README.md
January 24, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Burn is a prompt theme for Zsh.
Examples





Installation:
ohmyzsh
- Download the theme:
wget -O${ZSH_CUSTOM}/themes/burn.zsh-theme https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xatra1/burn/refs/heads/master/burn.zsh-theme - And add this in your
.zshrc:ZSH_THEME="burn"
zinit
- Add this in your
.zshrc:zinit load Xatra1/burn ZSH_THEME="burn"
Manual:
- Copy the contents of
burn.zsh-themeinto your.zshrc.
Configuration
By default, Burn sets several environment variables:
BURN_BACKGROUND_COLOR_ERROR="red"
BURN_BACKGROUND_COLOR_HOSTNAME="white"
BURN_BACKGROUND_COLOR_DIR="red"
BURN_FOREGROUND_COLOR_ERROR="red"
BURN_FOREGROUND_COLOR_HOSTNAME="red"
BURN_FOREGROUND_COLOR_DIR="white"
These can be modified in your .zshrc to get Burn to look any way you want!
The variable values can be either the color's name (if the named color is one of the 16 system colors) or an HTML color code.