starship/docs/config

Configuration

::: tip

🔥 Configuration is currently being worked on. Many new configuration options will be available in coming releases.

:::

To get started configuring starship, create the following file: ~/.config/starship.toml.

$ mkdir -p ~/.config && touch ~/.config/starship.toml

All configuration for starship is done in this TOML file:

# Don't print a new line at the start of the prompt
add_newline = false

# Replace the "❯" symbol in the prompt with "➜"
[character]      # The name of the module we are configuring is "character"
symbol = "➜"     # The "symbol" segment is being set to "➜"

# Disable the package module, hiding it from the prompt completely
[package]
disabled = true

You can change default starship.toml file location with STARSHIP_CONFIG environment variable:

export STARSHIP_CONFIG=~/.starship

Equivalently in PowerShell (Windows) would be adding this line to your $PROFILE:

$ENV:STARSHIP_CONFIG = "$HOME\.starship"

Terminology

Module: A component in the prompt giving information based on contextual information from your OS. For example, the "nodejs" module shows the version of NodeJS that is currently installed on your computer, if your current directory is a NodeJS project.

Segment: Smaller sub-components that compose a module. For example, the "symbol" segment in the "nodejs" module contains the character that is shown before the version number (⬢ by default).

Here is the representation of the node module. In the following example, "symbol" and "version" are segments within it. Every module also has a prefix and suffix that are the default terminal color.

[prefix]      [symbol]     [version]    [suffix]
 "via "         "⬢"        "v10.4.1"       ""

Style Strings

Most modules in starship allow you to configure their display styles. This is done with an entry (usually called style) which is a string specifying the configuration. Here are some examples of style strings along with what they do. For details on the full syntax, consult the advanced config guide.

• "fg:green bg:blue" sets green text on a blue background
• "bg:blue fg:bright-green" sets bright green text on a blue background
• "bold fg:27" sets bold text with ANSI color 27
• "underline bg:#bf5700" sets underlined text on a burnt orange background
• "bold italic fg:purple" sets bold italic purple text
• "" explicitly disables all styling

Note that what styling looks like will be controlled by your terminal emulator. For example, some terminal emulators will brighten the colors instead of bolding text, and some color themes use the same values for the normal and bright colors. Also, to get italic text, your terminal must support italics.

Prompt

This is the list of prompt-wide configuration options.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
add_newline	true	Add a new line before the start of the prompt.
prompt_order	link	Configure the order in which the prompt module occurs.
scan_timeout	30	Timeout for starship to scan files (in milliseconds).

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

# Disable the newline at the start of the prompt
add_newline = false
# Overwrite a default_prompt_order and  use custom prompt_order
prompt_order=["rust","line_break","package","line_break","character"]
# Wait 10 milliseconds for starship to check files under the current directory.
scan_timeout = 10

Default Prompt Order

The default prompt_order is used to define the order in which modules are shown in the prompt, if empty or no prompt_order is provided. The default is as shown:

prompt_order = [
    "username",
    "hostname",
    "kubernetes",
    "directory",
    "git_branch",
    "git_commit",
    "git_state",
    "git_status",
    "hg_branch",
    "docker_context",
    "package",
    "dotnet",
    "elixir",
    "elm",
    "erlang",
    "golang",
    "haskell",
    "java",
    "julia",
    "nim",
    "nodejs",
    "ocaml",
    "php",
    "purescript",
    "python",
    "ruby",
    "rust",
    "terraform",
    "zig",
    "nix_shell",
    "conda",
    "memory_usage",
    "aws",
    "env_var",
    "crystal",
    "cmd_duration",
    "custom",
    "line_break",
    "jobs",
    "battery",
    "time",
    "character",
]

AWS

The aws module shows the current AWS region and profile. This is based on AWS_REGION, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, and AWS_PROFILE env var with ~/.aws/config file.

When using aws-vault the profile is read from the AWS_VAULT env var.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"☁️ "	The symbol used before displaying the current AWS profile.
displayed_items	all	Choose which item to display. Possible values: [all, profile, region]
region_aliases		Table of region aliases to display in addition to the AWS name.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the AWS module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[aws]
style = "bold blue"
symbol = "🅰 "
displayed_items = "region"
[aws.region_aliases]
ap-southeast-2 = "au"
us-east-1 = "va"

Battery

The battery module shows how charged the device's battery is and its current charging status. The module is only visible when the device's battery is below 10%.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
full_symbol	"•"	The symbol shown when the battery is full.
charging_symbol	"⇡"	The symbol shown when the battery is charging.
discharging_symbol	"⇣"	The symbol shown when the battery is discharging.
display	link	Display threshold and style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the battery module.

