Better CMD

an easy guide to install some plugins to make your cmd look better on windows

Tools setup

Scoop Installation

scoop is a tool we will need for the installation of all the other packages if you already have it you can skip this part

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression

Git Installation

after installing scoop you probably will have to download Git

scoop install git

CMD enhancements

Clink

Clink combines the native Windows shell cmd.exe with the powerful command line editing features of the GNU Readline library, which provides rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities. Readline is best known for its use in the Unix shell Bash, the standard shell for Mac OS X and many Linux distributions.

installation

scoop install clink

Starship

The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

installation

install a nerdfont from: https://www.nerdfonts.com

scoop install starship
echo load(io.popen('starship init cmd'):read("*a"))() >> %LocalAppData%\clink\starship.lua