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Shell startup cost

Maps likely shell-startup cost without executing any line extracted from a user rc file.

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Independent roots measure only a zsh or bash invocation with user and global rc loading disabled and read the supported user rc files as text. The clean-shell child strips BASH_ENV, ENV, PROMPT_COMMAND, CDPATH, and every exported BASH_FUNC_* variable; bash also runs privileged with startup disabled and executes builtin true. A classifier then reports static candidates such as completion setup, environment-manager hooks, command substitution, and sourced files. Candidates never receive invented timings: the clean-shell number is only an executable floor, not configured startup duration, and each candidate is explicitly unmeasured. Missing rc files are an expected absence; unreadable files make the result incomplete. The play never sources, evals, or runs a matched line, so source text that writes files or reaches the network remains inert.

  • Published 4 Sep 2026
  • Downloads 2
  • Needs rote 0.62.0+
  • License MIT
  • Digest sha256:e57510c34f44…
  • Reference himanshu-jha/shell-startup-cost@0.1.1

Before you run it3 local tools

Everything here is checked on your machine when rote inspects the play. This page never learns what you have installed or which credentials you hold.

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    python3local tool

    Requires >=3.9. Run rote play inspect to check your host; unverified versions remain unknown.

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    zshlocal tooloptional

    Must be on your PATH when used. minimum version undeclared.

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    bashlocal tooloptional

    Must be on your PATH when used. minimum version undeclared.

Inputs3, all optional

rote asks for these before running and shows the defaults it will use.

  • Runsruns

    Integer from 1 through 15 for the no-rc clean-shell floor only. Invalid values are fatal.

    optionalstringdefault 5example 5custom value allowed
  • Shellshell

    zsh or bash. Empty selects the supported shell named by SHELL, then falls back to one on PATH.

    optionalstringexample zshcustom value allowed
  • Home roothome_root

    Optional directory whose supported rc filenames are read. Empty uses the current home; a supplied missing directory is fatal.

    optionalstringexample /tmp/example-homecustom value allowed

What it changes

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Runtime details
  • rote CLIversion 0.62.0 or newer
  • Servicesnone declared
  • Digestsha256:e57510c34f4405377cca8fe079317fad96b4aa8383d3460ad0be6be0a30b39b4
  • Archive size11952 bytes
  • Published2026-09-04T13:40:50.026506+00:00
  • Published withrote 0.79.0

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