zplug vs zinit

zplug

:hibiscus: A next-generation plugin manager for zsh (by zplug)

zinit

Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, Turbo, annexes, services, packages. (by black7375)

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zplug		zinit
	Project
8	Mentions	4
5,695	Stars	6
0.4%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
11 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 3 years ago
Shell	Language	C
MIT License	License	-

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zplug

Posts with mentions or reviews of zplug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-20.

zsh doesn't output anything when there's an segfault
3 projects | /r/zsh | 20 Jun 2023

Without looking too closely, I see that zplug disables monitor in at least three places in its code, and that some people have issues with it not getting re-enabled due to a stale lock file: zplug#374
A single-command setup script for Zsh, Prezto and Powerlevel10k theme
5 projects | /r/commandline | 23 Aug 2022

I've been meaning to automate my Zsh setup for a long time, and have finally done it based on this awesome GitHub project. I updated the installation script to use Prezto and zplug to keep things a bit tidier, and added an option to automatically download the recommended Nerd Font for Powerlevel10k theme.
[plugins] Read the sidebar; does zsh have a plugin manager? What do people use?
2 projects | /r/zsh | 17 Jan 2022
C-z with zsh/zplug and neovim
1 project | /r/neovim | 1 Jan 2022
s/bash/zsh/g
24 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Oct 2021

Yes it is incredibly heavyweight, but it's very batteries-included in its approach, which helps zsh newbies get started.
For those who want to shed the heavyweight omz stuff, I recommend zplug [0]
[0] https://github.com/zplug/zplug
How to select full text when only partial is shown?
1 project | /r/vieb | 23 May 2021

fyi, the webpage tested in this case is here: https://github.com/zplug/zplug
Zsh Plugin managers
9 projects | /r/zsh | 19 May 2021

I've been using zplug for a while now. Pretty happy with it. Some people say it's slower, but it's not been enough to be an annoyance.
The VSCode Insiders Build for Apple Silicon is ridiculously fast
3 projects | /r/vscode | 30 Jan 2021

zinit

Posts with mentions or reviews of zinit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-19.

Zsh Plugin managers
9 projects | /r/zsh | 19 May 2021

Check my document https://github.com/black7375/zinit
Anyone interested in documentation?
1 project | /r/zinit | 20 Apr 2021
Anyone interested in ZINIT documentation?
7 projects | /r/zsh | 20 Apr 2021

https://github.com/black7375/zinit#migration I have already written completion and archive.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zplug and zinit you can also consider the following projects:

zinit - Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, Turbo, annexes, services, packages.

sheldon - :bowtie: Fast, configurable, shell plugin manager

zgenom - A lightweight and fast plugin manager for ZSH

antibody - The fastest shell plugin manager.

oh-my-fish - The Fish Shell Framework

zinit-configs - Real-world configuration files (basically zshrc-s) holding Zinit (former Zplugin) invocations

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.

BlaCk-Void-Zsh - 🔮 Awesome, Customable Zsh Starter Kit 🌠🌠

pz - The fast, native, Zsh plugin manager [Moved to: https://github.com/mattmc3/antidote]