There are also options for some uncommon battery states.

Variable	Description
unknown_symbol	The symbol shown when the battery state is unknown.
empty_symbol	The symbol shown when the battery state is empty.

Note: Battery indicator will be hidden if the status is unknown or empty unless you specify the option in the config.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[battery]
full_symbol = "🔋"
charging_symbol = "⚡️"
discharging_symbol = "💀"

Battery Display

The display configuration option is used to define when the battery indicator should be shown (threshold) and what it looks like (style). If no display is provided. The default is as shown:

[[battery.display]]
threshold = 10
style = "bold red"

Options

The display option is an array of the following table.

Variable	Description
threshold	The upper bound for the display option.
style	The style used if the display option is in use.

Example

[[battery.display]]  # "bold red" style when capacity is between 0% and 10%
threshold = 10
style = "bold red"

[[battery.display]]  # "bold yellow" style when capacity is between 10% and 30%
threshold = 30
style = "bold yellow"

# when capacity is over 30%, the battery indicator will not be displayed

Character

The character module shows a character (usually an arrow) beside where the text is entered in your terminal.

The character will tell you whether the last command was successful or not. It can do this in two ways: by changing color (red/green) or by changing its shape (❯/✖). The latter will only be done if use_symbol_for_status is set to true.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"❯"	The symbol used before the text input in the prompt.
error_symbol	"✖"	The symbol used before text input if the previous command failed.
use_symbol_for_status	false	Indicate error status by changing the symbol.
vicmd_symbol	"❮"	The symbol used before the text input in the prompt if shell is in vim normal mode.
style_success	"bold green"	The style used if the last command was successful.
style_failure	"bold red"	The style used if the last command failed.
disabled	false	Disables the character module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[character]
symbol = "➜"
error_symbol = "✗"
use_symbol_for_status = true

Command Duration

The cmd_duration module shows how long the last command took to execute. The module will be shown only if the command took longer than two seconds, or the min_time config value, if it exists.

::: warning Do not hook the DEBUG trap in Bash

If you are running Starship in bash, do not hook the DEBUG trap after running eval $(starship init $0), or this module will break.

:::

Bash users who need preexec-like functionality can use rcaloras's bash_preexec framework. Simply define the arrays preexec_functions and precmd_functions before running eval $(starship init $0), and then proceed as normal.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
min_time	2_000	Shortest duration to show time for (in milliseconds).
show_milliseconds	false	Show milliseconds in addition to seconds for the duration.
prefix	took	Prefix to display immediately before the command duration.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the cmd_duration module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[cmd_duration]
min_time = 500
prefix = "underwent "

Conda

The conda module shows the current conda environment, if $CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV is set.

::: tip

This does not suppress conda's own prompt modifier, you may want to run conda config --set changeps1 False.

:::

Options

Variable	Default	Description
truncation_length	1	The number of directories the environment path should be truncated to, if the environment was created via conda create -p [path]. 0 means no truncation. Also see the directory module.
symbol	"C "	The symbol used before the environment name.
style	"bold green"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the conda module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[conda]
style = "dimmed green"

Crystal

The crystal module shows the currently installed version of Crystal. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a shard.yml file
• The current directory contains a .cr file

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🔮 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of crystal.
style	"bold red"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the crystal module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[crystal]
symbol = "✨ "
style = "bold blue"

Directory

The directory module shows the path to your current directory, truncated to three parent folders. Your directory will also be truncated to the root of the git repo that you're currently in.

When using the fish style pwd option, instead of hiding the path that is truncated, you will see a shortened name of each directory based on the number you enable for the option.

For example, given ~/Dev/Nix/nixpkgs/pkgs where nixpkgs is the repo root, and the option set to 1. You will now see ~/D/N/nixpkgs/pkgs, whereas before it would have been nixpkgs/pkgs.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
truncation_length	3	The number of parent folders that the current directory should be truncated to.
truncate_to_repo	true	Whether or not to truncate to the root of the git repo that you're currently in.
prefix	"in "	Prefix to display immediately before the directory.
style	"bold cyan"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the directory module.

