KALI-LIKE Theme for Oh-My-Zsh

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

1. wget -O ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/kali-like.zsh-theme https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clamy54/kali-like-zsh-theme/master/kali-like.zsh-theme
2. vim ~/.zshrc
3. 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