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Oh My Zsh vs Starship
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| Fact | Oh My Zsh | Starship |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Shell | Rust |
| Licence | MIT | ISC |
| Stars | 190k | 60k |
| Latest | none | v1.26.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-05 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 52 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 77 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 15 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | No release or tag | none |
How they relate
Starship replaces Oh My Zsh. Alternatives to Oh My Zsh →
PartialReplaces the prompt theme only, not Oh My Zsh's plugins and aliases.
Oh My Zsh
This repository publishes tags, not GitHub releases.
Starship
- v1.26.02026-06-28git_state: show git am progress (#7500) (26ce2cc)
- v1.25.12026-04-30git: improve bare repository detection (#7421) (27079d7)
- v1.25.02026-04-18add Maven module (#7189) (70b0f73)
- v1.24.22025-12-30cmd_duration: avoid freezing on notify on macOS 26 (#7187) (0daa8d3)
- v1.24.12025-11-16fish: fix job counting (#7082) (7795bab)
Oh My Zsh
No release or tag to check a signature on.
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Starship
✓ signed The latest release, v1.26.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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