bronze

A cross-shell customizable powerline-like prompt heavily inspired by Agnoster.

How does it work?

Unlike pretty much every other shell prompt, bronze is not written in shell script, but entirely in Go, so all prompt segments are loaded asynchronously for a speed boost.

When bronze init is run, it outputs shell code that sets your prompt to run bronze prompt, which outputs the actual prompt. The bronze prompt command relies on environment variables for configuration.

Getting started

Since bronze is not written in shell script, it should theoretically be compatible with any shell, but the three supported shells are Bash, Zsh, and fish.

To be able to use the custom icons (which are enabled by default), you must patch your font or install a pre-patched font from Nerd Fonts.

If you use Bash or Zsh, add this to your ~/.bashrc/~/.zshrc:

eval "$(bronze init)"

If you use fish, add this to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

eval (bronze init)

Ensure that bronze is in your PATH.

Now that you have bronze installed, you need to configure it. To have your prompt look like the one in the screenshot above, add this to your ~/.bashrc/~/.zshrc:

BRONZE=(status:black:white shortdir:blue:black git:green:black cmdtime:magenta:black)

Or add the following to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish

set BRONZE status:black:white shortdir:blue:black git:green:black cmdtime:magenta:black

Documentation

Documentation on every module is available on the wiki.