starship version 1.7.0

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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.

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🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

A Nerd Font installed and enabled in your terminal (for example, try the Fira Code 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:

sh 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 | | Any | [Snapcraft] | snap install starship | | Alpine Linux 3.13+ | [Alpine Linux Packages] | apk add starship | | Arch Linux | [Arch Linux Community] | pacman -S starship | | CentOS 7+ | [Copr] | dnf copr enable atim/starship
dnf install starship | | Fedora 31+ | [Fedora Packages] | dnf install starship | | NixOS | [nixpkgs] | nix-env -iA nixos.starship | | Gentoo | [Gentoo Packages] | emerge app-shells/starship | | Manjaro | | pacman -S starship | | NixOS | [nixpkgs] | nix-env -iA nixpkgs.starship | | Void Linux | [Void Linux Packages] | xbps-install -S starship |

macOS

Install the latest version for your system:

sh 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 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 |

Step 2. Setup 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:

sh 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:

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

Elvish

Add the following to the end of ~/.elvish/rc.elv:

sh eval (starship init elvish)

Note: Only Elvish v0.18+ is supported

Fish

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

fish starship init fish | source

Ion

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

sh eval $(starship init ion)

Nushell

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

sh mkdir ~/.cache/starship starship init nu | save ~/.cache/starship/init.nu

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

sh source ~/.cache/starship/init.nu

Note: Only Nushell v0.61+ is supported

PowerShell

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

powershell Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)

Tcsh

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

sh eval `starship init tcsh`

Xonsh

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

python execx($(starship init xonsh))

Zsh

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

sh 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.

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

Step 1. Install Starship

Step 2. Setup your shell to use Starship

Step 3. Configure Starship

🤝 Contributing

💭 Inspired By

📝 License