ohmyzsh-theme-ooh-matron

February 27, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Introduction

An oh-my-zsh theme

Feature

  • real time prompt
  • command running time cost prompt
  • command running error hint

Usage

Basic Zsh Theme

Install

  1. clone repo
    git clone https://github.com/hulleyrob/ohmyzsh-theme-ooh-matron
    
  2. copy theme
    cp ./ohmyzsh-theme-ooh-matron/ooh-matron.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/ooh-matron.zsh-theme
    
  3. edit .zshrc change ZSH_THEME to
    ZSH_THEME="ooh-matron"
    
    you can run
    sed -i 's/^ZSH_THEME=".*"/ZSH_THEME="ooh-matron"/g' ~/.zshrc
    
  4. execute zshrc
    source ~/.zshrc
    
  1. zsh-autosuggestions
  2. zsh-syntax-highlighting
  3. command-line fuzzy finder
  • plugins/zsh-interactive-cd is already sourced in the .zshrc file

iTerm2 Preferences

Color

Why newline on the prompt?

image

Useful if using smaller terminal windows

What do the red and green dot mean?

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Red Dot = Last command returned unsuccesful completion status

Green Dot = Last command returned succesful completion status