Starship Has a Free Prompt: The Cross-Shell Prompt That Shows Git Status, Language Versions, and Cloud Context in Milliseconds
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Your terminal prompt shows user@hostname:~/dir$. You cd into a Node project — no indication of Node version. You check out a branch — no git status. You connect to AWS — no profile info. Starship turns your prompt into a contextual dashboard that shows exactly what you need, when you need it. What Starship Actually Does Starship is a cross-shell prompt written in Rust. It detects your current context (git branch, language version, cloud provider, battery level, etc.) and displays onl