# Install starship with Homebrew

Cross-shell prompt for astronauts. Version 1.26.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:starship
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install starship
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:starship
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.26.0
- **Source summary:** Cross-shell prompt for astronauts
- **Homepage:** <https://starship.rs/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/starship/starship>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-28T18:44:05Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- starship (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.26.0
## Project history and usage

Starship is a Rust-powered, cross-shell prompt that packages a feature-rich terminal prompt as one binary and one TOML configuration file.

### Project history

The official README and website present Starship as a minimal, fast, customizable prompt for any shell. The repository copyright begins in 2019, and the README lists prior prompt projects such as spaceship-prompt, robbyrussell-node, and silver as inspirations.

The project grew around cross-shell portability: the guide documents setup for Bash, Fish, Zsh, PowerShell, Cmd through Clink, Elvish, Ion, Nushell, Tcsh, and Xonsh.

### Adoption history

Starship became a package-manager-friendly terminal customization tool because it ships as a standalone binary and documents installation through many package managers. The official guide lists Homebrew, crates.io, conda-forge, Linux distribution packages, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Scoop, and winget among supported installation routes.

The GitHub repository page shows large community adoption, with tens of thousands of stars and more than a hundred releases by 2026.

### How it is used

Users install the binary, add `starship init` to their shell startup file, and optionally customize `~/.config/starship.toml`. Starship then renders context-aware modules for directories, VCS state, language runtimes, cloud tools, containers, command duration, jobs, battery state, and other terminal context.

The FAQ describes the binary as stateless and shell agnostic, which explains why one package can support many shells without each shell needing a separate prompt framework.

### Why package nerds care

Starship is one of the clearest examples of modern terminal tooling becoming a package-manager object: a Rust binary, shell integrations, generated completions, and a documented TOML config instead of a shell-specific theme bundle.

It matters to package nerds because it competes with shell-native prompt frameworks while fitting cleanly into Homebrew, distro packages, Cargo, Scoop, winget, and similar distribution channels.

### Timeline

- 2019: Repository copyright begins and Starship emerges as a cross-shell prompt project.
- 2021: GitHub discussions show users sharing and refining prompt configurations.
- 2026: GitHub repository page lists v1.26.0 as the latest release on June 28, 2026.

### Related projects

- The README names spaceship-prompt, robbyrussell-node, and silver as inspirations.
- Starship is related to shell ecosystems including Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell, Nushell, and Xonsh, and to Nerd Fonts because many prompt symbols depend on patched fonts.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/starship/starship#readme>
- <https://starship.rs/config/>
- <https://starship.rs/faq/>
- <https://starship.rs/guide/>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/starship.toml

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/starship.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/starship.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation