zsh-quickstart-kit VS antigen

Compare zsh-quickstart-kit vs antigen and see what are their differences.

zsh-quickstart-kit

A simple ZSH quickstart for using ZSH, zgenom, oh-my-zsh and a curated list of extra plugins. It is designed to be easy to customize without requiring you to maintain your own fork. (by unixorn)
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zsh-quickstart-kit antigen
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738 7,891
- 0.6%
6.2 0.0
9 days ago 2 months ago
Shell Shell
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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zsh-quickstart-kit

Posts with mentions or reviews of zsh-quickstart-kit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-29.
  • Distros similar to Garuda
    2 projects | /r/FindMeADistro | 29 May 2023
    I am unaware of any distro that applies the first three elements (or something similar) that would NOT be considered bloated. Therefore I'll abstain from suggesting any. Instead, I suggest to configure it yourself by simply installing fish, bat and fzf; after which they are configured to work as desired. This can be applied on most distros. For whatever it's worth, if you're lazy like me, perhaps consider the excellently maintained ZSH Quickstart Kit. It utilized Zsh instead of Fish, but perhaps it might be to your liking.
  • zsh plugin managers ... a review ...
    8 projects | /r/zsh | 1 Aug 2021
    It switched around nine months ago. https://github.com/unixorn/zsh-quickstart-kit/pull/88

antigen

Posts with mentions or reviews of antigen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-09.
  • Current state of plugin managers
    12 projects | /r/zsh | 9 Apr 2023
    If you liked legacy antigen or antibody, and want something lightning fast, I recommend antidote (obviously, I'm biased here)
  • how do you get the most out of Linux?
    8 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 9 Apr 2022
    If you're into this sort of thing, antigen is a package manager for zsh plugins. I really like fzf-tab (I personally only activate fzf on a double-tab, I found it got in the way a bit as the default).
  • Would like some help with user items
    3 projects | /r/ansible | 24 Dec 2021
    roles: - role: gantsign.antigen antigen_version: '2.0.2' antigen_redis_sha256sum: 'f47ec933b32c578abe8cb39b24e0ddd114ef5cc01b3c05bcb634859ead31493f' antigen_download_dir: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default(ansible_env.HOME + '/.ansible/tmp/downloads') }}" antigen_redis_mirror: 'https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen/releases/download/v{{ antigen_version }}' antigen_install_oh_my_zsh: yes users: - username: username antigen_libraries: - name: oh-my-zsh antigen_theme: name: agnoster antigen_bundles: # Bundles from the default repo (robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh). - name: git - name: docker - name: docker-compose - name: command-not-found # Syntax highlighting bundle. - name: zsh-syntax-highlighting url: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting - name: zsh-autosuggestions url: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
  • A modern, ergonomic Unix shell configuration with Fish
    11 projects | dev.to | 21 Nov 2021
    At some point, perhaps ~10 years ago, I was introduced to ZSH with the venerable Oh My ZSH framework. For me, this was a huge awakening because it taught me about how much shell improvements can impact your life. I gradually evolved my ZSH setup to use package managers like antigen and began to invest more in creature comforts.
  • Jog: Print the last 10 commands you ran in the current directory
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Nov 2021
    I like the symplicity.

    Have you thought about bundling it up so it can be installed with antigen or oh-my-zsh[0]

    [0] https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen/wiki/Development#notes-...

  • zsh plugin managers ... a review ...
    8 projects | /r/zsh | 1 Aug 2021
  • Problem Changing ZSH Theme.
    1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 8 Jul 2021
    You might want to look at antigen
  • Setting up ZSH in Docker
    1 project | dev.to | 16 Apr 2021
    After that, we install the dependencies for ZSH and then download Antigen (used for managing ZSH plugins) from GitHub.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zsh-quickstart-kit and antigen you can also consider the following projects:

zsh4humans - A turnkey configuration for Zsh

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

xxh - 🚀 Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh. Xonsh shell, fish, zsh, osquery and so on.

zgenom - A lightweight and fast plugin manager for ZSH

zpm - Zpm— Zsh Plugin Manager

fzf-tab - Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!

zsh-autopair - Auto-close and delete matching delimiters in zsh

mcfly - Fly through your shell history. Great Scott!

zsh-in-docker - Install Zsh, Oh-My-Zsh and plugins inside a Docker container with one line!