This module has a few advanced configuration options that control how the directory is displayed.

Variable	Default	Description
substitutions		A table of substitutions to be made to the path.
fish_style_pwd_dir_length	0	The number of characters to use when applying fish shell pwd path logic.
use_logical_path	true	Displays the logical path provided by the shell (PWD) instead of the path from the OS.

substitutions allows you to define arbitrary replacements for literal strings that occur in the path, for example long network prefixes or development directories (i.e. Java). Note that this will disable the fish style PWD.

[directory.substitutions]
"/Volumes/network/path" = "/net"
"src/com/long/java/path" = "mypath"

fish_style_pwd_dir_length interacts with the standard truncation options in a way that can be surprising at first: if it's non-zero, the components of the path that would normally be truncated are instead displayed with that many characters. For example, the path /built/this/city/on/rock/and/roll, which would normally be displayed as as rock/and/roll, would be displayed as /b/t/c/o/rock/and/roll with fish_style_pwd_dir_length = 1--the path components that would normally be removed are displayed with a single character. For fish_style_pwd_dir_length = 2, it would be /bu/th/ci/on/rock/and/roll.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[directory]
truncation_length = 8

Docker Context

The docker_context module shows the currently active Docker context if it's not set to default.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🐳 "	The symbol used before displaying the Docker context .
only_with_files	false	Only show when there's a docker-compose.yml or Dockerfile in the current directory.
style	"bold blue"	The style for the module.
disabled	true	Disables the docker_context module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[docker_context]
symbol = "🐋 "

Dotnet

The dotnet module shows the relevant version of the .NET Core SDK for the current directory. If the SDK has been pinned in the current directory, the pinned version is shown. Otherwise the module shows the latest installed version of the SDK.

This module will only be shown in your prompt when one of the following files are present in the current directory: global.json, project.json, *.sln, *.csproj, *.fsproj, *.xproj. You'll also need the .NET Core command-line tools installed in order to use it correctly.

Internally, this module uses its own mechanism for version detection. Typically it is twice as fast as running dotnet --version, but it may show an incorrect version if your .NET project has an unusual directory layout. If accuracy is more important than speed, you can disable the mechanism by setting heuristic = false in the module options.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"•NET "	The symbol used before displaying the version of dotnet.
heuristic	true	Use faster version detection to keep starship snappy.
style	"bold blue"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the dotnet module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[dotnet]
symbol = "🥅 "
style = "green"
heuristic = false

Elixir

The elixir module shows the currently installed version of Elixir and Erlang/OTP. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a mix.exs file.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"💧 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Elixir/Erlang.
style	"bold purple"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the elixir module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[elixir]
symbol = "🔮 "

Elm

The elm module shows the currently installed version of Elm. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a elm.json file
• The current directory contains a elm-package.json file
• The current directory contains a .elm-version file
• The current directory contains a elm-stuff folder
• The current directory contains a *.elm files

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🌳 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Elm.
style	"bold cyan"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the elm module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[elm]
symbol = " "

Environment Variable

The env_var module displays the current value of a selected environment variable. The module will be shown only if any of the following conditions are met:

• The variable configuration option matches an existing environment variable
• The variable configuration option is not defined, but the default configuration option is

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol		The symbol used before displaying the variable value.
variable		The environment variable to be displayed.
default		The default value to be displayed when the selected variable is not defined.
prefix	""	Prefix to display immediately before the variable value.
suffix	""	Suffix to display immediately after the variable value.
style	"dimmed bold black"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the env_var module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[env_var]
variable = "SHELL"
default = "unknown shell"

Erlang

The erlang module shows the currently installed version of Erlang/OTP. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a rebar.config file.
• The current directory contains a erlang.mk file.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🖧 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Erlang.
style	bold red	The style for this module.
disabled	false	Disables the erlang module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[erlang]
symbol = "e "

Git Branch

The git_branch module shows the active branch of the repo in your current directory.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	" "	The symbol used before the branch name of the repo in your current directory.
truncation_length	2^63 - 1	Truncates a git branch to X graphemes
truncation_symbol	"…"	The symbol used to indicate a branch name was truncated. You can use "" for no symbol
style	"bold purple"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the git_branch module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[git_branch]
symbol = "🌱 "
truncation_length = 4
truncation_symbol = ""

