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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).

Getting Started

Note: due to the proliferation of different platforms, only a subset of supported platforms are shown below. Can't see yours? Have a look at the extra platform instructions.

1. Install the starship binary:

   Install Latest Version

   From prebuilt binary, with Shell:

   sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://starship.rs/install.sh)"
   

   To update the Starship itself, rerun the above script. It will replace the current version without touching Starship's configuration.

   Note - The defaults of the install script can be overridden see the built-in help.

   sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://starship.rs/install.sh)" -- --help
   

   Install via Package Manager

   Example: Homebrew:

   brew install starship
   

   With Scoop:

   scoop install starship
   

2. Add the init script to your shell's config file:

   Bash

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

   # ~/.bashrc
   
   eval "$(starship init bash)"
   

   Fish

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

   # ~/.config/fish/config.fish
   
   starship init fish | source
   

   Zsh

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

   # ~/.zshrc
   
   eval "$(starship init zsh)"
   

   PowerShell

   Add the following to the end of Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1. You can check the location of this file by querying the $PROFILE variable in PowerShell. Typically the path is ~\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 or ~/.config/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 on -Nix.

   Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)
   

   Ion

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

   # ~/.config/ion/initrc
   
   eval $(starship init ion)
   

   Elvish

   Warning Only elvish v0.15 or higher is supported. Add the following to the end of ~/.elvish/rc.elv:

   # ~/.elvish/rc.elv
   
   eval (starship init elvish)
   

   Tcsh

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

   # ~/.tcshrc
   
   eval `starship init tcsh`
   

   Xonsh

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

   # ~/.xonshrc
   
   execx($(starship init xonsh))
   

   Nushell

   Warning This will change in the future. Only nu version v0.33 or higher is supported. Add the following to your nu config file. You can check the location of this file by running config path in nu.

   startup = [
    "mkdir ~/.cache/starship",
    "starship init nu | save ~/.cache/starship/init.nu",
    "source ~/.cache/starship/init.nu"
   ]
   prompt = "starship_prompt"
   

🤝 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. 👋

Code Contributors

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💭 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.

📝 License

Copyright © 2019-present, Starship Contributors.
This project is ISC licensed.