Plugins evaluated at September 07th, 2020
There are so many plugins on the great awesome-zsh-plugins page that it makes sense to filter them out and also to score them. The plugins below contain 50 or more commits and are evaluated by an automatic script in order to detect:
- ones with 100 or more commits
- active ones
- very active ones
- maintained ones
- ones having an ongoing research & development
Just take a look at the iconography. It's intuitive and easy to memorize. In minutes you'll be able to grep interesting plugins with your eyes!
π₯ - has 50 or more commits (unused β that's the entry to the list boundary)
π₯ - has 100 or more commits
πΆ- slow/moderate progress: 1 commit in each of last 3 months or 5 commits in total during the 3 last months (90 days)
π- fast progress: 2 commits in each of last 3 months or 10 commits in total during the 3 last months
βοΈ- long time no update (updated not in last 3 months, but in last 6 months)
β³ - updated in last 3 months, active
β° - updated in last month and month before it (single new commit will not yield such a strong symbol like the alarm clock; the additional criterion ("month before it") is to take into account only a more constantly attended projects)
πΌ - has branches with at least 50 commits in total
π β the branches were active 3 times in last 4 months
- alias-tips π₯ β - An oh-my-zsh plugin to help remembering those aliases you defined once.
- allergen : β³ - A collection of custom ZSH plugins to use with Antigen.
- ansiweather π₯ β³ - Weather in your terminal, with ANSI colors and Unicode symbols.
- anyframe : - A peco/percol/fzf wrapper plugin for ZSH.
- auto-fu.zsh π₯ πΌ - Automatic complete-word and list-choices. Originally incr-0.2.zsh by y.fujii .
- auto-notify : - Automatically sends out a notification when a long running task has completed.
- autocomplete π₯ β° πββοΈ - Automatically lists completions as you type and provides intuitive keybindings for selecting and inserting them.
- autoenv-extended : β - Extended version of the zsh-autoenv plugin.
- autoenv π₯ - If a directory contains a
.env
file, it will automatically be executed when youcd
into it. - autojump π₯ - A
cd
command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line. Install autojump-zsh for best results. - autopair : - A ZSH plugin for auto-closing, deleting and skipping over matching delimiters. Only tested on ZSH 5.0.2 or later.
- autosuggestions π₯ - Fish-like fast/unobtrusive autosuggestions for ZSH.
- autoswitch-virtualenv π₯ πββοΈ β³ - ZSH plugin to automatically switch python virtualenvs and pipenvs when traversing directories.
- base16 π₯ - Adds script to allow you to change your shell's default ANSI colors but most importantly, colors 17 to 21 of your shell's 256 colorspace (if supported by your terminal). This script makes it possible to honor the original bright colors of your shell (e.g. bright green is still green and so on) while providing additional base16 colors to applications such as Vim.
- blackbox π₯ β³ πΌ - Stack Exchange's toolkit for storing keys/credentials securely in a
git
repository. - cdc : β³ - Shell function for changing directory to a directory found in one of your defined frequently-used places.
- cmd-architect : - Build commands from what's in history and at prompt, move, delete, add command segments and search history with multi-word queries.
- czhttpd π₯ β - A simple http server written in 99.9% pure ZSH.
- declare-zsh : - A command-line parser for Zinit commands in
zshrc
. - deer π₯ - A file navigator for ZSH heavily inspired by ranger.
- depot-tools π₯ - Simple oh-my-zsh plugin for installing the chromium depot_tools. Installing this plugin will put all of the chromium depot_tools in your path automatically.
- diractions π₯ β³ - Allow you to map a short logical/mnemonic name to directories to quickly access them, or perform actions in them.
- directory-history : - A per directory history for ZSH which implements forward/backward navigation as well as substring search in a directory sensitive manner.
- dirrc : - Executes
.dirc
when present in a directory youcd
into. - docker-aliases : β³ Docker aliases for everyday use.
- docker-helpers : β³ - A collection of docker helper scripts.
- dotbare π₯ β° πββοΈ - Interactive dotfile management with the help of
fzf
. - dwim : - Attempts to predict what you will want to do next. It provides a key binding (control-u) that will replace the current (or previous) command line with the command you will want to run next.
