starship/starship

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

59620 stars · 2645 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Starship is a minimal, blazing-fast, and highly customizable shell prompt written in Rust that works across bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, and other shells. It shows contextual information like git status, language versions, and command duration with minimal latency.

Use cases

• customize my shell prompt
• show git branch and status in terminal prompt
• fast cross-shell prompt for bash zsh and fish
• replace oh-my-zsh theme with something faster
• display current language version in prompt
• minimal terminal prompt with icons
• prompt that works on windows powershell and linux

When to choose

• you want one consistent prompt across multiple shells and operating systems
• you need a fast, Rust-based prompt that won't slow your terminal down
• you want fine-grained customization of every prompt segment
• you're tired of slow oh-my-zsh prompt frameworks

When to avoid

• you only need a simple static prompt and don't want extra configuration
• your terminal can't install a Nerd Font for icon support
• you rely on shell-specific prompt features Starship doesn't support

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli developer-tools terminal-ui configuration-management developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform cli rust shell-prompt zsh bash fish powershell customization nerd-fonts command-line linux macos

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