starship

starship/starship

☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

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 <a href="#🚀-installation">Installation</a>
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 <a href="https://starship.rs/config/">Configuration</a>

**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.

<a href="https://starship.rs/config/">Explore the Starship docs&nbsp;&nbsp;▶</a>

## 🚀 Installation

### Prerequisites

- A [Nerd Font](https://www.nerdfonts.com/) installed and enabled in your terminal (for example, try the [FiraCode Nerd Font](https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads)).

### Step 1. Install Starship

Select your operating system from the list below to view installation instructions:

<details>
<summary>Android</summary>

Install Starship using any of the following package managers:

| Repository | Instructions           |
| ---------- | ---------------------- |
| [Termux]   | `pkg install starship` |

</details>

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`          |

</details>

<details>
<summary>Linux</summary>

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` |
| Alpine Linux 3.13+ | [Alpine Linux Packages] | `apk add starship` |
| Arch Linux | [Arch Linux Extra] | `pacman -S starship` |
| CentOS 7+ | [Copr] | `dnf copr enable atim/starship` `dnf install starship` |
| Debian 13+ | [Debian Main] | `apt install starship` |
| Fedora 40+ | [Copr] | `dnf copr enable atim/starship` `dnf install starship` |
| Gentoo | [Gentoo Packages] | `emerge app-shells/starship` |
| Manjaro | | `pacman -S starship` |
| NixOS | [nixpkgs] | `nix-env -iA nixpkgs.starship` |
| openSUSE | [OSS] | `zypper in starship` |
| Ubuntu 25.04+ | [Ubuntu Universe] | `apt install starship` |
| Void Linux | [Void Linux Packages] | `xbps-install -S starship` |

</details>

<details>
<summary>macOS</summary>

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`                 |

</details>

<details>
<summary>Windows</summary>

Install the latest version for your system with the MSI-installers from the [releases section](https://github.com/starship/starship/releases/latest).

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`                |
| [winget]        | `winget install --id Starship.Starship` |

</details>

### Step 2. Set up your shell to use Starship

Configure your shell to initialize starship. Select yours from the list below:

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

```sh
eval "$(starship init bash)"
```

</details>

You need to use [Clink](https://chrisant996.github.io/clink/clink.html) (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"))()
```

</details>

<details>
<summary>Elvish</summary>

Add the following to the end of `~/.config/elvish/rc.elv` (`%AppData%\elvish\rc.elv` on Windows):

```sh
eval (starship init elvish)
```

Note: Only Elvish v0.18+ is supported. For elvish versions prior to v0.21.0 the config file might instead be `~/.elvish/rc.elv`

</details>

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

```fish
starship init fish | source
```

</details>

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

```sh
eval $(starship init ion)
```

</details>

<details>
<summary>Nushell</summary>

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

```sh
mkdir ($nu.data-dir | path join "vendor/autoload")
starship init nu | save -f ($nu.data-dir | path join "vendor/autoload/starship.nu")
```

Note: Only Nushell v0.96+ is supported

</details>

<details>
<summary>PowerShell</summary>

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

```powershell
Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)
```

</details>

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

```sh
eval `starship init tcsh`
```

</details>

<details>
<summary>Xonsh</summary>

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

```python
execx($(starship init xonsh))
```

</details>

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

```sh
eval "$(starship init zsh)"
```

</details>

### 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](https://starship.rs/config/)** – learn how to configure Starship to tweak your prompt to your liking

- **[Presets](https://starship.rs/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](https://github.com/starship/starship/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22%F0%9F%8C%B1%20good%20first%20issue%22).

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](https://translate.starship.rs/).

If you are interested in helping contribute to starship, please take a look at our [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/starship/starship/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md). Also, feel free to drop into our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/8Jzqu3T) and say hi. 👋

## 💭 Inspired By

Please check out these previous works that helped inspire the creation of starship. 🙏

- **[denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt](https://github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt)** – A ZSH prompt for astronauts.

- **[denysdovhan/robbyrussell-node](https://github.com/denysdovhan/robbyrussell-node)** – Cross-shell robbyrussell theme written in JavaScript.

- **[reujab/silver](https://github.com/reujab/silver)** – A cross-shell customizable powerline-like prompt with icons.

## ❤️ Sponsors

Support this project by [becoming a sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/starship). Your name or logo will show up here with a link to your website.

## 🔒 Code Signing Policy

Free code signing provided by [SignPath.io], certificate by [SignPath Foundation].

Code Signing Roles:

- Reviewers: [Astronauts](https://github.com/orgs/starship/teams/astronauts)
- Approvers and Authors: [Mission Control](https://github.com/orgs/starship/teams/mission-control)

This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it.

## 📝 License

[alpine linux packages]: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=starship
[arch linux extra]: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/starship
[chocolatey]: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/starship
[conda-forge]: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/starship
[copr]: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/atim/starship
[crates.io]: https://crates.io/crates/starship
[debian main]: https://sources.debian.org/src/starship/1.22.1-1/
[freshports]: https://www.freshports.org/shells/starship
[gentoo packages]: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-shells/starship
[linuxbrew]: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/starship
[homebrew]: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/starship
[macports]: https://ports.macports.org/port/starship
[nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/st/starship/package.nix
[OSS]: https://software.opensuse.org/package/starship
[pkgsrc]: https://pkgsrc.se/shells/starship
[scoop]: https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/blob/master/bucket/starship.json
[SignPath Foundation]: https://signpath.org
[SignPath.io]: https://signpath.io
[termux]: https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/tree/master/packages/starship
[ubuntu universe]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/plucky/starship
[void linux packages]: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/starship
[winget]: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/s/Starship/Starship

Repository info

Default branch: main
Latest version: v1.26.0
Created: 2019-04-02
Last activity: 2026-10-14
License: ISC
Open issues: 1.1k
Watchers: 203

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