- editing-workbench : - Adds sane, complex command line editing (e.g. incremental history word completion).
- elixir : β³ - Adds shortcuts for Elixir, IEX, Mix, Kiex and Phoenix.
- enhancd π₯ - A simple tool that provides enhanced
cd
command. - evil-registers : β - Extends ZLE vi commands to remotely access named registers of the vim and nvim editors, and system selection and clipboard.
- expand π₯ β° πββοΈ - Expands regular aliases, global aliases, incorrect spellings and phrases, globs, history expansion and $parameters with the spacebar key.
- explain-shell : - Opens commands on explainshell.com.
- fast-syntax-highlighting π₯ β° πββοΈ πΌ - Optimized and improved
zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
β better response times, switchable highlight themes. - forgit π₯ β° πββοΈ - Utility tool for
git
which takes advantage of fuzzy finder fzf. - functional : - ZSH higher order functions.
- fz : - Seamlessly adds fuzzy search to z's tab completion and lets you easily jump around among your historical directories.
- fzf-marks π₯ πΆββοΈ β³ - Little script to create, navigate and delete bookmarks in
bash
andzsh
, using the fuzzy finder fzf. - fzf-widgets π₯ - Adds some ZLE widgets for fzf.
- fzf-tab π₯ β° πΆββοΈ - Replace ZSH's default completion selection menu with fzf.
- fzf-z : β³ - Brings together the z plugin and fzf to allow you to easily browse recently used directories at any point on the command line.
- git-aliases.zsh : - Creates a lot of useful aliases for combinations of commonly used
git
commands. - git-extra-commands π₯ πββοΈ β³ - Extra
git
helper scripts packaged as a plugin. - git-it-on : - Adds ability to open a folder in your current branch on GitHub.
- git-secret π₯ β³ πΌ - A bash-tool to store your private data inside a
git
repository. - gitignore π₯ β³ - Plugin for creating
.gitignore
files. - gitsync : - ZSH plugin to improve workflows for one person developing on the same repository on multiple machines.
- grep2awk : - ZLE widget to transform
grep
command intoawk
command. - histdb π₯ πββοΈ β³ - Stores your history in an SQLite database.
- history-search-multi-word π₯ β³ - A syntax highlighted, multi-word history searcher for ZSH, bound to Ctrl-R, with advanced functions (e.g. bump of history entry to top of history).
- history-substring-search π₯ - Needs to be loaded after
zsh-syntax-highlighting
, or they'll both break. You'll also need to bind keys to its functions, details are in the README.md. - history-sync : β - An Oh My Zsh plugin for GPG encrypted, Internet synchronized ZSH history using
git
. - iterm-touchbar : - Display iTerm2 feedback in the MacbookPro TouchBar (Current directory, git branch & status).
- jhipster : β³ - Adds commands for jHipster.
- k π₯ πΌ - Directory listings for ZSH with
git
status decorations. - kube-ps1 π₯ β - ZSH plugin for
kubectl
that adds current context and namespace. - kubernetes : - Add kubernetes helper functions and aliases.
- morpho : - Terminal screen savers written in pure ZSH, and also screen saver framework.
- navigation-tools π₯ - Adds
htop
-likekill
, directory bookmarks browser, multi-word incremental history searcher and more. - new-file-from-template : β - Generates file from template.
- nix-shell : β³ - Plugin that lets you use ZSH as the default shell in a
nix-shell
environment. - notify : β - A plugin for ZSH (on macOS and Linux) that posts desktop notifications when a command terminates with a non-zero exit status or when it took more than 30 seconds to complete, if the terminal application is in the background (or the command's terminal tab is inactive).
- nvm π₯ β³ πΌ π - ZSH plugin for installing, updating and loading
nvm
. - open-pr : - A ZSH plugin to open pull requests from command line.
- opp : - Vim's text-objects-ish for ZSH.
- pentest : β³ - Aliases and functions for the lazy penetration tester.
- ph-marks : β - Bookmark pornhub videos from your terminal.
- pr-cwd : β - Creates a global variable with current working directory. Plugin has integration with jocelynmallon/zshmarks.
