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starship/starship

★ 60,700RustISC93

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

What it is

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.

When to use it

Reach for starship when you live in the terminal and want faster search, git, navigation or a beautiful TUI — it's written in Rust and fits stacks tagged bash, fish, fish-prompt, fish-theme.

Category
CLI & Terminal
Also in
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Stars
60,700
Forks
2,844
Last push
today
Created
2019-04-02
Open issues
1,066
Website
starship.rs
#bash#fish#fish-prompt#fish-theme#oh-my-zsh#powershell#rust#shell-prompt#starship#zsh#zsh-prompt#zsh-theme

Quick start

$ git clone https://github.com/starship/starship.git

Hand it to your AI

Read https://ideas.asveas.com/r/starship/starship.md and help me add starship/starship to my project. Explain the setup steps for my stack and show the minimal code to get it working.
CLI & TerminalMarkdown .mdOpen on GitHub ↵

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FAQ

What is starship?

starship/starship is a terminal tool on GitHub: ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell! The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

When should I use starship?

Reach for starship when you live in the terminal and want faster search, git, navigation or a beautiful TUI — it's written in Rust and fits stacks tagged bash, fish, fish-prompt, fish-theme.

What are the best alternatives to starship?

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Is starship actively maintained?

starship/starship looks very actively maintained: the last push was today (2026-11-10), with 60,700 stars and 1,066 open issues.

What license does starship use?

starship/starship is published under the ISC license. Check the repository's LICENSE file before commercial use.