Starship Cross Shell Prompt Configurator

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name: "Starship Cross-Shell Prompt Configurator"
slug: "starship-cross-shell-prompt-configurator"
description: "The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell. Starship is written in Rust and works across bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, Ion, Elvish, Tcsh, Nushell, and Xonsh."
github_stars: 55675
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/starship/starship"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "starship/starship"
  github_stars: 55675
---

# Starship Cross-Shell Prompt Configurator

The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell. Starship is written in Rust and works across bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, Ion, Elvish, Tcsh, Nushell, and Xonsh.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- python
- **[denysdovhan/robbyrussell-node](https://github.com/denysdovhan/robbyrussell-node)** – Cross-shell robbyrussell theme written in JavaScript.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- 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:

- Source: https://github.com/starship/starship
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/starship/starship/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/starship-cross-shell-prompt-configurator/)