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2nd chunk of `blog/2019-11-26-nushell-0_6_0.md`
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_Welcome to the starship!_

Having a configurable prompt has been a regularly requested feature, dating back to our first release of Nu. With 0.6.0, we're excited to show off the ability to integrate with [starship](https://starship.rs/). Starship is a powerful prompt being built in Rust, and it includes tons of fun features.

To use the Starship support, enable the starship feature (the binary releases will have this on by default). After this, you'll want to [configure starship](https://starship.rs/config/) to meet your needs.

Here's the config I use in the screenshot above:

```
❯ cat ~/.config/starship.toml
add_newline = false

[git_branch]
symbol = "📙 "

[git_status]
disabled = true
```

To enable Starship support, make sure to enable the `starship` feature, or to use the all-features build:

```
> cargo install nu --features starship-prompt
```

or

```
> cargo install nu --all-features
```

# Stable Rust (est31)

Nu now works on stable Rust!

Contributor est31 did a ton of work soon after our first Nu release, but it wasn't until just recently that it fully paid off. With the Rust 1.39 release, Nu now fully works on stable Rust! We're excited for what this means for package authors, as they will now have a stable dependency they can use to build Nu from, rather than tracking nightly.

# New website! New blog! (sebastian-xyz)

We're starting to work on an actual website, complete with a blog. In fact, where you're seeing this now is on our new site. We're excited to finally have something more official, and looking forward to growing the website in the weeks to come.

If you're a web developer or designer and you want to help out, please join us! You can find us on the [website repo](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) and [blog repo](https://github.com/nushell/blog).

# New features

## histogram (andrasio)

As we extend Nu's ability to function as a shell, we also wanted to include some features that help with doing some data analysis on structured data you're working with. In this release is a new `histogram` feature which gives a quick histogram of the data you're looking at:
Title: Nushell 0.6.0: Stable Rust and New Website
Summary
Nushell 0.6.0 now supports stable Rust, thanks to the work of contributor est31, allowing package authors to build Nu from a stable dependency. Additionally, Nushell has launched a new official website and blog, aiming to provide a more formal presence and grow the platform. The team welcomes web developers and designers to contribute to the website and blog repositories. Finally, the release introduces a new `histogram` feature, extending Nu's data analysis capabilities by providing a quick visual representation of the data.