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Pure. A clean, fast terminal prompt that shows your git status at a glance.

github.com/sindresorhus/pure

Problem

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Updates

July 2026

Release — Jul 16
1.28.3 Jul 16
Fix quadratic CPU and memory blowup when parsing large async job results Jul 16
Release — Jul 13
1.28.2 Jul 13
Fix Git prompt info lagging the current directory Jul 13
Document skipping git integration inside AI coding-agent shells Jul 2

May 2026

Release — May 20
1.28.1 May 20
Disable `fetch.prune` in background git fetch May 19
Release — May 14
1.28.0 May 14
Improve synchronous prompt rendering performance May 14
Make Git dirty advanced look opt-in May 13
Add custom prompt segments hook via `prompt_pure_precustom` May 13
Differentiate staged, unstaged, and untracked files in dirty indicator May 13
Fix visual mode keymap leaking as literal text in prompt May 13
Add option to disable hostname in prompt May 13
Hide `base` conda environment in prompt May 13
Fix async worker error messages leaking to stderr May 13
Show only basename for conda environment in prompt May 13
Add `prompt_pure_preview` command to display all prompt styles May 13
Add option to dim path separators May 13
Add option to disable virtualenv/conda display in prompt May 13

February 2026

Release — Feb 11
Release — Feb 10

November 2025

Release — Nov 15
Release — Nov 10

October 2025

Release — Oct 13

February 2024

Release — Feb 28