Description
WRIST_TERMINAL turns your Garmin watch into a tiny terminal on your wrist: glowing phosphor on deep black, crisp monospace digits and subtle analog imperfections.
Raise your wrist and a short boot sequence plays (1.2 s by default): the phosphor fades up, a command line types itself and the time is fully readable within half a second. Then a calm, highly legible face remains.
• 3 colour presets: Green Phosphor, Amber Mainframe, Ice Cyan – or your own colours
• Centered or left-aligned terminal layout, 3 time sizes
• 4 configurable data fields: battery, heart rate, steps, calories, distance, floors, Body Battery, stress
• Date in several formats, English or German
• CRT effects, each adjustable: phosphor glow, scanlines, phosphor texture, glass vignette, ghosting, VHS tracking
• Background: circuit traces with travelling light pulses, code rain or off
• Configurable boot sequence: duration, frequency, typing effect, cursor, custom prompt
• Power profiles Eco / Balanced / Cinematic, reduced motion, automatic Eco on low battery
• Always-on: dark, thin raster time with burn-in protection
Compatible with Garmin watches with a round AMOLED display, including fēnix 8 / 8 Pro / E, epix (Gen 2) / epix Pro, Forerunner 165, 170, 265, 570, 965, 970, 70, Venu 2 / 3 / 4, vívoactive 5 / 6, MARQ (Gen 2 / 3), D2, Descent Mk3 / G2, Instinct 3 AMOLED and Approach S50 / S70 / S72. Not for watches with a MIP display (e.g. fēnix 8 Solar).
Notes: Body Battery, stress and floors are shown only if the watch provides them, otherwise "--". Animations run only in the active display mode; the watch is never kept awake. Settings: Garmin Connect app or on the watch (watch face → Customize).
Privacy: WRIST_TERMINAL only displays data locally on the watch. No data is collected, stored or transmitted.
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Compatible devices (64)
Approach® S50
Approach® S70 (42mm)
Approach® S70 (47mm)
Approach® S72 - 43 mm
Approach® S72 - 47 mm
D2™ Air X10
D2™ Air X15
D2™ Mach 1
D2™ Mach 1 Pro
D2™ Mach 2
D2™ Mach 2 Pro
Descent™ G2
Descent™ MK3 - 43mm
Descent™ MK3i - 51mm
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ Pro (42mm)
epix™ Pro (47mm)
epix™ Pro (51mm)
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (43mm)
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (47mm/51mm)
fēnix® 8 Pro
fenix® 9 - 43 mm
fenix® 9 – 47 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - 43 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - 47 mm
fenix® 9 Pro - 51 mm
fēnix® E
Forerunner® 165
Forerunner® 165 Music
Forerunner® 170
Forerunner® 170 Music
Forerunner® 265
Forerunner® 265S
Forerunner® 570 - 42mm
Forerunner® 570 - 47mm
Forerunner® 70
Forerunner® 70
Forerunner® 965
Forerunner® 970
Instinct® 3 – 45 mm, AMOLED
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED
MARQ® (Gen 2)
MARQ® Adventurer (Gen 3)
MARQ® Commander (Gen 2) – Carbon Edition
MARQ™ Aviator (Gen 2)
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
tactix® 7 – AMOLED Edition
tactix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED
Venu® 2
Venu® 2
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2S
Venu® 2S
Venu® 3
Venu® 3S
Venu® 4 – 41 mm
Venu® 4 – 45 mm
vívoactive® 5
vívoactive® 6
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Snapshot dates
2026-10-27 → 2026-11-05