Starship — Cross-Shell Prompt

Overview

Starship is a single binary that renders the shell prompt. Each piece of the prompt is a module (directory, git_branch, nodejs, kubernetes, …) that appears only when it is relevant to the current directory. All configuration lives in ~/.config/starship.toml (or the file named by STARSHIP_CONFIG), and the same file works in every supported shell.

Instructions

Install

brew install starship                    # macOS and Linuxbrew
apt install starship                     # Debian 13+, Ubuntu 25.04+
pacman -S starship                       # Arch, Manjaro
apk add starship                         # Alpine 3.13+
cargo install starship --locked          # any OS with a Rust toolchain
winget install --id Starship.Starship    # Windows (also: scoop install starship)