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Terminal Rewrite

· v2.6
★★★★★ (11) ↓ 1,000 downloads 1 Free

About

If you like my work and want to support future updates and new artistic watchfaces, feel free to buy me a coffee! Your support means the world: https://buymeacoffee.com/kruseco ---------------------------- Your watch doesn't just show the time. It types it. Terminal Rewrite keeps it simple most of the time: just the time, big and clean, no clutter. A few seconds before every minute changes, a cursor quietly appears and blinks next to it — your cue something's about to happen. Then, right on the tick, the cursor sweeps left across the whole time, wiping it out one character at a time, and sweeps back right, typing the new time back in behind it. Unhurried on purpose: the whole rewrite takes about ten seconds, so you can actually watch it happen instead of catching a flicker. FEATURES - Big, bold digits sized to fill the screen on every supported device, readable at a glance - A real block cursor drawn with shapes, not a bitmap, sized to match the digits exactly — no oversized blob, no glyph - Hidden until it's needed: the cursor only shows up for its pre-minute blink and the rewrite itself, so the resting screen stays just the time - The rewrite plays live, in real time, every single minute you're looking at the watch, deliberately paced so the erase-and-retype is easy to follow; while resting, the display stays still to save battery - Four selectable color themes, changeable anytime from the Garmin Connect app on your phone, no restart needed: - Classic Green — the original phosphor terminal look - Amber Terminal — warm CRT amber - Cyberpunk Cyan — cool blue-toned neon - Phosphor White — clean monochrome white - Optional line under the time, off by default: show the date, today's step count, both, or nothing at all — your call, set from the Garmin Connect app Built entirely from drawn text and shapes — no bitmap assets — to stay light on memory and battery across every Garmin display. For anyone who misses the command line every time they check the time.

What's new

2.6: - New: time shows instantly on wrist raise — no waiting on the animation. New "On Wrist Raise" setting: Show Time Now / Replay Rewrite / Always Rewrite - New: battery percentage as an option on the line below the time - New: always-on (AMOLED) support — display dims and drifts slightly to prevent burn-in - Cyberpunk Cyan now renders as true cyan on colour displays - Caption under the time is dimmed so the digits stand out - Rewrite speed and frequency both adjustable; default pace softened to Normal - All settings are now available on the watch itself, not just the phone app - Lighter on battery and smoother while you're looking at the watch 2.4 Improved language in settings 2.3 Faster animation is default 2.2 Added on device settings 2.1 Fixed time writing bug 2.0 Added optional date and datafield 1.9 Little rewrite 1.8: improved animation 1.7: Improved layout. 1.6: Support for way more devices! 1.5; Improved experience.

Details

Compatible with 185 devices
Updated Aug 29, 2026
Open on apps.garmin.com ↗