ble.sh VS ohmyzsh

Compare ble.sh vs ohmyzsh and see what are their differences.

ble.sh

Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions. (by akinomyoga)

ohmyzsh

🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,200+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community. (by ohmyzsh)
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ble.sh ohmyzsh
50 559
1,980 167,920
- 0.9%
9.1 9.5
18 days ago 2 days ago
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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ble.sh

Posts with mentions or reviews of ble.sh. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-25.
  • [Release v0.2.0] promkit: A toolkit for building interactive command-line tools in Rust
    2 projects | /r/commandline | 25 Oct 2023
    So could someone say use this to reimplement blesh in Rust?
  • After years of bash, I actually found a shortcut I never heard about.
    2 projects | /r/linux | 23 May 2023
  • Which Shell?
    3 projects | /r/linuxmint | 4 May 2023
    Bash + ble.sh = fish like interactive features but still bash.
  • Sweet Shell: With Oh-My-Zsh, SpaceVim, Starship, True Color, and Demo Mode
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2022
    > Autocompletion is one thing zsh does better, and that alone is worth it IMO. It can autocomplete things other than filenames and even gives you a short description for each of the subcommands or CLI options in the completion candidates. For the most common commands, this works without even having to install third party completion scripts.

    The joke here is: All this requires additional scripts / configs. Whether bundled or not…

    With those scripts / config there is no difference between shells.

    > Syntax highlighting is useful as well, though that requires the use of a third party plugin. You can detect quoting errors, unmatched braces, missing commands, incorrect filepaths before hitting enter. It's indispensable in an interactive shell because that's where you write convoluted one-off one-liners.

    https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh

    > In general, zsh is extensible and offers more capabilities than bash.

    Nobody ever could show me even one feature that isn't available in almost all popular shells!

    > But to feel the difference, you need to configure it and enable the nice features.

    Yeah sure. When you tune your ̵c̵a̵r̵ shell it has nice features afterwards…

    That's true for any shell as I see it.

    ---

    I for my part don't like Unix shell. Even after 20 years of usage (as since then Linux is my only OS).

    Also I've never understood what's the case about zsh. Nobody could ever answer the question why it's anyhow "better" or even show features not available elsewhere.

    I came to the conclusion that zsh is just a stupid hype of "cool kids". It's the same as with the car tuning crowd.

    A truly better shell would be much different than a Unix shell. There are some experiments out there but nothing really convincing.

    So I continue to stay with the not so cool default. As it's most compatible and available everywhere.

    But please wake me up when there is some real innovation regarding shells!

    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2022
    > With those scripts / config there is no difference between shells.

    As I wrote in my original comment, bash only does filepath completion most of the time even with third party completion scripts. And I have never seen bash

    > https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh

    ble.sh is impressive work, but it's a hack that won't be as reliable or compatible without built-in support for programmatic manipulation of the command line buffer in bash. ble.sh diverts key input from readline and reimplements its features. It contains workarounds for specific terminals, and scripts have to be modified to accommodate ble.sh. IIRC FZF's shell integration required modifications to work with ble.sh.

    > Nobody ever could show me even one feature that isn't available in almost all popular shells!

    Read the parts of my original comment which you haven't quoted.

    > When you tune your ̵c̵a̵r̵ shell it has nice features afterwards…

    Only to the extent that the shell lets you.

    > I came to the conclusion that zsh is just a stupid hype of "cool kids". It's the same as with the car tuning crowd.

    That was uncalled for.

  • Does Bash have something like Powershell's MenuComplete?
    4 projects | /r/bash | 24 Oct 2022
  • Fuzzy file completion in bash
    2 projects | /r/bash | 14 Oct 2022
    You might try blesh. It has a nice completion for files and variables in bash
  • Bash 5.2
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2022
    Nice, there's also ble.sh -- a bash replacement of readline that has zsh/fish-like syntax colors and completion. It is actively developed and the maintainer has implemented 2 features I've requested in a matter of hours.

    If you want to check it out: https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh

    (Still, I personally believe these features are overrated and don't actually bring in more usability or comfort to the command line experience)

  • Is there a way to make Konsole act like it does in Manjaro?
    2 projects | /r/kde | 19 Sep 2022
    Yea, there is also ble.sh. I haven't used them myself because I wrote a simple one of my own to scratch my itch. What do you like the most about oh-my-bash? They don't have the same capabilities as other shells, though.
  • How to get terminal autocomplete like this?
    3 projects | /r/commandline | 16 Sep 2022
    Sadly, no. But if you want to try one of zsh feature is menu complete, you can install ble.sh

ohmyzsh

Posts with mentions or reviews of ohmyzsh. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-09.
  • Terminal commands I use as a frontend developer
    4 projects | dev.to | 9 Mar 2024
    That’s the minimum terminal setup. You can modify the look and add plugins such as autocompletion to your terminal by installing ohmyzsh and using themes such as powerlevel10k. I am already using them.
  • Zshell
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Mar 2024
    Somewhat related is "Oh My ZSH!" which is basically zsh on steroids, it's always one of the first things I install on a new computer. It gives things like new colors, themes, plugins, and more. Highly recommend you check it out.

    https://ohmyz.sh/

  • ohmyzsh VS atuin - a user suggested alternative
    2 projects | 22 Feb 2024
  • Oh My Zsh
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Jan 2024
  • Weird Color Stuff In The Terminal
    3 projects | dev.to | 1 Jan 2024
    I had just gone through a fun tutorial for setting up oh-my-zsh with a nice color scheme from iterm2colorschemes.com and a decent prompt and I was wondering: can I make my oblique strategy look nice? how can you actually use the colors from your scheme in the output in your cli?
  • Make Your Linux Terminal Enjoyable to Use
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Dec 2023
    After this you going to visit Oh-My-Zsh which is where the magic will happen.
  • Using Linux Full-Time 2 years later
    3 projects | dev.to | 28 Dec 2023
    after automating my dotfiles, I want to automate my installations, after that I want to make my terminal easier to use so I add OMZ with many plugins, after that, I try to automate the backup of my setting on my Gnome but failed, then try using git-lfs for my big files but it turned out to be idiotic moves, bla bla bla many try and fail.
  • Enchula Mi Consola
    11 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
  • Pimp your CLI
    13 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
    ZShell is an alternative to bash a.k.a. "Bourne-Again SHell". It does everything that bash does and just like Tmux it is extensible via a healthy plugin ecosystem. By this point I hope you have already tried to run zsh on your terminal. At first it won't look like much has changed but with the right plugins this can become your best friend on the command line. The first thing we need to do is to install oh-my-zsh, a framework on top of zsh that manages configs, plugins, themes, and more.
  • 10 Must-Have Tools for Programmers
    3 projects | dev.to | 16 Dec 2023
    Download: https://ohmyz.sh/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ble.sh and ohmyzsh you can also consider the following projects:

oh-my-posh - The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

oh-my-bash - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

powerlevel10k - A Zsh theme

bash-it - A community Bash framework.

oh-my-fish - The Fish Shell Framework

spaceship-prompt - :rocket::star: Minimalistic, powerful and extremely customizable Zsh prompt

zsh-autocomplete - 🤖 Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion.

zimfw - Zim: Modular, customizable, and blazing fast Zsh framework

powerline-shell - A beautiful and useful prompt for your shell

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

thefuck - Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.