Starship

The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell

Shell & Terminal Productivity linuxmacoswindows Rust ISC

Description

Starship is a cross-shell prompt written in Rust. It shows relevant information about your environment (git branch, language versions, cloud context, etc.) and is highly customizable via a TOML config file.

Install

homebrewbrew install starship

cargocargo install starship --locked

pacmansudo pacman -S starship

AI Summary

A fast, customizable cross-shell prompt. Displays context-aware information like git status, language versions, and cloud context with minimal latency.

Capabilities

+ Displays git branch, status, and ahead/behind info
+ Auto-detects and shows language/tool versions (Node, Python, Rust, etc.)
+ Highly customizable via ~/.config/starship.toml
+ Works across bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, and more

Use When

→ Setting up a consistent prompt across multiple shells
→ Want context-aware info (git, language versions) in your prompt
→ Need a fast prompt that doesn't slow down shell startup

Avoid When

x Prefer a minimal shell with zero prompt customization

Usage Patterns

Initialize in zsh

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

Add to .zshrc to activate starship prompt

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