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Security report for starship.rs

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

59/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Starship.rs is the official website for Starship, a minimal, blazing-fast, and highly customizable shell prompt designed for a wide range of shell environments including Bash, Fish, ZSH, and PowerShell. The project is positioned as a developer-focused open source tool emphasizing speed, compatibility, and customization. The website provides comprehensive installation instructions and documentation to support its user base of developers and system administrators. Technically, the site is built using modern web technologies such as VitePress and serves content efficiently with good SEO and mobile optimization. Security-wise, the site uses HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data, but lacks explicit security headers and formal privacy or cookie policies. The domain registration is consistent and legitimate, with no privacy protection, aligning with the open source nature of the project. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, though it could improve privacy compliance and security transparency.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
75
Security headers
30
Email security
70
DNS health
45
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
59

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Starship operates as an open source software project targeting developers who require a fast and customizable shell prompt across multiple platforms. Its competitive advantage lies in its Rust-powered performance and broad shell compatibility. The business model is community-driven with GitHub as the central collaboration platform. The project has a small but dedicated user base and benefits from strong branding consistency and detailed documentation. The absence of direct business contact information suggests a focus on community support rather than commercial sales. The ecosystem includes partnerships with font providers and package managers like Homebrew and Winget, facilitating easy installation. Growth indicators include multi-language documentation and active GitHub presence.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, it lacks several security best practices such as security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) and formalized security policies or incident response information. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are present, which could limit coordinated vulnerability reporting. The use of Google Analytics introduces minimal user tracking but no cookie consent mechanism is implemented, which may raise privacy compliance concerns under GDPR. Overall, the security maturity is adequate for an informational open source project but could be enhanced to meet higher compliance and trust standards.

Recommendations

  1. Publish and link a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Add explicit contact information for security incident reporting and vulnerability disclosure, including a security.txt file.
  4. Introduce a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations and improve transparency.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to minimize privacy risks and ensure compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Description
Starship is the minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell. It shows the information you need while staying sleek and minimal. It supports quick installation for Bash, Fish, ZSH, Ion, Tcsh, Elvish, Nu, Xonsh, Cmd, and PowerShell.
Key services
Cross-shell prompt software, Extensive shell compatibility, Customization options, Installation guides and documentation
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Rust (implied by Rust-powered prompt), JavaScript (VitePress, client-side scripts), HTML5, CSS3, Web fonts (woff2)
Frameworks
VitePress
Platforms
Web
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by https URL)
  • No sensitive data exposed in HTML
  • No forms detected that collect user data

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (gtag.js)
Marketing tools
Algolia (search indexing)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses provided.
  4. Site uses modern technologies and frameworks with good performance and SEO.
  5. Security posture is good but lacks explicit security policies and headers.
  6. Business appears to be an open source software project targeting developers.
  7. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
  8. Google Analytics is used for tracking with minimal user tracking level.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on VitePress, a modern static site generator leveraging Vue.js and optimized for performance. The tech stack includes Rust for the core Starship prompt software, JavaScript for client-side interactivity, and modern web standards like HTML5 and CSS3. The site is well-structured with proper meta tags for SEO and social sharing (Open Graph and Twitter cards). Performance is fast with preloading of critical assets and fonts. Mobile optimization and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels are present, enhancing user experience. No CMS or hosting provider details are explicitly detected. The site uses Google Analytics for minimal tracking and Algolia for search functionality. Overall, the technical implementation is modern, efficient, and user-friendly.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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