How to Make Your Windows 10 Terminal Look Modern & Stylish

This guide shows how to customize your Windows Terminal to look modern, stylish, and cool. It's ideal for Windows 10 users and those who are used to downloading and installing (without Winget).

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ArsenTech
Nov 24th, 2025Jun 2nd, 2026

Table of contents

Introduction
Step 1 - Downloading Tools
Nerd Fonts
Oh My Posh
Clink (For CMD Customization)
Step 2 - Changing the color scheme
Converting to RGB
Example Color Scheme — Dracula
Step 3 - Changing the Terminal Font
Step 4 - Installing oh-my-posh + Clink
Step 5 - PowerShell customization
Visual Studio Code Integration
Visual Studio Implementation
Conclusion

Introduction

Do you want to make your Windows Terminal look modern, professional, and stylish? This guide will show you how to customize CMD and PowerShell using:

oh-my-posh
Nerd Fonts
Clink all without using winget.

If you prefer watching instead of reading, here's the full video guide: Watch the video on YouTube

Step 1 - Downloading Tools

Before customizing your terminal, download the required tools.

Nerd Fonts

Go to the official Nerd Fonts download page: https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads
Choose a font such as Fira Code Nerd Font, then download it.

Oh My Posh

Go to the Official GitHub repo of oh-my-posh: https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh
Open the Releases section
Download the installer: install-x64.msi

Clink (For CMD Customization)

Go to the official site of Clink: https://chrisant996.github.io/clink/
Download the Installer (EXE).

Step 2 - Changing the color scheme

Open Command Prompt using:

⊞+R

Type cmd, and press Enter. Right-click on the CMD title bar → Defaults → Colors, and set your preferred colors.

Converting to RGB

To quickly generate RGB values from Hex, use this prompt:

txt

Convert hex to RGB from the following text:<text to convert hex colors>Make sure to format it like this: `Red, Green, Blue`

Example in JSON

json

"cursorColor": "248, 248, 242","selectionBackground": "68, 71, 90","background": "40, 42, 54","foreground": "248, 248, 242","black": "33, 34, 44","blue": "189, 147, 249","cyan": "139, 233, 253","green": "80, 250, 123","purple": "255, 121, 198","red": "255, 85, 85","white": "248, 248, 242","yellow": "241, 250, 140","brightBlack": "98, 114, 164","brightBlue": "214, 172, 255","brightCyan": "164, 255, 255","brightGreen": "105, 255, 148","brightPurple": "255, 146, 223","brightRed": "255, 110, 110","brightWhite": "255, 255, 255","brightYellow": "255, 255, 165"

After copying the RGB values, paste them into CMD's color settings → click OK, then close the terminal.

Example Color Scheme — Dracula

Color	Red	Green	Blue
Background	40	42	54
Foreground	248	248	242
Red	255	85	85
Green	80	250	123
Yellow	241	250	140
Blue	189	147	249
Purple	255	121	198
Cyan	139	233	253
White	248	248	242
Bright Black	98	114	164
Bright Red	255	110	110
Bright Green	105	255	148
Bright Yellow	255	255	165
Bright Blue	214	172	255
Bright Purple	255	146	223
Bright Cyan	164	255	255
Bright White	250	250	250

Step 3 - Changing the Terminal Font

Once you've downloaded the Nerd Font, extract the downloaded Nerd Font archive.
Select all fonts inside the extracted folder.
Copy them to C:\Windows\Fonts.
Open the CMD → Right-click on the CMD title bar → Defaults → Font.
Select your installed Nerd Font, and close the CMD.

Step 4 - Installing oh-my-posh + Clink

Run the oh-my-posh installer (install-x64.msi)
Run the Clink installer and complete the setup wizard.

Reopen CMD and run:

cmd

clink config prompt use oh-my-poshclink set ohmyposh.theme %POSH_THEMES_PATH%\<theme>.omp.json

<theme> - Any oh-my-posh theme (example: atomic)

Step 5 - PowerShell customization

Download and install PowerShell 7+ (MSI package): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/install-powershell-on-windows?view=powershell-7.5#install-the-msi-package
Open PowerShell 7 and run:
powershell
```
notepad $PROFILE
```
If prompted, click yes.

Add the following line:

powershell

oh-my-posh init pwsh -c "$env:POSH_THEMES_PATH/<theme>.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression

Save and close Notepad.

Visual Studio Code Integration

Open Visual Studio Code → Terminal → New Terminal
Click the dropdown menu and select "Configure Terminal Settings."
Search for "font" in the settings search bar, and set your Nerd Font (e.g., Fira Code Nerd Font)
Optionally increase the font size
Restart the VS Code terminal

Visual Studio Implementation

Open Visual Studio Code, click Continue without code
Go to Tools → Options
Navigate to Environment → Fonts and Colors,
Set "Show settings for" to Terminal
Select your installed nerd font.
Adjust the font size, and click OK

Increase the font size a little bit to make it comfortable, and click ok.

Conclusion

And that's it! Your Windows 10 terminal is now fully modern, clean, and stylish. With oh-my-posh, Nerd Fonts, and Clink, your terminal becomes far more powerful and visually appealing than the default setup.

Whether you're a developer, student, or casual Windows 10 user, having a polished terminal makes your workflow more enjoyable. Feel free to try different fonts, themes, and color schemes until you find your perfect style.

Thanks for reading! If you want more tutorials like this, check out my YouTube channel!

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