- pr-git : β - Creates a global variable with
git
status information that can be displayed in prompts. - profile-secrets : - Securely keep sensitive variables (api tokens, passwords, etc) as part of your terminal init files. Uses gpg to encrypt/decrypt the file with your secrets.
- project (gko) : β - Create node/python/ruby project both locally and on github(private or public repository).
- syntax-highlighting π₯ β° πββοΈ - Add syntax highlighting to your ZSH. Make sure you load this before zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search or they will both break.
- sysadmin-util π₯ β - Steve Kemp's collection of tool scripts for sysadmins.
- system-clipboard π₯ β³ - Adds key bindings support for ZLE (Zsh Line Editor) clipboard operations for vi emulation keymaps. It works under Linux, macOS and Android (via Termux).
- tig : β³ - Adds a few advanced bindings and also provides a ZSH-rewritten function and/or script
tig-pick
. - tmux-zsh-vim-titles : - Create unified terminal titles for
tmux
, ZSH, and Vim/NVIM, modular. - tsm : - Adds a tmux Session Manager.
- tumult π₯ β - Adds tools for macOS.
- vi-motions : β³ - Add new motions and text objects including quoted/bracketed text and commands.
- vim-mode : β³ - Friendly
vi
-mode bindings, adding basic Emacs keys, incremental search, mode indicators and more. - wd π₯ β° πββοΈ - Warp directory lets you jump to custom directories in ZSH, without using
cd
. Why? Becausecd
seems inefficient when the folder is frequently visited or has a long path. - yeoman : - Edouard Lopez's Yeoman plugin for oh-my-zsh, compatible with yeoman version β₯1.0 (includes options and command auto-completion).
- you-should-use π₯ β³ - ZSH plugin that reminds you to use those aliases you defined.
- z-a-bin-gem-node π₯ β° πββοΈ - Zinit extension that exposes binaries without altering
$PATH
, installs Ruby gems and Node modules and easily exposes their binaries, and updates the gems and modules when the associated plugin or snippet is updated. - z-a-man : β³ - Zinit extension that generates man pages for all plugins and snippets.
- z-a-unscope : πββοΈ β³ - Allows installing plugins for Zinit without specifying the user name by querying the Github API.
- z.lua π₯ β° πββοΈ - A command line tool which helps you navigate faster by learning your habits. An alternative to z.sh with windows and posix shells support and various improvements. 10x faster than fasd and autojump, 3x faster than z.sh.
- zaw π₯ - ZSH anything.el-like widget.
- zconvey π₯ β³ - Adds ability to send commands to other ZSH sessions, you can use this to
cd $PWD
on all active Z shell sessions, for example. - zero π₯ - Zero's theme & plugin. Has variants for both light and dark terminal backgrounds.
- zflai : β - A fast logging framework for ZSH.
- zgdbm : - Adds GDBM as a plugin.
- zinit-console : β A semigraphical (curses) consolette for zinit plugin manager.
- zoxide π₯ β° πββοΈ - A fast alternative to
cd
that learns your habits. - zredis π₯ - Adds Redis database support, with
database_key
<->shell_variable
binding. Supports all data types. - zsh-z π₯ β³ - Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native ZSH port of
z.sh
- withoutawk
,sed
,sort
, ordate
. - zshmarks : - A port of Bashmarks (by Todd Werth), a simple command line bookmarking plugin, for oh-my-zsh.
- ZUI π₯ - ZSH User Interface library β CGI+DHTML-like rapid TUI application development with ZSH.
- agkozak π₯ πΆββοΈ β³ πΌ - Uses three asynchronous methods to keep the ZSH prompt responsive while displaying the
git
status and indicators of SSH connection, exit codes, andvi
mode, along with an abbreviated,PROMPT_DIRTRIM
-style path. Very customizable. Asynchronous even on Cygwin and MSYS2. - agnoster-j π₯ β³ - Optimized for solarized color scheme,
git
or other VCS tools, and unicode-compatible fonts. Includes status of last command run, user@hostname,git
status decorations, working directory, whether running as root, whether background jobs are running, and other information. - alien-minimal π₯ β° - Minimalist ZSH theme with
git
status displayed. - alien π₯ β - Powerline-esque ZSH theme that shows
git
decorations and the exit code of the last command. Faster than many other prompts because it determines thegit
decorations asynchronously in a background process. - apollo π₯ β - A heavily customizable, compatible and performant ZSH theme that uses modules to enable features.
