abhiyan.zsh - A ZSH Prompt Theme

January 19, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

A lightweight Zsh prompt theme focused on a clean two-line layout with Git and virtualenv context.

Listed in the themes section of awesome-zsh-plugins.

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Features

  • Two-line prompt with user, host, and current directory
  • Git work-tree info: branch, staged, unstaged, and untracked counts
  • Bare-repo indicator with worktree count
  • Python virtualenv name when active
  • Right prompt shows last exit status (on error) and time

Requirements

Your terminal should support a Nerd Font or Powerline-compatible font (for the glyphs used in the prompt). You can install a Powerline font as follows (package name varies by distro):

Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S powerline-fonts

Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install fonts-powerline

Installation

Clone the repo and source the plugin file from your ~/.zshrc:

git clone https://github.com/abhiyandhakal/abhiyan.zsh.git ~/zsh-theme
echo source ~/zsh-theme/zsh-theme.plugin.zsh >> ~/.zshrc