Automatically switch color scheme based on time of day?

[MatteoMgr2008]

Hey everyone!

I’m trying to customize my Windows Terminal a bit more and was wondering:
Is there a way to automatically switch the color scheme or theme based on the time of day?

For example, using a light theme during the day and a dark theme at night — without doing it manually.

Maybe through a script, scheduled task, or even a built-in feature I’ve missed?

Any ideas or examples would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance! 😊

[anshkumar2311]

🌗 Auto-Switch Windows Terminal Theme by Time

Yes! You can automatically switch Windows Terminal color schemes based on time using a simple PowerShell script + Task Scheduler.

✅ Steps:

1. Create a PowerShell script to edit settings.json and change the colorScheme.
2. Use Task Scheduler to run:
   • ☀️ Light theme script at 7 AM
   • 🌙 Dark theme script at 7 PM

⚠️ There's no built-in feature yet, but this method works perfectly!

[lhecker]

For my own devices I built this app: https://github.com/lhecker/windows-dark-mode-switcher
It switches the dark/light theme of all Windows apps, however.

[MatteoMgr2008]

@lhecker
Could you give me a star for this repository?
https://github.com/MatteoMgr2008/Arduino-ROBOTICA-E-AI
I'll do the same with one of your repositories.
Thank you so much!

[MatteoMgr2008]

For my own devices I built this app: https://github.com/lhecker/windows-dark-mode-switcher It switches the dark/light theme of all Windows apps, however.

Anyway, the idea you proposed is really nice, but I was actually looking for something that referred more to the Windows Terminal only

[lhecker]

You don't have to star my projects if you don't really need it per se. I personally also only star things that I need in the future again, similar to a bookmark. 🙂

[MatteoMgr2008]

@lhecker as you prefer, I'm asking you because I wanted to unlock the GitHub Starduck badge so I'm also looking for someone willing to give me a star in exchange for giving me another one. Actually, any advice on how to get it?