(Hopefully) a small collection of terminal shaders

Windows Terminal Shaders

Shaders for the new Windows Terminal

How to use

• Checkout the repository
• Set the value for experimental.pixelShaderPath in your terminal setting to the desired shader
• optional: Add keybindings for turning the shader on/off and focusmode

Example Setting

Please add the lines you need to your own config, this example config only show the values that you need to add.

{
  "profiles": {
    "defaults": {
      // Add your desired shader
      "experimental.pixelShaderPath": "C:\\gitrepos\\windows-terminal-shaders\\crt.hlsl"
    },
  },
  "keybindings": [
    // It's recommended to add those two toggles for ease of use
    {
      "command": "toggleFocusMode",
      "keys": "shift+f11"
    },
    {
      "command": "toggleShaderEffects",
      "keys": "shift+f10"
    }
  ]
}

CRT

Preview

Default	Green Monochrome	Ember Monochrome

Settings

#define GRAIN_INTENSITY 0.02
#define TINT_COLOR float4(1, 0.7f, 0, 0)
#define ENABLE_SCANLINES 1
#define ENABLE_REFRESHLINE 1
#define ENABLE_NOISE 1
#define ENABLE_CURVE 1
#define ENABLE_TINT 0
#define DEBUG 0