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March 23, 2026 · View on GitHub

KALI-LIKE Theme for Oh-My-Zsh

Preview

Kali-Like is a oh-my-zsh theme that looks like Kali Linux default zsh theme. Kali-Like can be installed on any linux distribution and isn't Kali Linux dependent.

Features

Two-line or one-line prompt (toggle with Ctrl+P)
VCS support (git, svn, hg, bzr) via vcs_info with staged/unstaged indicators
Async VCS info to avoid prompt lag in large repositories
SSH and tmux session indicators
Docker/container detection
Nix shell indicator
Kubernetes context display
Python virtual environment display (venv, virtualenv, conda)
Command execution duration (shown when exceeding a configurable threshold)
Return code indicator (red cross on failure)
Dark/light theme with auto-detection
Syntax highlighting with theme-aware colors
Auto-download of zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions plugins
Fully configurable colors (256-color palette)

Installation

wget -O ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/kali-like.zsh-theme https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clamy54/kali-like-zsh-theme/master/kali-like.zsh-theme
vim ~/.zshrc
Set ZSH_THEME="current_theme" to ZSH_THEME="kali-like"

Options

All options are defined at the top of the theme file.

Plugins

Kali-Like uses zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-syntax-highlighting plugins. If they are not found, they are downloaded automatically into ~/.zsh/.

Variable	Default	Description
`USE_SYNTAX_HIGHLIGHTING`	`yes`	Enable zsh-syntax-highlighting
`AUTO_DOWNLOAD_SYNTAX_HIGHLIGHTING_PLUGIN`	`yes`	Auto-download if not found
`USE_ZSH_AUTOSUGGESTIONS`	`yes`	Enable zsh-autosuggestions
`AUTO_DOWNLOAD_ZSH_AUTOSUGGESTIONS_PLUGIN`	`yes`	Auto-download if not found

Prompt layout

Variable	Default	Description
`PROMPT_ALTERNATIVE`	`twoline`	`twoline` or `oneline`. Toggle at runtime with `Ctrl+P`
`NEWLINE_BEFORE_PROMPT`	`yes`	Print a blank line before each prompt
`PROMPT_DASH_COUNT`	`3`	Number of `─` characters after the initial `┌─`

Theme mode

Variable	Default	Description
`THEME_MODE`	`auto`	`auto` (detect terminal background), `dark`, or `light`

Auto-detection uses the $COLORFGBG environment variable (supported by most terminals). If detection fails, defaults to dark.

Colors

Colors are specified as 256-color palette indices. Run spectrum_ls in your terminal to browse all available colors. Color names (white, cyan, yellow, etc.) are also accepted where noted.

The values below are the defaults for dark mode. Light mode automatically overrides them with darker variants for readability on light backgrounds.

Variable	Default (dark)	Description
`FGPROMPT_USER`	`027`	`user@host` color (normal user)
`FGPROMPT_ROOT`	`196`	`root@host` color
`FRAMEPROMPT_USER`	`073`	Frame characters color (`┌`, `└─`, brackets) for normal user
`FRAMEPROMPT_ROOT`	`027`	Frame characters color for root
`VCSPROMPT_COLOR`	`067`	VCS branch info color (git, svn, hg, bzr)
`VENVPROMPT_COLOR`	`white`	Virtual environment name color (color name or index)
`SSHPROMPT_COLOR`	`yellow`	SSH indicator color
`TMUXPROMPT_COLOR`	`cyan`	Tmux indicator color
`DOCKERPROMPT_COLOR`	`033`	Docker/container indicator color
`NIXPROMPT_COLOR`	`105`	Nix shell indicator color
`K8SPROMPT_COLOR`	`069`	Kubernetes context indicator color
`CMDTIME_COLOR`	`220`	Command duration color
`PATHPROMPT_COLOR`	`terminal_default`	Path color — use `terminal_default` for the terminal's default foreground color, or any color name/index

Command duration

Variable	Default	Description
`SHOW_CMD_DURATION`	`yes`	Show command execution time in RPROMPT
`CMDTIME_THRESHOLD`	`3`	Minimum seconds before duration is displayed

Async VCS

Variable	Default	Description
`ASYNC_VCS_INFO`	`yes`	Run VCS info asynchronously to avoid prompt lag

Environment indicators

The prompt automatically detects and displays the following environments:

Indicator	Detection method	Description
`SSH`	`$SSH_CONNECTION`	Remote SSH session
`tmux`	`$TMUX`	Inside a tmux session
`container`	`/.dockerenv`, `/run/.containerenv`, `$container`	Docker or Podman container
`nix`	`$IN_NIX_SHELL`, `$NIX_STORE`	Nix shell environment
`k8s context`	`kubectl config current-context`	Active Kubernetes context (only if `kubectl` is installed)
`venv/conda`	`$VIRTUAL_ENV`, `$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV`	Python virtual environment

VCS support

The theme uses zsh's built-in vcs_info framework, which supports:

Git — branch, staged (+), unstaged (!), and current action (rebase, merge, etc.)
SVN — current revision
Mercurial (hg) — branch
Bazaar (bzr) — branch

Font

By default, Kali Linux uses FiraCode as default terminal font. You can install it on your distro for a better Kali Look'n'Feel ...

License

MIT Cyril Lamy