number:
[CONTROL]+[{number}]
- Quit:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[Q] - New window:
[CONTROL]+[SHIFT]+[M]
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