{"slug": "starship", "name": "Starship", "category": "terminal", "category_name": "Terminal and shell", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 2.927, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-01-09", "latest": "2026-07-23", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://starship.rs", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Starship"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 745021649, "item_id": 46563853, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563853", "by": "rukshn", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to fish shell with star ship.", "excerpt": "I switched to fish shell with star ship. Fish has autocomplete and syntax highlighting out of the box which is quite neat and the main features I use in omgzh so fish was a safe choice for me https://ruky.me/moving-from-zsh-to-fish-nixos-darwin/", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}, {"id": 745014976, "item_id": 46563436, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563436", "by": "darkamaul", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "starship for a better prompt", "excerpt": "I have been using OMZ for the last 8 years but recently made the switch to plain zsh with : - starship for a better prompt - Claude ported plugins I was using from omz (extract, sudo) - custom written aliases that were muscle memory - zoxide for the a command So far that has been a great move, my terminal tab feel snappy again. One thing I miss (but I\u2019m sure I could find a way to replace it) is `cd \u2026.\u00b4", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}, {"id": 745008673, "item_id": 46563042, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563042", "by": "tristor", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Starship is faster still.", "excerpt": "Prezto is faster than OMZ, and has been for over a decade. Starship is faster still. I switched from using Prezto standalone to using Prezto + Starship and relying primarily on Starship several years ago. I'd be surprised if many people are still using Oh My ZSH in 2026 vs using Prezto, anyway.", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "Prezto", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["shell prompt"], "compared": [{"slug": "oh-my-zsh", "name": "Oh My Zsh", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "prezto", "name": "Prezto", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46562790", "title": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022371", "title": "Show HN: Whetuu \u2013 a zero-config cross-shell prompt written in Zig", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"compare": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 784492721, "item_id": 49030795, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49030795", "by": "icase", "date": "2026-07-23", "stance": "compare", "quote": "this looks like an excellent, non-rust alternative to starship.", "excerpt": "this looks like an excellent, non-rust alternative to starship. nice job.", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Whetuu \u2013 a zero-config cross-shell prompt written in Zig"}, {"id": 745132722, "item_id": 46570795, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570795", "by": "asadjb", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "i use starship for my prompt", "excerpt": "I've been an oh-my-zsh user for many years now, being very happy with the very small set of features I use from it. Previously I could never think of trying to figure out how to replicate the features I need without the other features from oh-my-zsh, which does make the shell noticeably slower. Just now, after reading this article, I used Claude code and have removed the OMZ config within 5 minutes. Here's my prompt ", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}, {"id": 745021649, "item_id": 46563853, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563853", "by": "rukshn", "date": "2026-01-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to fish shell with star ship.", "excerpt": "I switched to fish shell with star ship. Fish has autocomplete and syntax highlighting out of the box which is quite neat and the main features I use in omgzh so fish was a safe choice for me https://ruky.me/moving-from-zsh-to-fish-nixos-darwin/", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}, {"id": 745014976, "item_id": 46563436, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563436", "by": "darkamaul", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "starship for a better prompt", "excerpt": "I have been using OMZ for the last 8 years but recently made the switch to plain zsh with : - starship for a better prompt - Claude ported plugins I was using from omz (extract, sudo) - custom written aliases that were muscle memory - zoxide for the a command So far that has been a great move, my terminal tab feel snappy again. One thing I miss (but I\u2019m sure I could find a way to replace it) is `cd \u2026.\u00b4", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}, {"id": 745008673, "item_id": 46563042, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563042", "by": "tristor", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Starship is faster still.", "excerpt": "Prezto is faster than OMZ, and has been for over a decade. Starship is faster still. I switched from using Prezto standalone to using Prezto + Starship and relying primarily on Starship several years ago. I'd be surprised if many people are still using Oh My ZSH in 2026 vs using Prezto, anyway.", "context": "", "use_case": "shell prompt", "switched_from": "Prezto", "story": "You probably don't need Oh My Zsh"}]}