zsh-background-notify VS z

Compare zsh-background-notify vs z and see what are their differences.

zsh-background-notify

cross-platform background notifications for long running commands! (by t413)
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zsh-background-notify z
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zsh-background-notify

Posts with mentions or reviews of zsh-background-notify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-04.

z

Posts with mentions or reviews of z. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-17.
  • Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2024
    - Visidata

    - z (https://github.com/rupa/z)

    - fzf

    - vim

    - Fastmail

    - WireGuard

    - draw.io

    - PowerShell (it’s difficult to overstate how much PS has improved Windows system administration)

    - Microsoft PowerToys

    - WSL (alternating joy and extreme frustration)

    - Home Assistant

    - Airfoil

  • Z – Jump Around
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2024
  • Cdpath: Easily Navigate Directories in the Terminal
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2023
    For even more power use z

    https://github.com/rupa/z

  • Ask HN: Share a shell script you like
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2023
    - quickly jump to recent directory: https://github.com/rupa/z - however I find it kinda annoying it seems to forget/ignore(?) directories, anyone know of a better version of this?

    - quickly opening my personal wiki: https://github.com/francium/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/.local/...

    - re-run a script when a file changes: https://github.com/francium/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/.local/...

    For `while-watchdo` you, you run it like `while-watchdo "echo hi"`, then in my editor, I have a custom shortcut that does `touch .watchfile` causing the command, in this case `echo hi` to run. I prefer this to tools that retrigger commands as soon as you save _any_ file. Also works in docker containers, edit a file on host, command runs in a container.

  • Use Linux they said
    3 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 2 Jun 2023
    2) Well friend, this is where you can have the best of both of worlds. You can just open the file explorer via the CLI. Typically you'll have the xdg-open command that opens the directory in your default file browser. I have that aliased to xdgo. So you can navigate quickly to where you need to be, and then open it visually with xdgo . . There's also other really convenient navigation tools like z (https://github.com/rupa/z) that I can't imagine going without anymore.
  • Describe your Personal Development Environment
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 14 Mar 2023
    I would like to know how you use the terminal and nvim in your daily workflow. Here is mine: I have a shortcut (with raycast) to open alacritty full screen from anywhere. I open alacritty and start the tmux (create work and personal sessions). Then using z navigate to the desired project. Next, I have a bash script pde that opens nvim, and 2 terminal splits below. Nvim opens with alpha-nvim (startify theme). For file explorer I use lir.nvim. Fuzzy finding using fzf-lua. I have harpoon but don't use it very often, instead, I manage buffers with fzf-lua and vim-bbye. When working on multiple files I usually have 2-4 vsplits. I do git stuff mostly using vim-fugitive (gv.vim, resetting hunks with gitsigns.nvim), occasionally git commands from another tmux window. I use auto-save.nvim. My most used command is :F (lsp.bug.format). For movements I use Ctrl+D/U/O/I/, sometimes relative line jumping. Other often movements [q,]q (quickfix jumps), [d,]d (diagnostics jumps), [c,]c (Gitsigns hunks). Alacritty + Neovim view
  • My favorite bash shortcuts in 2023
    6 projects | dev.to | 13 Mar 2023
    For general filesystem navigation in my terminal, I'm using z command. But for finer control, I am using the following commands.
  • What "nice-to-have" CLI tools do you know?
    33 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 14 Feb 2023
    z
  • bashrc inspiration - your favorit trick
    7 projects | /r/bash | 30 Dec 2022
    Do you know about the program z? https://github.com/rupa/z
  • What “thing” did you discover/create saves you a good amount of time in your work as a developer?
    1 project | /r/webdev | 24 Nov 2022
    https://github.com/rupa/z is an awesome command to teleport to your most used directories. It's really handy to jump from a project to another.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zsh-background-notify and z you can also consider the following projects:

wuzz - Interactive cli tool for HTTP inspection

zoxide - A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

lazygit - simple terminal UI for git commands

autojump - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line

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.

fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

direnv - unclutter your .profile

enhancd - :rocket: A next-generation cd command with your interactive filter

pyenv - Simple Python version management

fasd - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v.

pyenv-virtualenv - a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)

zsh-z - Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features.