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
- clone repo
git clone https://github.com/hulleyrob/ohmyzsh-theme-ooh-matron - copy theme
cp ./ohmyzsh-theme-ooh-matron/ooh-matron.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/ooh-matron.zsh-theme - edit .zshrc change ZSH_THEME to
you can runZSH_THEME="ooh-matron"sed -i 's/^ZSH_THEME=".*"/ZSH_THEME="ooh-matron"/g' ~/.zshrc - execute zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
- see also: Overriding and adding themes;
Recommended Zsh Plugins
- plugins/zsh-interactive-cd is already sourced in the .zshrc file
iTerm2 Preferences
Color
- iTerm2: settings -> Profiles -> Colors -> Color Presets -> import
./ooh-matron.itermcolors - alternate terminal: try Alternate terminal installation and configuration
Why newline on the prompt?
Useful if using smaller terminal windows
What do the red and green dot mean?
Red Dot = Last command returned unsuccesful completion status
Green Dot = Last command returned succesful completion status