Git Commit

The git_commit module shows the current commit hash of the repo in your current directory.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
commit_hash_length	7	The length of the displayed git commit hash.
prefix	"("	Prefix to display immediately before git commit.
suffix	")"	Suffix to display immediately after git commit.
style	"bold green"	The style for the module.
only_detached	true	Only show git commit hash when in detached HEAD state
disabled	false	Disables the git_commit module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[git_commit]
commit_hash_length = 4

Git State

The git_state module will show in directories which are part of a git repository, and where there is an operation in progress, such as: REBASING, BISECTING, etc. If there is progress information (e.g., REBASING 3/10), that information will be shown too.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
rebase	"REBASING"	The text displayed when a rebase is in progress.
merge	"MERGING"	The text displayed when a merge is in progress.
revert	"REVERTING"	The text displayed when a revert is in progress.
cherry_pick	"CHERRY-PICKING"	The text displayed when a cherry-pick is in progress.
bisect	"BISECTING"	The text displayed when a bisect is in progress.
am	"AM"	The text displayed when an apply-mailbox (git am) is in progress.
am_or_rebase	"AM/REBASE"	The text displayed when an ambiguous apply-mailbox or rebase is in progress.
progress_divider	"/"	The symbol or text which will separate the current and total progress amounts. (e.g., " of ", for "3 of 10")
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the git_state module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[git_state]
progress_divider = " of "
cherry_pick = "🍒 PICKING"

Git Status

The git_status module shows symbols representing the state of the repo in your current directory.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
conflicted	"="	This branch has merge conflicts.
conflicted_count	link	Show and style the number of conflicts.
ahead	"⇡"	This branch is ahead of the branch being tracked.
behind	"⇣"	This branch is behind of the branch being tracked.
diverged	"⇕"	This branch has diverged from the branch being tracked.
untracked	"?"	There are untracked files in the working directory.
untracked_count	link	Show and style the number of untracked files.
stashed	"$"	A stash exists for the local repository.
stashed_count	link	Show and style the number of stashes.
modified	"!"	There are file modifications in the working directory.
modified_count	link	Show and style the number of modified files.
staged	"+"	A new file has been added to the staging area.
staged_count	link	Show and style the number of files staged files.
renamed	"»"	A renamed file has been added to the staging area.
renamed_count	link	Show and style the number of renamed files.
deleted	"✘"	A file's deletion has been added to the staging area.
deleted_count	link	Show and style the number of deleted files.
show_sync_count	false	Show ahead/behind count of the branch being tracked.
prefix	[	Prefix to display immediately before git status.
suffix	]	Suffix to display immediately after git status.
style	"bold red"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the git_status module.

Git Status Counts

Variable	Default	Description
enabled	false	Show the number of files
style		Optionally style the count differently than the module

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[git_status]
conflicted = "🏳"
ahead = "🏎💨"
behind = "😰"
diverged = "😵"
untracked = "🤷‍"
stashed = "📦"
modified = "📝"
staged.value = "++"
staged.style = "green"
staged_count.enabled = true
staged_count.style = "green"
renamed = "👅"
deleted = "🗑"

Golang

The golang module shows the currently installed version of Golang. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a go.mod file
• The current directory contains a go.sum file
• The current directory contains a glide.yaml file
• The current directory contains a Gopkg.yml file
• The current directory contains a Gopkg.lock file
• The current directory contains a .go-version file
• The current directory contains a Godeps directory
• The current directory contains a file with the .go extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🐹 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Golang.
style	"bold cyan"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the golang module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[golang]
symbol = "🏎💨 "

Haskell

The haskell module shows the currently installed version of Haskell Stack version. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a stack.yaml file

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"λ "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Haskell.
style	"bold red"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the haskell module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[haskell]
symbol = " "

Hostname

The hostname module shows the system hostname.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
ssh_only	true	Only show hostname when connected to an SSH session.
prefix	""	Prefix to display immediately before the hostname.
suffix	""	Suffix to display immediately after the hostname.
trim_at	"."	String that the hostname is cut off at, after the first match. "." will stop after the first dot. "" will disable any truncation
style	"bold dimmed green"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the hostname module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[hostname]
ssh_only = false
prefix = "⟪"
suffix = "⟫"
trim_at = ".companyname.com"
disabled = false

