# sindresorhus/pure

Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sindresorhus-pure
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: shell, zsh, prompt, shell-prompt, shell-theme, theme, git, pure, minimal, terminal
Last push: 2026-07-16T13:03:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5095, "days_push": 48, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 16.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14401, forks 1009 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.926231+00:00)

## What it is
Pure is a pretty, minimal, and fast ZSH prompt theme. It shows git branch status asynchronously, indicates command failures, and displays execution time while staying visually unobtrusive.

## Use cases
- make my zsh prompt minimal and fast
- show git branch and dirty status in my terminal prompt
- prompt that indicates when the last command failed
- display command execution time in zsh
- customize my shell prompt theme
- show unpushed and unpulled git commits in the prompt

## When to choose
- you use ZSH and want a clean, fast prompt with git integration
- you want a minimal prompt that stays out of your way
- you want a good starting point for building your own custom prompt

## When to avoid
- you use bash, fish, or another shell instead of ZSH
- you want a heavily customized, information-dense prompt out of the box
- you need a cross-shell prompt framework

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: zsh, shell-prompt, terminal, git, theme, minimal, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/pure (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.926231+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:12:36.216894+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.926231+00:00, sha a5b5eaa8c4ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.