- astral π₯ πΆββοΈ β³ - Theme for dark backgrounds with zen mode. Works well with the zsh-users zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin.
- bar : β - Includes username, host, pwd,
git
status decorations and 3x hour reminders to drink water. - bklyn π₯ - Variant of Powerlevel9k with customizations applied.
- blox : - A minimal and fast ZSH theme that shows you what you need. It consists of blocks: each block is shown inside a pair of [square brackets], and you can add blocks by simply creating a function.
- bronze π₯ - A cross-shell customizable powerline-like prompt with icons written in go. Requires nerd-fonts.
- bullet-train π₯ - Inspired by the Powerline Vim plugin. It aims for simplicity, showing information only when it's relevant.
- chaffee : - Based on sorin. Shows the current active versions of Java, Scala, Go, Node, Python and Ruby.
- clean (BrandonRoehl) π₯ - A minimalist variant of pure. Pure is not clean, clean is not pure.
- czsh π₯ β° πββοΈ - ZSH with oh-my-zsh and the agnoster theme in a container.
- dracula π₯ β - A dark theme for Atom, Alfred, Chrome DevTools, iTerm 2, Sublime Text, Textmate, Terminal.app, Vim, Xcode, and ZSH.
- filthy : - A disgustingly clean ZSH prompt.
- fishy-lite : β³ - Fork of the original fishy theme in oh-my-zsh with much of the extraneous stuff cut out to improve load speeds. Includes a battery gauge and
git
status display that can be enabled on the right-hand side of the prompt. - garrett : - Prezto prompt with the information you need the moment you need it.
- git-prompt (olivierverdier) π₯ - Displays information about the current
git
repository. In particular the branch name, difference with remote branch, number of files staged or changed, etc. - git-prompt (woefe) : β³ - A fast, customizable, pure-shell, asynchronous Git prompt for ZSH heavily inspired by Olivier Verdier's zsh-git-prompt and very similar to the "Informative VCS" prompt of fish shell.
- hyperzsh : - Gives you a comprehensive overview of the branch you're working on and the status of your repository without cluttering your terminal.
- infoline : - Clean theme that shows
git
status, background jobs, remote host, and other information. - itg : - itsthatguy's theme.
- jovial : β - Shows host, user, path, development environment,
git
branch, which python venv is active. - jwalter : - Powerline-style theme with
git
,svn
,npm
,rvm
and network awareness. Requires Powerline-compatible terminal font. - lambda-pure π₯ - A minimal ZSH theme, based on Pure, with added NodeJS version.
- liquidprompt π₯ πββοΈ β³ - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt with useful information when you need it. It shows you what you need when you need it. You will notice what changes when it changes, saving time and frustration.
- materialshell : β³ - A material design theme for your shell with a good contrast and color pops at the important parts. Designed to be easy on the eyes.
- minimal2 : - A minimal and extensible ZSH theme. Forked from subnixr's original and adapted for Zimfw.
- minimal (glsorre) : β - minimal asynchronous ZSH theme optimized for use with the Fira Code font and the Solarized Light terminal theme.
- minimal (subnixr) : - Minimal yet feature-rich theme.
- newt : β - Fat & fast theme β beautiful inside and out, styled segments done right.
- nox π₯ β° πΆββοΈ - Dark theme, displays the current working directory and git status.
- odin : - Odin is a
git
-flavored ZSH theme. - oh-my-git π₯ - An opinionated prompt for bash and ZSH.
- oh-my-via : πΆββοΈ β³ - Theme for ZSH which mainly forks the historical theme used on VIA servers.
- poncho : - RDM's basic oh-my-zsh custom theme.
- powerless π₯ β - Tiny & simple pure ZSH prompt inspired by powerline.
