🚀 A Production-Ready Shell Lifecycle Manager with Starship Integration 🔗 GitHub Repository 👉 https://github.com/DipadityaDas/InstallZsh.git ZSH (Z Shell) is an advanced Unix shell designed to be a more powerful and user-friendly alternative to Bash. It provides: Smarter tab completion Command auto-suggestions Better globbing and scripting capabilities Plugin ecosystem (via frameworks or standalone plugins) Improved developer ergonomics For power users and engineers, ZSH significantly enhances productivity compared to traditional shells. Starship is a fast, minimal, and highly customizable cross-shell prompt. Instead of heavy frameworks, Starship delivers: Blazing-fast prompt rendering (written in Rust) Git-aware status indicators Language/runtime detection (Node, Python, etc.) Clean and consistent prompt across shells It integrates seamlessly with ZSH and replaces traditional prompt customization approaches. In real-world environments (especially shared systems, lab setups, or enterprise fleets), manually configuring ZSH per user introduces: Configuration drift Broken environments No rollback strategy Inconsistent developer experience This tool solves those problems with a state-driven and reversible approach. ✅ Per-user installation and rollback ✅ Deterministic state tracking ✅ Safe .zshrc deployment (non-destructive) ✅ Starship prompt integration ✅ Plugin management: autosuggestions syntax highlighting ✅ Full cleanup mode ✅ Centralized logging ⚙️ Supported Systems Fedora RHEL AlmaLinux Rocky Linux git clone https://github.com/DipadityaDas/InstallZsh.git cd InstallZsh chmod +x zsh_manager.sh sudo ./zsh_manager.sh install Example: sudo ./zsh_manager.sh install dipaditya Behind the scenes, the script: Saves the current shell state Installs dependencies: zsh, git, fzf, curl Enables Starship via COPR Installs plugins: zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting Deploys configs: /etc/starship/starship.toml ~/.zshrc Switches the user shell to ZSH sudo ./zsh_manager.sh status sudo ./zsh_manager.sh revert sudo ./zsh_manager.sh revert --full-cleanup Path Purpose /var/lib/zsh_manager/ State tracking /var/log/zsh_manager.log Logs /etc/starship/starship.toml Global config ~/.zshrc User config State-based rollback (no guesswork) Existing .zshrc is preserved System users are skipped Designed for idempotent execution sudo ./zsh_manager.sh install dipaditya sudo ./zsh_manager.sh status dipaditya sudo ./zsh_manager.sh revert dipaditya sudo ./zsh_manager.sh revert dipaditya --full-cleanup Dry-run mode (--dry-run) Bulk user operations (--all-users) RPM packaging Ansible role integration Version flag support MIT License Dipaditya Das If you’re managing multiple Linux users and want a clean, reversible, and automated ZSH setup with a modern Starship prompt, this approach will significantly reduce manual effort and eliminate configuration drift. Feedback, issues, and contributions are welcome on GitHub.