starship.rs is a cross-shell prompt which allows you to configure the appearance of a lot of common shells through config settings in a TOML file.
I've based mine on @TarunDaCoder's script and other bits and bobs I found online (I'd recommend exploring starships' discord for inspo!). I'll also include below the steps I followed to install and use starship in Windows cmd as I struggled to do so on my own.
I worked on this over a few days so I might have skipped some critical steps, please raise an issue / comment if you spot something!
- Install Windows Terminal. I was using cmd.exe but unfortunately it does not render Unicode emojis correctly. You can run cmd from Windows Terminal.
- Download a Nerd Font. I went for DejaVuSansMono. Unzip and install the font.
- Activate the font in Windows Terminal (left click > settings > Profiles (Command Prompt) > Additional Settings (Apearance) > Select the font you have just installed
- At this point you should restart your computer to ensure changes have been made
- Install clink either through the .zip or .exe
- Install starship through scoop or other package managers as listed here or through .msi or .zip files
- Create starship.lua as a new file at this path: AppData\Local\clink (if you can't find AppData folder, it might be hidden -> Inside File Exporer top ribbon > View > Show > toggle Hidden Items)
- Insert this into the starship.lua file
load(io.popen('starship init cmd'):read("*a"))()
os.setenv('STARSHIP_CONFIG', 'C:\\Users\\[YOURUSER]\\AppData\\Local\\clink\\.config\\starship.toml')- Find the starship.toml file in AppData\Local\clink.config and copy in my .toml script or create your own! Happy starshipping 🚀
Notes: my .lua file has a commented-out moduled called custom.emoji. I haven't had time to implement it but you can find the instructions to activate it here