Starship

Name: Starship
Author: starship

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About Starship

Starship is a fast and customizable prompt designed for all major shells. Initialize it with starship init, explore themes with starship preset --list, and enhance terminal aesthetics with context-aware information displays.

Key features

01Integrate into major shells like zsh and bash with custom prompts
02Browse and apply preset prompt themes and color schemes
03Display relevant development environment information based on project type

Use cases

01Developers personalizing terminal prompts to enhance efficiency
02Quickly identifying current project language and environment status
03Combining with other shell tools to create unified terminal experiences

Install

Pick your OS or package manager and run the command in a terminal.

brew install starship

Once installed, runstarship --versionto confirm it works.

Example commands

Common commands in the order you’d use them.

starship init zsh

starship preset --list

Details

From the project README

Website · Installation · Configuration

Starship with iTerm2 and the Snazzy theme

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

Fast: it's fast – really really fast! 🚀
Customizable: configure every aspect of your prompt.
Universal: works on any shell, on any operating system.
Intelligent: shows relevant information at a glance.
Feature rich: support for all your favorite tools.
Easy: quick to install – start using it in minutes.

Explore the Starship docs ▶

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

A Nerd Font installed and enabled in your terminal (for example, try the FiraCode Nerd Font).

Step 1. Install Starship

Select your operating system from the list below to view installation instructions:

Android

Install Starship using any of the following package managers:

Repository	Instructions
Termux	`pkg install starship`

BSD

Install Starship using any of the following package managers:

Distribution	Repository	Instructions
*Any*	crates.io	`cargo install starship --locked`
FreeBSD	FreshPorts	`pkg install starship`
NetBSD	pkgsrc	`pkgin install starship`

Linux

Install the latest version for your system:

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

Alternatively, install Starship using any of the following package managers:

Distribution	Repository	Instructions
*Any*	crates.io	`cargo install starship --locked`
Any	conda-forge	`conda install -c conda-forge starship`
Any	Linuxbrew	`brew install starship`
Alpine Linux 3.13+	Alpine Linux Packages	`apk add starship`
Arch Linux	Arch Linux Extra	`pacman -S starship`
CentOS 7+	Copr	`dnf copr enable atim/starship` `dnf install starship`
Debian 13+	Debian Main	`apt install starship`
Fedora 40+	Copr	`dnf copr enable atim/starship` `dnf install starship`
Gentoo	Gentoo Packages	`emerge app-shells/starship`
Manjaro		`pacman -S starship`
NixOS	nixpkgs	`nix-env -iA nixpkgs.starship`
openSUSE	OSS	`zypper in starship`
Ubuntu 25.04+	Ubuntu Universe	`apt install starship`
Void Linux	Void Linux Packages	`xbps-install -S starship`

macOS

Install the latest version for your system:

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

Alternatively, install Starship using any of the following package managers:

Repository	Instructions
crates.io	`cargo install starship --locked`
conda-forge	`conda install -c conda-forge starship`
Homebrew	`brew install starship`
MacPorts	`port install starship`

Windows

Install the latest version for your system with the MSI-installers from the releases section.

Install Starship using any of the following package managers:

Repository	Instructions
crates.io	`cargo install starship --locked`
Chocolatey	`choco install starship`
conda-forge	`conda install -c conda-forge starship`
Scoop	`scoop install starship`
winget	`winget install --id Starship.Starship`

Step 2. Set up your shell to use Starship

Configure your shell to initialize starship. Select yours from the list below:

Bash

Add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc:

eval "$(starship init bash)"

Cmd

You need to use Clink (v1.2.30+) with Cmd. Create a file at this path %LocalAppData%\clink\starship.lua with the following contents:

load(io.popen('starship init cmd'):read("*a"))()

Elvish

Add the following to the end of ~/.config/elvish/rc.elv (%AppData%\elvish\rc.elv on Windows):

eval (starship init elvish)

Note: Only Elvish v0.18+ is supported. For elvish versions prior to v0.21.0 the config file might instead be ~/.elvish/rc.elv

Fish

Add the following to the end of ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

starship init fish | source

Ion

Add the following to the end of ~/.config/ion/initrc:

eval $(starship init ion)

Nushell

Add the following to the end of your Nushell configuration (find it by running $nu.config-path in Nushell):

mkdir ($nu.data-dir | path join "vendor/autoload")
starship init nu | save -f ($nu.data-dir | path join "vendor/autoload/starship.nu")

Note: Only Nushell v0.96+ is supported

PowerShell

Add the following to the end of your PowerShell configuration (find it by running $PROFILE):

Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)

Tcsh

Add the following to the end of ~/.tcshrc:

eval `starship init tcsh`

Xonsh

Add the following to the end of ~/.xonshrc:

execx($(starship init xonsh))

Zsh

Add the following to the end of ~/.zshrc:

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

Step 3. Configure Starship

Start a new shell instance, and you should see your beautiful new shell prompt. If you're happy with the defaults, enjoy!

If you're looking to further customize Starship:

Configuration – learn how to configure Starship to tweak your prompt to your liking
Presets – get inspired by the pre-built configuration of others

🤝 Contributing

We are always looking for contributors of all skill levels! If you're looking to ease your way into the project, try out a good first issue.

If you are fluent in a non-English language, we greatly appreciate any help keeping our docs translated and up-to-date in other languages. If you would like to help, translations can be contributed on the Starship Crowdin.

If you are interested in helping contribute to starship, please take a look at our Contributing Guide. Also, feel free to drop into our Discord server and say hi. 👋

💭 Inspired By

Please check out these previous works that helped inspire the creation of starship. 🙏

denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt – A ZSH prompt for astronauts.
denysdovhan/robbyrussell-node – Cross-shell robbyrussell theme written in JavaScript.
reujab/silver – A cross-shell customizable powerline-like prompt with icons.

❤️ Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your name or logo will show up here with a link to your website.

🔒 Code Signing Policy

Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.

Code Signing Roles:

Reviewers: Astronauts
Approvers and Authors: Mission Control

This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it.

📝 License

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