zsh-snap VS antigen

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

zsh-snap

⚡️ Znap! Fast, easy-to-use tools for Zsh dotfiles & plugins, plus git repos (by marlonrichert)
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zsh-snap antigen
7 8
1,236 7,899
- 0.7%
5.4 0.0
11 days ago 2 months ago
Shell Shell
MIT License MIT License
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zsh-snap

Posts with mentions or reviews of zsh-snap. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-11.
  • Oh-my-zsh without oh-my-zsh?
    11 projects | /r/zsh | 11 May 2023
    Personally I use https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-snap as my plugin manager. You can just reference this baseline template that the author of the plugin manager has made if you want a sample config:
  • Current state of plugin managers
    12 projects | /r/zsh | 9 Apr 2023
    If you want something a bit different and interesting with a focus on cool features like instant-prompt, zcomet and zsh-snap
  • Why does zsh start so slowly?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Nov 2022
    You can use a plugin manager like https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-snap to cache the output of these commands. Using something like the packages version number as the cache key will ensure that it gets regenerated only once per package update as opposed to every shell launch.
  • What is the best plugin manager in your opinion?
    13 projects | /r/zsh | 5 Jul 2022
    Author of Antidote here. I want to start by saying u/MrMarlon did a great job with znap, and it's a solid choice. zcomet and zgenom are also great. For modern Zsh plugin managers that are actively developed, I'd say these are my top 4 picks.
  • Good resources to learn zsh?
    7 projects | /r/commandline | 21 Nov 2021
  • zsh plugin managers ... a review ...
    8 projects | /r/zsh | 1 Aug 2021
    # Download Znap, if it's not there yet. [[ -f ~/Git/zsh-snap/znap.zsh ]] || git clone https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-snap.git ~/Git/zsh-snap source ~/Git/zsh-snap/znap.zsh # Start Znap znap prompt sindresorhus/pure # Go to prompt in just 15 to 40 ms! # Finish the rest of your .zshrc in the background. znap source zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions znap source zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting znap source marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete # Cache any script you like from the interwebs: znap eval iterm2 'curl -fsSL https://iterm2.com/shell_integration/zsh'
  • How good are Manjaro's default settings for zsh?
    3 projects | /r/zsh | 1 Aug 2021
    If you haven’t actually used Zinit yet, have a look at Znap instead. It’s just as fast, but has a much simpler syntax that is very close to native Zsh.

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-snap and antigen you can also consider the following projects:

oh-my-zsh - 🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 1700+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes nearly 300 optional plugins (rails, git, OSX, hub, capistrano, brew, ant, php, python, etc), over 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. [Moved to: https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh]

zgenom - A lightweight and fast plugin manager for ZSH

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

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

mcfly - Fly through your shell history. Great Scott!

zpm - Zpm— Zsh Plugin Manager

zsh4humans - A turnkey configuration for Zsh

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

prezto - The configuration framework for Zsh

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.