Simple Headless ZSH Theme

November 9, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Minimal ASCII-only prompt that just shows what you need.

Features

  • Smart path shortening - Long paths get truncated intelligently
  • Virtual env detection - Python venv/conda environments
  • Node project info - Shows Node version in Node projects
  • Git status - Branch + file stats on the right
  • Clean format - [user@host: /path] with colors
  • Works everywhere - Pure ASCII, any terminal/font

What it looks like

Screenshot

Installation

Requires zsh + Oh My Zsh.

  1. curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/H3xaChad/zsh-simple-headless-theme/main/simple-headless.zsh-theme -o $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/simple-headless.zsh-theme
  2. Set ZSH_THEME="simple-headless" in .zshrc
  3. Restart your shell