apple-userhost

August 19, 2026 · View on GitHub

A custom Oh My Zsh theme: a 2-line prompt with an apple icon, user@hostname, path, and git status.

preview

╭─  ❯ theo@MacBook-Pro ❯ ~/dev/apple-userhost-zsh-theme [main]
╰─ $

❯ (apple) and the ╭─/╰─ bars: white
user@hostname: blue (256-color 39), bold
path (%~): orange (256-color 208), bold
git status ([branch+]): green

Installation

Copy (or symlink) apple-userhost.zsh-theme into $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/:

ln -s /path/to/apple-userhost-zsh-theme/apple-userhost.zsh-theme \
      "${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/apple-userhost.zsh-theme"

In ~/.zshrc, set the theme:
```
ZSH_THEME="apple-userhost"
```
Reload your shell: source ~/.zshrc.

Customizing colors

Every element has its own variable at the top of apple-userhost.zsh-theme — just change the value (color name or 256-color code) and reload your shell:

Variable	Element	Default
`APPLE_COLOR`	apple `❯`	`white`
`USER_COLOR`	`user` (before the `@`)	`39` (blue)
`HOST_COLOR`	`hostname` (after the `@`)	`39` (blue)
`AT_COLOR`	the `@`	`white`
`CHEVRON_COLOR`	the `❯` after the host	`white`
`PATH_COLOR`	the current path (`%~`)	`208` (orange)
`BAR_COLOR`	the `╭─` / `╰─` bars	`white`
`GIT_COLOR`	git status `[branch+]`	`green`

256-color table: for i in {0..255}; do print -Pn "%F{$i}%3d %f" $i; (( (i+1) % 16 )) || print; done