Starship Alternatives

Apps similar to Starship include Oh My Posh, which is free and open source. Other options are Oh My Zsh, Antigen, zplug and Prezto. You can choose from more than 10 Shells like Starship for Linux, Mac, Windows and Android.

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Starship alternatives page was last updated May 18, 2026

Oh My Posh
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Oh My Posh is a custom prompt engine for any shell that has the ability to adjust the prompt string with a function or variable.
9 Oh My Posh alternatives
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Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Belgium
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Belgium
EU
Good alternative?Is Oh My Posh a good alternative to Starship?

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Oh My Posh vs Starship Comments
Positive comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's cross platform and shell agnostic.
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Oh My Posh is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
Oh My Posh is CustomizableStarship is not according to our users
Oh My Zsh
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Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. That sounds boring. Let's try this again.
10 Oh My Zsh alternatives
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Free
Open Source
Origin
International
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Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
zsh
Global
Good alternative?Is Oh My Zsh a good alternative to Starship?

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Oh My Zsh vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to zsh. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
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Oh My Zsh is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
Antigen
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Antigen is a small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) plugins, called bundles. The concept is pretty much the same as bundles in a typical vim+pathogen setup. Antigen is to zsh, what Vundle is to vim.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
zsh
Good alternative?Is Antigen a good alternative to Starship?

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Antigen vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to zsh. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
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Antigen is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
zplug
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A next-generation plugin manager for zsh.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Japan
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
zsh
Good alternative?Is zplug a good alternative to Starship?

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zplug vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to zsh. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
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zplug is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
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Prezto
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Prezto is the configuration framework for Zsh; it enriches the command line interface environment with sane defaults, aliases, functions, auto completion, and prompt themes.
9 Prezto alternatives
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Free
Open Source
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Android
zsh
Global
P
Good alternative?Is Prezto a good alternative to Starship?

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Prezto vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to zsh. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
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Prezto is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
Oh My Fish
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For use with Fish shell, Oh My Fish provides core infrastructure to allow you to install packages which extend or modify the look of your shell.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
fish
United States
Good alternative?Is Oh My Fish a good alternative to Starship?

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Oh My Fish vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to fish. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
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Oh My Fish is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
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zgen
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A lightweight plugin manager for Zsh inspired by Antigen. Keep your .zshrc clean and simple.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
zsh
Z
Good alternative?Is zgen a good alternative to Starship?

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zgen vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to zsh. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
1 of 1 comments
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zgen is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
Zim Framework
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The Zsh configuration framework with blazing speed and modular extensions.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
zsh
Good alternative?Is Zim Framework a good alternative to Starship?
Bash-it
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Bash-it is a collection of community Bash commands and scripts for Bash 3.2+. (And a shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh)
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Linux
Mac
Docker
GNU Bourne Again SHell
Good alternative?Is Bash-it a good alternative to Starship?

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Bash-it vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to bash. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
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Bash-it is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source
Oh My Bash
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A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.
9 Oh My Bash alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Linux
Mac
GNU Bourne Again SHell
Good alternative?Is Oh My Bash a good alternative to Starship?

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Oh My Bash vs Starship Comments
Negative comment by bgshacklett · May 18, 2026
It's specific to bash. Starship is explicitly multi-shell and multi-platform.
1 of 1 comments
Oh My Bash is Free and Open SourceStarship is also Free and Open Source

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zplug

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Prezto

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