Starship 🛸
The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell! - Home
# Feature
- live update
- change windows title
- right prompt
- continuation prompt
# Transient Prompt
Transient prompt allows you to change your prompt after you execute your command. This can be useful if you’d prefer a simpler prompt in your scrollback and only keep the relevant info on your current prompt.
Only supported by
- fish
- bash
- powsershell
# Configuration ⮺
$ mkdir -p ~/.config && touch ~/.config/starship.toml# promt by shell ⮺
Define the shell in an env.variable
Then use it in starship
format = '''${env_var.SHELL}(bold green) '''
[env_var.SHELL]
variable = "STARSHIP_SHELL_STYLE"
format = "[$env_value]($style) "
style = "bold green"# Example ⮺
# Alternatives
- ohmyposh - support transient prompt for zsh
Written on April 24, 2026, Last update on
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