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Material Dark for Ghostty
Material Dark uses a #232322 background and #e5e5e5 text. It is the dark counterpart to Ghostty’s light Material theme, with saturated ANSI colors that stand out against the near-black surface. Material Darker is a separate built-in from Material Dark.
Preview
Terminal preview
Install
Install in Ghostty
~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty
theme = Material Dark
Save the file, then reload with Cmd+Shift+, on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+, on Linux.
Light / dark
Automatic appearance switching
Ghostty switches to Material Dark in dark mode and Material in light mode.
~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty
theme = dark:Material Dark,light:Material
Colors
Palette
Every color from the bundled theme file.
ANSI palette
0
Black#212121
1
Red#b7141f
2
Green#457b24
3
Yellow#f6981e
4
Blue#134eb2
5
Magenta#701aa2
6
Cyan#0e717c
7
White#efefef
8
Bright Black#4f4f4f
9
Bright Red#e83b3f
10
Bright Green#7aba3a
11
Bright Yellow#ffea2e
12
Bright Blue#54a4f3
13
Bright Magenta#aa4dbc
14
Bright Cyan#26bbd1
15
Bright White#d9d9d9
Terminal UI
Background#232322
Foreground#e5e5e5
Cursor#16afca
Cursor text#dfdfdf
Selection#dfdfdf
Selection text#3d3d3d
