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starship for Mac

Cross-shell prompt for astronauts

Quick answer: starship is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install starship. It is distributed under the ISC licence. It has 30,443 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What starship is

starship is a terminal emulator for macOS: cross-shell prompt for astronauts.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. It is distributed under the ISC licence.

How to install starship

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install starship.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install starship on Mac?

Run brew install starship in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is starship open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the ISC licence.

Does starship run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is starship?

It was installed 30,443 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #61 in this catalogue.

What version of starship is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.27.0.