ohmyzsh VS oh-my-zsh

Compare ohmyzsh vs oh-my-zsh and see what are their differences.

ohmyzsh

πŸ™ƒ A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ 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)

oh-my-zsh

πŸ™ƒ A delightful community-driven (with 1700+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes nearly 300 optional plugins (rails, git, OSX, hub, capistrano, brew, ant, php, python, etc), over 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. [Moved to: https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh] (by robbyrussell)
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ohmyzsh oh-my-zsh
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168,701 122,894
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9.5 9.2
3 days ago about 3 years ago
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MIT License MIT License
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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/

oh-my-zsh

Posts with mentions or reviews of oh-my-zsh. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-03.
  • Streamline your Workflow with VSCode Dev Containers & Red Hat Images
    1 project | dev.to | 28 Nov 2023
    FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-311:latest # Install terraform & oh-my-zsh USER root RUN yum install -y yum-utils && \ yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo && \ yum -y install terraform zsh && \ wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | zsh USER 1001 # Install poetry RUN pip install poetry && \ poetry config virtualenvs.create false # Set default shell to zsh ENV SHELL /bin/zsh # Create workspace dir used by VSCode RUN mkdir /opt/app-root/src/workspace/ # Expose ports EXPOSE 4000
  • How to convert this code into the ansible.git module format?
    1 project | /r/ansible | 30 Apr 2023
    - name: Git clone oh-my-zsh ansible.builtin.command: 'git clone -c core.autocrlf=input --depth=1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git /home/zoliky/.oh-my-zsh' become: true become_user: zoliky when: not oh_my_zsh_dir.stat.exists
  • Why Oh My ZSH is so cool?
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    Z plugin change quickly to another path just naming the folder not the complete path
  • Manjaro Konsole/terminal settings
    4 projects | /r/ManjaroLinux | 21 Jan 2023
  • Create a Devcontainer (VSCode)
    1 project | dev.to | 2 Nov 2022
    FROM node:18 RUN apt-get update # Install dependencies RUN apt-get install -y wget zsh git \ # Install oh-my-zsh RUN wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | zsh \ && cp ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc
  • Configuring Your Shell Environment
    8 projects | dev.to | 18 Oct 2022
    # If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH. # export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH # Path to your oh-my-zsh installation. export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh" export ZSH_CUSTOM="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom" # Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will # load a random theme each time oh-my-zsh is loaded, in which case, # to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME # See https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Themes # ZSH_THEME="spaceship" # I'm using starhip (see below, where it's configured) # Set list of themes to pick from when loading at random # Setting this variable when ZSH_THEME=random will cause zsh to load # a theme from this variable instead of looking in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/ # If set to an empty array, this variable will have no effect. # ZSH_THEME_RANDOM_CANDIDATES=( "robbyrussell" "agnoster" ) # Uncomment the following line to use case-sensitive completion. # CASE_SENSITIVE="true" # Uncomment the following line to use hyphen-insensitive completion. # Case-sensitive completion must be off. _ and - will be interchangeable. HYPHEN_INSENSITIVE="true" # Uncomment the following line to disable bi-weekly auto-update checks. # DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true" # Uncomment the following line to automatically update without prompting. # DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT="true" # Uncomment the following line to change how often to auto-update (in days). export UPDATE_ZSH_DAYS=8 # Uncomment the following line if pasting URLs and other text is messed up. # DISABLE_MAGIC_FUNCTIONS=true # Uncomment the following line to disable colors in ls. # DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true" # Uncomment the following line to disable auto-setting terminal title. # DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true" # Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction. ENABLE_CORRECTION="true" # Uncomment the following line to display red dots whilst waiting for completion. COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true" # Uncomment the following line if you want to disable marking untracked files # under VCS as dirty. This makes repository status check for large repositories # much, much faster. # DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true" # Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time # stamp shown in the history command output. # You can set one of the optional three formats: # "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd" # or set a custom format using the strftime function format specifications, # see 'man strftime' for details. HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy" # Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom? # ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder # Which plugins would you like to load? # Standard plugins can be found in ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/* # Custom plugins may be added to ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/ # Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse) # Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup. plugins=( aws # sets up `awscli` tab completion + profile changing commands alias-tips # let's you know when you have an alias you can use autojump # use j to jump to directories containing terms. Directories must be visited first before they can be jumped to. autoupdate # automatically updates custom plugins common-aliases # add tons of aliases like la ll etc git-auto-fetch # automatically "fetches" for new changes of directory you're in git-extras # adds a bunch of helpful git aliases and extra commands gitfast # adds git tab completion git-flow # adds completion for git flow commands node # adds completion for node npm # adds completion/aliases for npm zsh-autosuggestions # adds suggestions as you type zsh-interactive-cd # cd + tab to fuzzy search navigate zsh_reload # adds `src` command for better full compile reload ) # Load Oh My ZSH source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh # autojump config [[ -s $HOME/.autojump/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh ]] && source $HOME/.autojump/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh autoload -U compinit && compinit -u # FZF config export FZF_BASE=~/.fzf export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH" [ -f ~/.fzf.zsh ] && source ~/.fzf.zsh # zsh-syntax-highlighting source /usr/local/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh # broot source $HOME/.config/broot/launcher/bash/br # User configuration export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH" # You may need to manually set your language environment # export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 # Preferred editor for local and remote sessions if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then export EDITOR='code' else export EDITOR='code' fi # Compilation flags # export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" # Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs, # plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh # users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder. # For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`. # # Example aliases alias zshconfig="code ~/.zshrc" alias ohmyzsh="code ~/.oh-my-zsh" alias reload="source ~/.zshrc" # My Custom Aliases change alias please="sudo !!" alias tmp="cd ~/Development/tmp" alias proj="cd ~/Projects" alias work="cd ~/Work" alias co.="code ." ### CFG Setup # Alias for the main cfg git # alias cfg='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME' # export function cfg { # /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME $@ # } # lastly init starship theme eval "$(starship init zsh)"
  • ZFS alternatives?
    3 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 18 Jun 2022
    #!/bin/ksh # https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/plugins/cp/ # Also mentioned on Reddit as a nicer copy command. # # RSYNC OPTIONS: # -b, --backup make backups # --backup-dir=DIR # In combination with the --backup option, this tells rsync to # store all backups in the specified directory on the receiving # side. This can be used for incremental backups. You can also # specify a backup suffix using the --suffix option (otherwise # the files backed up in the specified directory will keep their # original filenames). # # -e, --rsh=COMMAND # This option allows you to choose an alternative remote shell # program to use for communication between the local and remote # copies of rsync. /dev/null disables remote shells, so this # only works on local files. # # -h, --human-readable output numbers in a human-readable format # -g, --group preserve group # -o, --owner preserve owner (super-user only) # -p, --perms preserve permissions # --progress show progress during transfer # -r, --recursive recurse into directories # -t, --times preserve modification times # -X, --xattrs preserve extended attributes # -x, --one-file-system avoid crossing filesystems when recursing export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin tag=${0##*/} case "$#" in 0|1) echo "usage: $tag srcfile dest"; exit 1 ;; *) ;; esac exec rsync -pogbrtxX -hhh --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress "$@" exit 1
  • Good resources to learn zsh?
    7 projects | /r/commandline | 21 Nov 2021
  • Apps, Tools, and Gear I Use (2021 edition)
    12 projects | dev.to | 11 Nov 2021
    Zsh with Oh My Zsh. Oh My Zsh is a framework for managing zsh configuration.
  • rf - a bash script to open files and cd into directories with ease
    5 projects | /r/linux | 4 Oct 2021
    And btw is this similar to https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/plugins/fzf/fzf.plugin.zsh ?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ohmyzsh and oh-my-zsh you can also consider the following projects:

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

starship - β˜„πŸŒŒοΈ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

zsh-snap - ⚑️ Znap! Fast, easy-to-use tools for Zsh dotfiles & plugins, plus git repos

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.

synth-shell - Boost your terminal, script by script

powerlevel10k - A Zsh theme

prezto - The configuration framework for Zsh

oh-my-fish - The Fish Shell Framework

bat - A cat(1) clone with wings.

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