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Starship vs Zim
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| Fact | Starship | Zim |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Shell |
| Licence | ISC | MIT |
| Stars | 60k | 4.7k |
| Latest | v1.26.0 | v1.20.1 |
| Last push | 2026-10-05 | 2026-08-17 |
| Release cadence | about 52 days between releases | about 130 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 15 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Oh My Zsh. Alternatives to Oh My Zsh →
PartialStarshipReplaces the prompt theme only, not Oh My Zsh's plugins and aliases.
Full replacementZimA zsh framework with modules declared in .zimrc, built for fast startup.
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)
Zim
- v1.20.12026-08-16MARK_DIRS breaking _zimfw_list_unused_paths when set. (See #571)
- v1.20.02025-12-19Output of list and uninstall actions. Module names are already their relative path from ZIM_HOME, so listing their full…
- v1.19.12025-11-19Automated tests with bats were introduced in this version, allowing a better understanding of some edge case scenarios…
- v1.19.02025-11-05Generate .zimrc if not found, to hopefully make installation easier.
- v1.18.02025-03-20--help and --version actions. These are aliases to the already existing help and version actions.
Starship
✓ signed The latest release, v1.26.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Zim
✓ signed The latest release, v1.20.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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