Mubi Ali

Principal Software Engineering Manager (Azure Observability) at Microsoft

April 6, 2026

I built Terminal Glam using Github Copilot, a drop-in PowerShell profile that transforms a stock Windows Terminal into a colorful, productive setup. It works from a fresh Windows machine — no manual config needed.

What you get:

✨ Powerline prompt — OS icon, path, git status, language versions (Node, Python, .NET, Go, Rust, Java), Kubernetes context, Docker status, battery & time

⚡ 25+ built-in commands — gst for colorized git status, glog for graph log, gpr to create PRs, mkcd, directory bookmarks, ports to show listeners, weather, benchmarking, and more

🔮 Predictive IntelliSense — History-based suggestions with fuzzy search via Ctrl+R

🔄 Auto-environment activation — Detects and activates Python virtualenvs, Node .nvmrc, and .NET global.json on cd

🎨 5 theme palettes — Switch between default, dark, light, neon, and minimal with Set-TerminalGlamTheme

🔔 Toast notifications — Commands running longer than 30 seconds send a Windows notification when done

📐 Multi-pane layout — Starts with a 3-pane terminal layout out of the box

Install in 4 lines:

git clone https://github.com/mrmubi/mubis-copilot-plugins.git

cd mubis-copilot-plugins\plugins\terminal-glam

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

.\install.ps1

Restart Windows Terminal. Done.

The installer is idempotent — handles PowerShell 7 upgrade, Oh My Posh, Nerd Font installation, profile setup, and Windows Terminal configuration. Run it again anytime safely. It backs up your settings before making changes.

Uninstall is just as easy: .\uninstall.ps1

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