zplug VS fzf-tab

Compare zplug vs fzf-tab and see what are their differences.

zplug

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

fzf-tab

Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf! (by Aloxaf)
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zplug fzf-tab
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5,687 2,716
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0.0 7.4
11 months ago 19 days ago
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MIT License MIT 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.

fzf-tab

Posts with mentions or reviews of fzf-tab. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-26.
  • fish-shell: the user-friendly command-line shell
    24 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Aug 2023
    Am i the only one who feels fish is not worth it despite of hype? Don't get me wrong. I think that fish is really good shell.

    BUT...

    After adding the following plugins to zsh(before you chime in, it's just adding these lines,not anything configuring much. also it auto bootstraps on new install), I found out that fish is no where near configured zsh.

    1) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit (plugin manager)

    2) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlightin...

    3) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/history-search-multi-wo...

    4) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

    5) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions

    6) https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab

    7) any good shell prompt generator like https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

    For example, I use fzf integration for tab completion. Fish's fzf integration is nowhere as good as that of zsh's. Also, posix compat and almost bash compat of zsh is plus.

    I acknowledge that zsh isn't perfect shell either and I have tried and failed few times in past to switch to fish. If you provide me compelling reason/s to switch to fish, I am all ears.

  • This fzf config return error
    1 project | /r/zsh | 30 Jun 2023
    Seriously, see https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab/pull/132.
  • is there a plugin to replace zsh's default completion selection menu with dmenu?
    1 project | /r/zsh | 22 Jun 2023
    Basically I want one that works like fzf-tab, but instead of using fzf I want dmenu, I asked chatGPT to make one (I'm aware of how pathetic this sounds...) but it didn't work the way I expected
  • How can i achieve this zsh expansion?
    2 projects | /r/zsh | 26 Apr 2023
    You might have better luck with finding the answer if you file an issue at https://github.com/lincheney/fzf-tab-completion. Few here are using https://github.com/lincheney/fzf-tab-completion (https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab is a much more popular alternative among zsh users).
  • Fzf-Tab
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Apr 2023
  • My ultimate shell setup with Fish shell and Tmux
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Apr 2023
    Here is another great plugin that pairs nicely with the above.

    https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab

  • This is really telling regarding society.
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 8 Apr 2023
  • Happens too often
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 24 Mar 2023
    Yeah it's just the prefect tool for speeding up so many things in the command line. I even have Fzf pop up for tab completion with fzf-tab.
  • Fish like autosuggestion commands description in zsh!
    2 projects | /r/zsh | 29 Jan 2023
    There's a popular autosuggestion extension (https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions) which puts dimmed suggestions from the command history in front of the cursor. I use & like it a lot -- however it doesn't do command descriptions as in your sample picture. fzf-tab does something similar, though (https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab); I find it very useful likewise.
  • zsh plugin to select a files in current directory
    2 projects | /r/zsh | 11 Jan 2023
    Just want to make sure: Have you looked into fzf-tab before starting to implement this?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zplug and fzf-tab you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

zgenom - A lightweight and fast plugin manager for ZSH

autocomplete - IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell

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

bash-completion - Programmable completion functions for bash

oh-my-fish - The Fish Shell Framework

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.

kubectx - Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

antibody - The fastest shell plugin manager.

fish-shell - The user-friendly command line shell.