Mein Terminal Setup: Zsh, Starship & Co

Ich verbringe viel Zeit im Terminal. Mit dem richtigen Setup macht das sogar Spaß.

Zsh statt Bash

Bash ist okay. Zsh ist besser.

apt install zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)

Ausloggen, einloggen, fertig.

Warum Zsh?

Bessere Tab-Completion
Syntax Highlighting
Auto-Suggestions
Bessere History-Suche

Starship Prompt

Vergiss Oh-My-Zsh. Starship ist schneller und einfacher.

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

In ~/.zshrc:

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

Konfiguration

~/.config/starship.toml:

[character]
success_symbol = "[➜](bold green)"
error_symbol = "[✗](bold red)"

[directory]
truncation_length = 3
truncate_to_repo = true

[git_branch]
symbol = " "

[git_status]
conflicted = "⚔️ "
ahead = "⬆️ "
behind = "⬇️ "
diverged = "🔱 "
untracked = "📁 "
stashed = "📦 "
modified = "📝 "
staged = "✅ "

[docker_context]
symbol = " "
disabled = false

[nodejs]
symbol = " "

[python]
symbol = " "

[cmd_duration]
min_time = 2000
show_milliseconds = false

Zeigt Git-Status, aktive Node/Python-Version, Docker-Context, Command-Duration...

Zsh Plugins (ohne Framework)

Kein Oh-My-Zsh nötig. Manuell installieren:

Syntax Highlighting

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git \
  ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting

In ~/.zshrc:

source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

Auto-Suggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git \
  ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions

source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

Zeigt Vorschläge basierend auf History. → zum Übernehmen.

Nützliche Aliases

In ~/.zshrc:

# Navigation
alias ..="cd .."
alias ...="cd ../.."
alias ll="ls -lah"

# Git
alias g="git"
alias gs="git status"
alias gc="git commit"
alias gp="git push"
alias gl="git log --oneline -10"

# Docker
alias d="docker"
alias dc="docker compose"
alias dps="docker ps --format 'table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}'"
alias dlogs="docker compose logs -f"

# Server
alias ports="netstat -tulpn"
alias myip="curl -s ifconfig.me"

# Safety nets
alias rm="rm -i"
alias mv="mv -i"
alias cp="cp -i"

Weitere Tools

fzf - Fuzzy Finder

apt install fzf

Ctrl+R wird zum Game-Changer: Fuzzy-Suche durch History.

bat - Besseres cat

apt install bat
alias cat="batcat"

Syntax Highlighting für jede Datei.

eza - Besseres ls

cargo install eza
# oder
apt install eza  # ab Debian 13

alias ls="eza"
alias ll="eza -la --git"
alias tree="eza --tree"

Icons, Git-Status, bessere Farben.

htop / btop

apt install btop

Schöneres top.

ncdu - Disk Usage

apt install ncdu
ncdu /

Interaktiv sehen was Platz frisst.

tldr - Vereinfachte Man Pages

apt install tldr
tldr docker

Zeigt praktische Beispiele statt endloser Man-Pages.

Meine .zshrc

Minimales Setup:

# Starship
eval "$(starship init zsh)"

# Plugins
source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

# History
HISTSIZE=10000
SAVEHIST=10000
HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS
setopt SHARE_HISTORY

# Aliases
alias ll="eza -la --git"
alias dc="docker compose"
alias g="git"
alias gs="git status"

# fzf
[ -f /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/key-bindings.zsh ] && \
  source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/key-bindings.zsh

# PATH
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Server vs Lokal

Auf Servern halte ich es minimal:

Zsh
Starship
Syntax Highlighting
Basis-Aliases

Lokal dann mehr:

fzf
eza
bat
tmux

tmux Basics

Für lange SSH-Sessions:

apt install tmux

tmux new -s work    # Neue Session
tmux attach -t work # Session wieder öffnen
Ctrl+b d            # Detach
Ctrl+b %            # Split vertikal
Ctrl+b "            # Split horizontal

Session überlebt Disconnect.

Fazit

Ein gutes Terminal-Setup spart täglich Zeit:

Zsh statt Bash
Starship für Info auf einen Blick
Plugins für Highlighting und Suggestions
Aliases für Tipparbeit
Tools die CLI erträglich machen

Einmal einrichten, ewig profitieren.