Java

The java module shows the currently installed version of Java. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a pom.xml, build.gradle.kts, build.sbt or .java-version file
• The current directory contains a file with the .java, .class, .gradle or .jar extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"☕ "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Java.
style	"dimmed red"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the java module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[java]
symbol = "🌟 "

Jobs

The jobs module shows the current number of jobs running. The module will be shown only if there are background jobs running. The module will show the number of jobs running if there is more than 1 job, or more than the threshold config value, if it exists.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"✦"	The symbol used before displaying the number of jobs.
threshold	1	Show number of jobs if exceeded.
style	"bold blue"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the jobs module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[jobs]
symbol = "+ "
threshold = 4

Julia

The julia module shows the currently installed version of Julia. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a Project.toml file
• The current directory contains a Manifest.toml file
• The current directory contains a file with the .jl extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"ஃ "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Julia.
style	"bold purple"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the julia module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[julia]
symbol = "∴ "

Kubernetes

Displays the current Kubernetes context name and, if set, the namespace from the kubeconfig file. The namespace needs to be set in the kubeconfig file, this can be done via kubectl config set-context starship-cluster --namespace astronaut. If the $KUBECONFIG env var is set the module will use that if not it will use the ~/.kube/config.

::: tip

This module is disabled by default. To enable it, set disabled to false in your configuration file.

:::

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"☸ "	The symbol used before displaying the Cluster info.
context_aliases		Table of context aliases to display
style	"bold blue"	The style for the module.
disabled	true	Disables the kubernetes module

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[kubernetes]
symbol = "⛵ "
style = "dimmed green"
disabled = false
[kubernetes.context_aliases]
"dev.local.cluster.k8s" = "dev"

Line Break

The line_break module separates the prompt into two lines.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
disabled	false	Disables the line_break module, making the prompt a single line.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[line_break]
disabled = true

Memory Usage

The memory_usage module shows current system memory and swap usage.

By default the swap usage is displayed if the total system swap is non-zero.

::: tip

This module is disabled by default. To enable it, set disabled to false in your configuration file.

:::

Options

Variable	Default	Description
show_percentage	false	Display memory usage as a percentage of the available memory.
show_swap	true	Display swap usage if total swap is non-zero.
threshold	75	Hide the memory usage unless it exceeds this percentage.
symbol	"🐏 "	The symbol used before displaying the memory usage.
separator	`"	"`
style	"bold dimmed white"	The style for the module.
disabled	true	Disables the memory_usage module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[memory_usage]
disabled = false
show_percentage = true
show_swap = true
threshold = -1
symbol = " "
separator = "/"
style = "bold dimmed green"

Mercurial Branch

The hg_branch module shows the active branch of the repo in your current directory.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	" "	The symbol used before the hg bookmark or branch name of the repo in your current directory.
truncation_length	2^63 - 1	Truncates the hg branch name to X graphemes
truncation_symbol	"…"	The symbol used to indicate a branch name was truncated.
style	"bold purple"	The style for the module.
disabled	true	Disables the hg_branch module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[hg_branch]
symbol = "🌱 "
truncation_length = 4
truncation_symbol = ""

Nim

The nim module shows the currently installed version of Nim. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a nim.cfg file
• The current directory contains a file with the .nim extension
• The current directory contains a file with the .nims extension
• The current directory contains a file with the .nimble extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"👑 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Nim.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the nim module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[nim]
style = "yellow"
symbol = "🎣 "

Nix-shell

The nix_shell module shows the nix-shell environment. The module will be shown when inside a nix-shell environment.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
use_name	false	Display the name of the nix-shell.
impure_msg	"impure"	Customize the "impure" msg.
pure_msg	"pure"	Customize the "pure" msg.
symbol	"❄️ "	The symbol used before displaying the shell name.
style	"bold blue"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the nix_shell module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[nix_shell]
disabled = true
use_name = true
impure_msg = "impure shell"
pure_msg = "pure shell"
symbol = "☃️  "

NodeJS

The nodejs module shows the currently installed version of NodeJS. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a package.json file
• The current directory contains a .node-version file
• The current directory contains a node_modules directory
• The current directory contains a file with the .js extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"⬢ "	The symbol used before displaying the version of NodeJS.
style	"bold green"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the nodejs module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[nodejs]
symbol = "🤖 "

Package Version

The package module is shown when the current directory is the repository for a package, and shows its current version. The module currently supports npm, cargo, poetry, composer, gradle, julia and mix packages.

