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What is Oh My Posh?

Oh My Posh is a prompt theme engine for any shell, created by Jan De Dobbeleer and written in Go. One engine, one theme format — the same beautiful, information-rich prompt in bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, Nushell, elvish, xonsh and cmd. With tens of thousands of GitHub stars and a huge theme ecosystem, it has become the go-to way to get a consistent prompt across every machine and shell you use.

😤 Prompt Pain Points: Hand-rolling PS1 escape codes? Married to a prompt framework that only works in one shell? Rebuilding your prompt from scratch every time you switch between zsh at home and bash on servers? Oh My Posh gives you one configuration that follows you everywhere.

            🚀 Always ahead of the official archives: Debian and Ubuntu freeze package versions when a release ships — this repository publishes new upstream releases typically within hours. A simple apt upgrade keeps you on the latest version.
        

⚡ Key Features of Oh My Posh

🐚 Any Shell, One Config

Identical prompt in bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, Nushell, elvish, xonsh and cmd. Configure once, use everywhere — including over SSH.

🎨 125+ Themes Included

This package ships every built-in theme to /usr/share/oh-my-posh/themes/ — ready to preview and use offline, no extra downloads.

🧩 Rich Segments

Git status, exit codes, execution time, battery, kubernetes context, cloud accounts, and language versions (Go, Python, Node, Rust and dozens more) — shown only when relevant.

📝 Your Theme, Your Format

Write custom themes in JSON, YAML or TOML with a documented schema. Start from any built-in theme and make it yours.

✨ Transient & Tooltips

Transient prompts keep scrollback clean, tooltips react to what you type, and right-aligned segments make use of the full terminal width.

⚡ Fast by Design

A single Go binary with concurrent segment rendering — the prompt stays instant even with many segments enabled.

🏆 Why install it with apt?

No curl-pipe-bash: a GPG-signed repository instead of piping installer scripts into your shell
Themes included: all built-in themes land in /usr/share/oh-my-posh/themes/, version-matched to the binary
Automatic updates: new upstream releases arrive with your normal apt upgrade
Clean removal: apt remove takes everything with it — no stray binaries in ~/bin
Multi-arch: amd64, arm64 and armhf — the same setup on your desktop and your Raspberry Pi

📦 Installation from deb.griffo.io

Step 1: Add Repository

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
                

install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update
                

Step 2: Install Oh My Posh

sudo apt install -y oh-my-posh

apt install -y oh-my-posh

🚀 Set up your shell

Pick a theme from /usr/share/oh-my-posh/themes/ and initialize your shell. For bash, add this to ~/.bashrc:

eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config /usr/share/oh-my-posh/themes/jandedobbeleer.omp.json)"
        

For zsh, add the same line with zsh to ~/.zshrc; for fish, add oh-my-posh init fish --config /usr/share/oh-my-posh/themes/jandedobbeleer.omp.json | source to ~/.config/fish/config.fish. Most themes look best with a Nerd Font — or run oh-my-posh font install.

📦 Package Build Repository

The Debian packages are automatically built and maintained in this GitHub repository:

📂 oh-my-posh-debian - Latest release builds

🔗 Related Packages

Also available from deb.griffo.io:

Starship - Another popular cross-shell prompt, if you want to compare
fzf Fuzzy Finder - Interactive filtering for your beautiful new terminal
zoxide - Smart cd that pairs perfectly with a fast prompt
Atuin - Magical shell history to complete the setup

            🎯 Perfect for: Developers who work across multiple shells and machines, terminal customization enthusiasts, anyone who wants git status and context at a glance, and teams that want a consistent prompt setup that installs with one apt command.
        

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