iTerm2 Apollo Themes

Apollo pairs a near-black, warm-contrast dark preset with Apollo Light's warm paper canvas for iTerm2.

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Apollo Dark is the public name for the existing Apollo.itermcolors compatibility preset, whose native name remains Apollo. Apollo Light keeps its current Apollo Light.itermcolors preset identity; importing either preset does not change existing profiles.

Install

1. Download Apollo.itermcolors, Apollo Light.itermcolors, or both.
2. In iTerm2, open Settings → Profiles → Colors.
3. Open Color Presets… → Import… and choose each desired file.

Importing presets does not activate them or modify current profile colors.

Activate

Open Settings → Profiles → Colors → Color Presets…, then choose Apollo for dark or Apollo Light for light. Apply the choice separately to each profile that should use it.

Uninstall

Open Settings → Profiles → Colors → Color Presets… → Delete Preset…, select Apollo and/or Apollo Light, and confirm. Existing profiles retain their current copied colors until changed.

Visual check

For each preset, open a fresh profile and inspect normal, bold, selected, and cursor text plus ANSI colors 0–15. Dark Apollo should retain foreground #cfbc97, cursor #fabd2f, and canvas #141617. Apollo Light should use foreground #3c3836, cursor #8a5200, and canvas #f9f5d7. Selection must remain readable and follow the matching palette's alpha. A useful ANSI preview is:

for n in $(seq 0 15); do printf '\033[48;5;%sm %2s \033[0m' "$n" "$n"; done; printf '\n'

Development

• palette/apollo.json → Apollo.itermcolors (dark, compatibility-preserving)
• palette/apollo-light.json → Apollo Light.itermcolors (light)

python3 scripts/generate.py
python3 scripts/generate.py --check
python3 scripts/check.py
python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v
plutil -lint Apollo.itermcolors "Apollo Light.itermcolors" # macOS

Generation and checks never import presets or edit iTerm2 preferences.

License

MIT