• npm – The npm package version is extracted from the package.json present in the current directory
• cargo – The cargo package version is extracted from the Cargo.toml present in the current directory
• poetry – The poetry package version is extracted from the pyproject.toml present in the current directory
• composer – The composer package version is extracted from the composer.json present in the current directory
• gradle – The gradle package version is extracted from the build.gradle present
• julia - The package version is extracted from the Project.toml present
• mix - The mix package version is extracted from the mix.exs present

⚠️ The version being shown is that of the package whose source code is in your current directory, not your package manager.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"📦 "	The symbol used before displaying the version the package.
style	"bold 208"	The style for the module.
display_private	false	Enable displaying version for packages marked as private.
disabled	false	Disables the package module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[package]
symbol = "🎁 "

OCaml

The ocaml module shows the currently installed version of OCaml. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a file with .opam extension or _opam directory
• The current directory contains a esy.lock directory
• The current directory contains a dune or dune-project file
• The current directory contains a jbuild or jbuild-ignore file
• The current directory contains a .merlin file
• The current directory contains a file with .ml, .mli, .re or .rei extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🐫 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of OCaml.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the ocaml module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[ocaml]
symbol = "🐪 "

PHP

The php module shows the currently installed version of PHP. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a composer.json file
• The current directory contains a .php-version file
• The current directory contains a .php file

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🐘 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of PHP.
style	"bold 147"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the php module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[php]
symbol = "🔹 "

Python

The python module shows the currently installed version of Python and the current Python virtual environment if one is activated.

If pyenv_version_name is set to true, it will display the pyenv version name. Otherwise, it will display the version number from python --version.

The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a .python-version file
• The current directory contains a requirements.txt file
• The current directory contains a pyproject.toml file
• The current directory contains a file with the .py extension (and scan_for_pyfiles is true)
• The current directory contains a Pipfile file
• The current directory contains a tox.ini file
• The current directory contains a setup.py file
• The current directory contains a __init__.py file
• A virtual environment is currently activated

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🐍 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Python.
pyenv_version_name	false	Use pyenv to get Python version
pyenv_prefix	"pyenv "	Prefix before pyenv version display (default display is pyenv MY_VERSION)
scan_for_pyfiles	true	If false, Python files in the current directory will not show this module.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the python module.

This module has some advanced configuration options.

Variable	Default	Description
python_binary	python	Confgures the python binary that Starship executes when getting the version.

The python_binary variable changes the binary that Starship executes to get the version of Python, it doesn't change the arguments that are used.

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[python]
python_binary = "python3"

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[python]
symbol = "👾 "
pyenv_version_name = true
pyenv_prefix = "foo "

Ruby

The ruby module shows the currently installed version of Ruby. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a Gemfile file
• The current directory contains a .ruby-version file
• The current directory contains a .rb file

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"💎 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Ruby.
style	"bold red"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the ruby module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[ruby]
symbol = "🔺 "

Rust

The rust module shows the currently installed version of Rust. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a Cargo.toml file
• The current directory contains a file with the .rs extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"🦀 "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Rust.
style	"bold red"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the rust module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[rust]
symbol = "⚙️ "

Singularity

The singularity module shows the current singularity image, if inside a container and $SINGULARITY_NAME is set.

Options

Variable	Default	Description
label	""	Prefix before the image name display.
prefix	"["	Prefix to display immediately before image name.
suffix	"]"	Suffix to display immediately after image name.
symbol	""	The symbol used before the image name.
style	"bold dimmed blue"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the singularity module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[singularity]
symbol = "📦 "

Terraform

The terraform module shows the currently selected terraform workspace and version. By default the terraform version is not shown, since this is slow on current versions of terraform when a lot of plugins are in use. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a .terraform folder
• Current directory contains a file with the .tf extension

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"💠 "	The symbol used before displaying the terraform workspace.
show_version	false	Shows the terraform version. Very slow on large workspaces.
style	"bold 105"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the terraform module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[terraform]
symbol = "🏎💨 "

Time

The time module shows the current local time. The format configuration value is used by the chrono crate to control how the time is displayed. Take a look at the chrono strftime docs to see what options are available.

::: tip

This module is disabled by default. To enable it, set disabled to false in your configuration file.

