zplug VS zinit

Compare zplug vs zinit and see what are their differences.

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 zdharma)
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zplug zinit
8 25
5,666 2,691
0.7% -
0.0 6.5
10 months ago over 2 years ago
Shell C
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.

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 2021-11-01.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]

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.

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

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

zplugin - Plugin manager with clean fpath and reports

antibody - The fastest shell plugin manager.

z.lua - :zap: A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits.

zgenom - A lightweight and fast plugin manager for ZSH

asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

zsh-autosuggestions - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh