zcolors VS zsh-syntax-highlighting

Compare zcolors vs zsh-syntax-highlighting and see what are their differences.

zcolors

🌈 Use your $LS_COLORS to generate a coherent theme for Git & your Zsh prompt, command line and completions. (by marlonrichert)
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zcolors zsh-syntax-highlighting
2 72
75 19,001
- 1.6%
5.3 5.9
about 2 months ago 28 days ago
Shell Shell
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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zcolors

Posts with mentions or reviews of zcolors. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-10.
  • Useful settings?
    15 projects | /r/zsh | 10 Aug 2021
    I maintain several useful Zsh plugins: * zsh-autocomplete lists completions as you type and adds lots of additional completion features. * zsh-edit adds various handy keyboard shortcuts and a clipboard viewer. * zsh-hist adds commands and keyboard shortcuts for you quickly fixing or deleting entries from your command history. * Z Colors uses your $LS_COLORS to automatically generate a coherent color scheme for Zsh completions and Git output.
  • LS_COLORS with zsh's autocomplete
    2 projects | /r/zsh | 23 Mar 2021
    That will color file completions, yes, but nothing else. If you want to have colors in the rest of your completions, too, try my Z Colors plugin.

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Posts with mentions or reviews of zsh-syntax-highlighting. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-08.
  • Setting up a MacBook for development in 2024
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2024
    brew install fzf # for fuzzy find files, commands, etc brew install starship $(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting # syntax highlight for zsh git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions # smart autosuggestions for zsh echo 'eval "$(starship init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
  • Quickest path to a decent zsh setup?
    6 projects | /r/zsh | 5 Dec 2023
    # run this git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ZSH/custom/zsh-syntax-highlighting # add this to your .zshrc plugin=(... zsh-syntax-highlighting)
  • Arch Installation for Beginners
    3 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2023
    $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
  • Configurando Alpine Linux, tmux e neovim no WSL2 - parte 1
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Jun 2023
    sudo git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git echo "source ${(q-)PWD}/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc
  • better than admitting I'm too too lazy to correct the command
    2 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 4 Jun 2023
  • [Question] What are the best plugins for zsh ?
    8 projects | /r/zsh | 28 May 2023
    Two by far the most popular plugins are zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions. They are of high quality and quite useful.
  • Configuração do Windows para desenvolvimento
    7 projects | dev.to | 26 May 2023
    echo "Installing zsh-autosuggestions" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions echo "Installing zsh-syntax-highlighting" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting echo "Installing asdf" git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf
  • Why Oh My ZSH is so cool?
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    Syntax highlighting
  • ZSH + Oh My ZSH! on Windows with WSL
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
  • Wrote a "plugin manager" shell function. Any ideas for improvement?
    5 projects | /r/zsh | 13 Feb 2023
    if (($+commands[git])); then use_plugin() { local root_dir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/zsh/plugins" local plugin_name=${1:t} # grabbing the 5th field works for a Github url, not necessarily for every url. local plugin_dir=$root_dir/${1//[/:]/_} if ! [[ -d $plugin_dir ]] echo $EPOCHSECONDS > $plugin_dir/update_timestamp # don't continue if cloning failed git clone --depth 1 "$1" "$plugin_dir" || return local timestamp read -r timestamp < $plugin_dir/update_timestamp if ((EPOCHSECONDS - timestamp > 864000)); then # don't update timestamp if pull failed git -C $plugin_dir pull && echo $EPOCHSECONDS > $plugin_dr/update_timestamp # Match common source filenames local file for file in ($plugin_name|${plugin_name:l}).(plugin.zsh|zsh|zsh-theme)(N); do source $plugin_dir/$filename && break done } use_plugin 'https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions' use_plugin 'https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting' fi

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zcolors and zsh-syntax-highlighting you can also consider the following projects:

vivid - A themeable LS_COLORS generator with a rich filetype datebase

fast-syntax-highlighting - (Short name F-Sy-H). Syntax-highlighting for Zshell – fine granularity, number of features and multiple shipped themes.

fancy-git - That's a terminal prompt changer that shows a few cool git informations about your repository state. You can choose among different styles and enjoy all the aliases it provides you. Feel free for contributing, pull requests and issues are always welcome! ;)

ohmyzsh - 🙃 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.

zsh-edit - 🛠 Better command line editing tools for Zsh

ble.sh - Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions.

seasonal-zshthemes - 🍁 Seasonal ZSH Themes - Impress your friends ~ Automatic terminal theming for each season

zsh-autosuggestions - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

wd - :rocket: Jump to custom directories in zsh

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

meh - Sam's dotfiles, configs, etc.

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.