CybaTerm Help Center

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Open CybaTerm. A normal login zsh runs in the main pane, using your own dotfiles, which CybaTerm never edits. The widget drawer is on the right: drag the divider to resize it, or press ⌘D to show or hide it. Use Theme to pick one of 20 themes and Shell › Prompt Style to pick a prompt.

The Now Playing equalizer follows your Mac’s real audio on macOS 14.2 or later. On 14.0 and 14.1 it shows a demo animation.

Theme › Theme Editor… gives you color wells for every field and a live preview. Built-in themes are read-only: saving one keeps your edits as an override, and Restore Default undoes them. New Theme from Current makes an editable copy. Import or export .cybatheme files from the Theme menu.

Your themes are in ~/Library/Application Support/CybaTerm/Themes. Save a file there in any editor and it reloads live. A file with errors is never applied, and the menu shows what’s wrong.

Pick a prompt from Shell › Prompt Style, or use the cyba command inside CybaTerm’s local shell:

cyba prompt list | cyba prompt <builtin|a…k|mine|auto>   # switch prompt style live
cyba theme list  | cyba theme <id>                        # switch theme
cyba widget <slot 1-5> <widget>                           # e.g. cyba widget 2 radar
cyba hack      cyba drawer      cyba clear      cyba snap [file.png]      cyba help

cyba is ignored in remote shells you reach over SSH, because they have no session token.

Every style takes its colors from the active theme and updates live when you switch themes. Each built-in theme has a default style; Arasaka, for example, uses Corp Terminal.

Click a slot’s name or Switch (⌘E, or ⌥⌘1–⌥⌘5) to choose a widget, ⚙ for its settings (⌥⌘,) and the pin to keep it fixed. Add Pane adds a slot, up to 5. Shuffle rotates unpinned slots every 30 seconds, and Hack Mode (⌃⌘H) turns everything into a hacker feed and back.

Run ssh user@host in the terminal as usual. Live SSH Stats and Log Tail follow the host you’re connected to, or a host you pin from ~/.ssh/config.

With Shell › Share My SSH Login with Widgets on (the default for new shells), widgets reuse your logged-in connection, so password and 2FA hosts work, and nothing is typed into your session. With it off, widgets need key-based login.

Add the Grok Bot widget, click ⚙ and paste your xAI API key, which is stored only in your Mac’s Keychain. Questions go to xAI only when you send them.

Screen: OFF is the default. Turn it ON to include what’s on your terminal screen with each question. While it’s on you’ll see a red SCREEN SHARED badge and a notice on every send.

Shell › Session Logging (⇧⌘L) records the main pane to plain-text files, with ANSI codes stripped, in ~/Documents/CybaTerm/Logs or a folder you choose. Only you can read the files, and they never leave your Mac.

• ⌘0 Main Window: reopens the window and focuses the terminal
• ⌘1–⌘5 focus widget slot 1–5
• ⌥⌘1–⌥⌘5 switch the widget in a slot
• ⌘` focus the terminal
• ⌘] / ⌘[ next / previous pane
• ⌘D or ⇧⌘W show or hide the drawer
• ⌘E switch the widget in the focused slot
• ⌥⌘, widget settings
• ⇧⌘K command palette
• ⌃⌘H Hack Mode
• ⌘↑ / ⌘↓ previous / next prompt
• ⇧⌘C copy the last command’s output
• ⌃⌘R restart the shell
• ⇧⌘L session logging
• ⌘K clear
• ⌘+ / ⌘− text size
• ⌃⌘G toggle Neon Glow
• ⌘, Settings

• Prompt looks wrong or plain: Shell › Cyberpunk Prompt must be on, and switching to or from Keep my prompt takes a new shell (⌃⌘R). Powerlevel10k users can pick Auto or Keep my prompt.
• Widget says “needs password” or “host key”: turn on Share My SSH Login, or set up key login.
• The equalizer only shows a demo: allow System Audio Recording (macOS 14.2 or later).
• Now Playing doesn’t respond: allow CybaTerm to control Music or Spotify under Privacy & Security › Automation.
• Weather shows “offline”: check your internet connection. Weather comes from open-meteo.com.
• A host shows DOWN: some networks block ping (ICMP). Pings faster than every 0.5 seconds aren’t allowed.
• The window disappeared: press ⌘0 or click the Dock icon. Closing the window only hides it, and your shell keeps running.

Only when you use the feature:

• Camera: ASCII Cam, after you press Start Camera
• Microphone: Audio Visualizer, after you press Start Mic
• System Audio Recording: (“System Audio Recording Only”) the Now Playing equalizer
• Automation (Music, Spotify): Now Playing info and controls
• Location: Neon Weather’s Use my location, and the optional Wi-Fi name in Sys Stats
• Local Network: may be asked when you ping or SSH to devices on your network

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