- powerlevel10k π₯ β° πββοΈ - A fast reimplementation of powerlevel9k ZSH theme. Can be used as a drop-in replacement for powerlevel9k, when given the same configuration options it will generate the same prompt, only faster.
- powerlevel9k π₯ β πΌ - Powerlevel9k is a theme for ZSH which uses Powerline Fonts. It can be used with vanilla ZSH or ZSH frameworks such as Oh-My-Zsh, Prezto, Antigen, and many others.
- powerline (jeremy) : - Another take on a powerline theme. Nicely configurable, but requires at least a 256 color-capable terminal with a powerline-compatible terminal font.
- powerline-go π₯ β° πββοΈ - A beautiful and useful low-latency prompt, written in golang. Includes
git
andhg
status decorations, exit status of the last command run, current Python virtualenv, whether you're in a nix shell, and is easy to extend. - powerline-hs π₯ β³ - A Powerline clone written in Haskell. It is significantly faster than the original implementation, and makes the shell noticeably more responsive.
- powerline-pills : - Created in Ruby, uses powerline characters to simulate pills with useful information.
- powerline-shell (b-ryan) π₯ - Beautiful and useful prompt generator for Bash, ZSH, Fish, and tcsh. Includes
git
,svn
,fossil
andhg
decorations, Python virtualenv information, and last command exit status. - powerline-shell (banga) π₯ - A powerline-like prompt for Bash, ZSH and Fish. Shows important details about git/svn/hg/fossil branch and is easy to customize/extend.
- powerline-train : - A powerline variant.
- prompt_j2 : - Has a dynamic exit status indicator, can change to two lines dynamically to display context.
- pure-agnoster π₯ - Mashup of pure and agnoster. Has
git
decorations and works well with both dark and light terminal backgrounds. - pure π₯ β° πΆββοΈ - A pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt.
- purify π₯ β - A simple, fast & cool prompt.
- shellder π₯ - Minimal theme with git branch display. Requires a Powerline-compatible font.
- silver π₯ β° πββοΈ - A cross-shell customizable powerline-like prompt heavily inspired by Agnoster. A faster rust port of bronze. Requires Nerd Fonts.
- skeletor-syntax π₯ - Theme collection for Atom, Prism and ZSH inspired by Skeletor from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
- slimline π₯ - Minimal, fast and elegant ZSH prompt. Displays the right information at the right time.
- sm π₯ β A Simplist & Minimalist theme for your favorite terminal. Includes
git
status decorations. - solarized-powerline (KuoE0) : - Solarized powerline variant.
- spaceship π₯ β° πΆββοΈ πΌ π - Theme with
git
,nvm
, rvm/rbenv/chruby, python,ssh
and other useful status indicators. - statusline : - A responsive ZSH theme that provides informational segments when you need them.
- tvline π₯ - Derived from the agnoster theme, adds powerline font enhancements.
- typewritten π₯ β° πββοΈ - Minimal and informative theme that leaves room for what's important. Does asynchronous
git
decoration updates for speed. - wild-cherry π₯ - A fairy-tale inspired theme for ZSH, iTerm 2, Sublime, Atom, & Mou.
- yazpt π₯ β° πββοΈ - A clean, fast, good-looking ZSH prompt theme that thoughtfully incorporates Git/Subversion/TFVC status info, integrates with popular plugin managers like Oh My Zsh, and is straightforward to customize and extend.
- zero π₯ - Zero's theme & plugin. Has variants for both light and dark terminal backgrounds.
- zinc π₯ β³ - A blazing-fast, pure ZSH, mixed asynchronous powerline prompt that's easily extensible and extremely configurable.
- zshpower π₯ β³ - Optimized for python developers. Includes
git
andpyenv
status decorations, username and host. Tries to install other plugins and fonts, so read its instructions before installing. - zwsh π₯ β³ - A Zpm3/Wordstar mode/theme for ZSH.
- Awesome Terminal Fonts : β - A family of fonts that includes some nice monospaced Icons.
- Fantasque-sans π₯ πββοΈ β³ - Another Powerline-compatible font.
- Powerline patched font collection π₯ - A collection of a dozen or so fonts patched to include powerline gylphs.