:::

Options

Variable	Default	Description
use_12hr	false	Enables 12 hour formatting.
format	see below	The chrono format string used to format the time.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module time.
utc_time_offset	"local"	Sets the UTC offset to use. Range from -24 < x < 24. Allows floats to accommodate 30/45 minute timezone offsets.
disabled	true	Disables the time module.
time_range	"-"	Sets the time range during which the module will be shown. Times must be specified in 24-hours format

If use_12hr is true, then format defaults to "%r". Otherwise, it defaults to "%T". Manually setting format will override the use_12hr setting.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[time]
disabled = false
format = "🕙[ %T ]"
utc_time_offset = "-5"
time_range = "10:00:00-14:00:00"

Username

The username module shows active user's username. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current user is root
• The current user isn't the same as the one that is logged in
• The user is currently connected as an SSH session
• The variable show_always is set to true

Options

Variable	Default	Description
style_root	"bold red"	The style used when the user is root.
style_user	"bold yellow"	The style used for non-root users.
show_always	false	Always shows the username module.
disabled	false	Disables the username module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[username]
disabled = true

Zig

The zig module shows the currently installed version of Zig. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a .zig file

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"↯ "	The symbol used before displaying the version of Zig.
style	"bold yellow"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the zig module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[zig]
symbol = "⚡️ "

Custom commands

The custom modules show the output of some arbitrary commands.

These modules will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a file whose name is in files
• The current directory contains a directory whose name is in directories
• The current directory contains a file whose extension is in extensions
• The when command returns 0

::: tip

Multiple custom modules can be defined by using a ..

:::

::: tip

The order in which custom modules are shown can be individually set by setting custom.foo in prompt_order. By default, the custom module will simply show all custom modules in the order they were defined.

:::

Options

Variable	Default	Description
command		The command whose output should be printed.
when		A shell command used as a condition to show the module. The module will be shown if the command returns a 0 status code.
shell		See below
description	"<custom module>"	The description of the module that is shown when running starship explain.
files	[]	The files that will be searched in the working directory for a match.
directories	[]	The directories that will be searched in the working directory for a match.
extensions	[]	The extensions that will be searched in the working directory for a match.
symbol	""	The symbol used before displaying the command output.
style	"bold green"	The style for the module.
prefix	""	Prefix to display immediately before the command output.
suffix	""	Suffix to display immediately after the command output.
disabled	false	Disables this custom module.

Custom command shell

shell accepts a non-empty list of strings, where:

• The first string is the path to the shell to use to execute the command.
• Other following arguments are passed to the shell.

If unset, it will fallback to STARSHIP_SHELL and then to "sh" on Linux, and "cmd /C" on Windows.

If shell is not given or only contains one element and Starship detects PowerShell will be used, the following arguments will automatically be added: -NoProfile -Command -. This behavior can be avoided by explicitly passing arguments to the shell, e.g.

shell = ["pwsh", "-Command", "-"]

::: warning Make sure your custom shell configuration exits gracefully

If you set a custom command, make sure that the default Shell used by starship will properly execute the command with a graceful exit (via the shell option).

For example, PowerShell requires the -Command parameter to execute a one liner. Omitting this parameter might throw starship into a recursive loop where the shell might try to load a full profile environment with starship itself again and hence re-execute the custom command, getting into a never ending loop.

Parameters similar to -NoProfile in PowerShell are recommended for other shells as well to avoid extra loading time of a custom profile on every starship invocation.

Automatic detection of shells and proper parameters addition are currently implemented, but it's possible that not all shells are covered. Please open an issue with shell details and starship configuration if you hit such scenario.

:::

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[custom.foo]
command = "echo foo"  # shows output of command
files = ["foo"]       # can specify filters
when = """ test "$HOME" == "$PWD" """
prefix = " transcending "

[custom.time]
command = "time /T"
files = ["*.pst"]
prefix = "transcending "
shell = ["pwsh.exe", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "-"]

PureScript

The purescript module shows the currently installed version of PureScript version. The module will be shown if any of the following conditions are met:

• The current directory contains a spago.dhall file
• The current directory contains a *.purs files

Options

Variable	Default	Description
symbol	"<=> "	The symbol used before displaying the version of PureScript.
style	"bold white"	The style for the module.
disabled	false	Disables the purescript module.

Example

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[purescript]
symbol = "<=> "