Starship
Starship is a fast, customizable, and minimal prompt for any shell. written in Rust, It displays relevant information like the current directory, Git status, runtime versions, and more, adapting to the context with minimal configuration. It supports multiple shells, including Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell and a lot of other shells, and your configuration will stay persistent across all these shells and is designed for speed and efficiency.
Installation
Using nix-shell
nix-shell -p starship
Using Global Configuration
environment.systemPackages = [
pkgs.starship
];
After modifying your configuration, apply the changes by running:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Using Home Configuration
home.packages = [
pkgs.starship
];
After updating your configuration, apply the changes by running:
home-manager switch
Configuration
Basic
programs.starship.enable = true;
after you have installed starship you need to source it in your shell
Bash:
eval "$(starship init bash)"
Zsh:
eval "$(starship init zsh)"
Fish:
starship init fish | source
if you use other shells than what I just mentioned please head to this page
Advanced
you can customize starship with Nix (here's a snippet to understand) :
programs.starship = {
enable = true;
settings = {
add_newline = true;
command_timeout = 1300;
scan_timeout = 50;
format = "$all$nix_shell$nodejs$lua$golang$rust$php$git_branch$git_commit$git_state$git_status\n$username$hostname$directory";
character = {
success_symbol = "[](bold green) ";
error_symbol = "[✗](bold red) ";
};
};
};
since we can't include every option on Starship here's a GitHub link containing every configuration option and here's the official documentation to explain each option starship configuration guide
good luck :D