pwsh-startup

This tool measures the startup time of PowerShell 10 times and calculates the average.

Installation

Download the executable from the release page.

You also can install it from crates.io. Cargo is necessary to run the command.

cargo install pwsh-startup

Usage

Just run the released .exe file. Make sure a powershell is installed.

pwsh-startup

It tries to start powershell 10 times, and shows the results.

Measuring PowerShell startup time with loading profile...
(Run with -noprofile argument to measure startup time without loading profile)

(1) Startup time: 1039 ms
(2) Startup time: 875 ms
(3) Startup time: 880 ms
(4) Startup time: 864 ms
(5) Startup time: 843 ms
(6) Startup time: 835 ms
(7) Startup time: 839 ms
(8) Startup time: 932 ms
(9) Startup time: 845 ms
(10) Startup time: 886 ms

Average startup time: 883 ms

To measure startup time without loading a profile, run with -NoProfile argument .

pwsh-startup -NoProfile

Then the result will look like this.

Measuring PowerShell startup time without loading profile...
(1) Startup time: 349 ms
(2) Startup time: 303 ms
(3) Startup time: 326 ms
(4) Startup time: 323 ms
(5) Startup time: 328 ms
(6) Startup time: 317 ms
(7) Startup time: 310 ms
(8) Startup time: 307 ms
(9) Startup time: 314 ms
(10) Startup time: 330 ms

Average startup time (No Profile): 320 ms