carship
A cross-shell prompt written in C. Works with bash, zsh and busybox ash. Renders in about a millisecond and reads starship-compatible TOML configuration.
smn ~/carship main !2 +1 14:32 ❯ carship explain MODULE OUTPUT directory ~/carship git_branch on main git_status [!+?] ❯
Why carship
Inspired by starship.rs.
About a millisecond
Renders the prompt in roughly a millisecond. A static build starts about 20% faster still.
Written in C
Built with clang on any POSIX system. No external libraries.
Starship-compatible
Reads starship's TOML schema: format strings, modules, styles and palettes. Your config keeps working.
Get started
Build it, then add one line to your shell.
1Install a Nerd Font
Most presets use Nerd Font symbols. Install one and select it in your terminal, or use the nonerd preset.
2Build and install
git clone https://github.com/m8l8th814n-eng/carship cd carship make # build/carship make static # faster start-up make install # PREFIX=/usr/local
3Set up your shell
# ~/.zshrc
eval "$(carship init zsh)"
# ~/.bashrc
eval "$(carship init bash)"
# ~/.profile
eval "$(carship init ash)"
4Pick a preset
carship preset --list carship preset set catppuccin-powerline
Presets
Pick one with carship preset set <name>, or list them with carship preset --list.
agnosteranimatedaurorabirabracketed-segmentscatppuccin-powerlinecobaltcutecyberpunkdraculadscdnc-emberdscdnc-forestdscdnc-monodscdnc-oceandscdncembereverforestgruvboxjetpackk3ff_powahlinekanagawakl0ck0minimalneon-nightnerdfontsymbolsno-runtime-versionsnonerdnordpastelplainpowahlinjepurequietrobbyrussellrose-pinesakurasynthwavetimestokyotoxictrapd00rtwo-linewezmys
