Powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k
Powerlevel9k was a tool for building a beautiful and highly functional CLI, customized for you. P9k had a substantial impact on CLI UX, and its legacy is now continued by P10k. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4234
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2323
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
13411 stars · 913 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Powerlevel9k was a popular ZSH theme that provided a beautiful, fast, and highly customizable terminal prompt using Powerline fonts. It is now deprecated and unmaintained, with its legacy continued by Powerlevel10k.
Use cases
- customize my zsh prompt with powerline segments
- make my terminal prompt show git status and AWS info
- get a beautiful zsh theme that works with oh-my-zsh
- show unit test coverage in my shell prompt
- speed up my slow zsh prompt
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy zsh setup that already uses powerlevel9k
- you need to reference its configuration for historical or migration purposes
When to avoid
- you are starting a new zsh setup - use Powerlevel10k instead
- you want an actively maintained theme with bug fixes and support
- you use bash or fish rather than zsh
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
developer-tools terminal-ui theme developer-tools cli zsh zsh-theme powerline prompt shell deprecated eye-candy command-line macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3043942ded1b
- homepage: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k · fetched 2026-08-29 · 40e04e0abdef
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k | main | 10 |
For agents
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