zsh-syntax-highlighting VS fzf-tab

Compare zsh-syntax-highlighting vs fzf-tab and see what are their differences.

fzf-tab

Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf! (by Aloxaf)
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zsh-syntax-highlighting fzf-tab
72 40
18,884 2,669
1.9% -
5.9 7.4
6 days ago 16 days ago
Shell Shell
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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zsh-syntax-highlighting

Posts with mentions or reviews of zsh-syntax-highlighting. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-08.
  • Setting up a MacBook for development in 2024
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2024
    brew install fzf # for fuzzy find files, commands, etc brew install starship $(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting # syntax highlight for zsh git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions # smart autosuggestions for zsh echo 'eval "$(starship init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
  • Quickest path to a decent zsh setup?
    6 projects | /r/zsh | 5 Dec 2023
    # run this git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ZSH/custom/zsh-syntax-highlighting # add this to your .zshrc plugin=(... zsh-syntax-highlighting)
  • Arch Installation for Beginners
    3 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2023
    $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
  • Configurando Alpine Linux, tmux e neovim no WSL2 - parte 1
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Jun 2023
    sudo git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git echo "source ${(q-)PWD}/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc
  • better than admitting I'm too too lazy to correct the command
    2 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 4 Jun 2023
  • [Question] What are the best plugins for zsh ?
    8 projects | /r/zsh | 28 May 2023
    Two by far the most popular plugins are zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions. They are of high quality and quite useful.
  • Configuração do Windows para desenvolvimento
    7 projects | dev.to | 26 May 2023
    echo "Installing zsh-autosuggestions" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions echo "Installing zsh-syntax-highlighting" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting echo "Installing asdf" git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf
  • Why Oh My ZSH is so cool?
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    Syntax highlighting
  • ZSH + Oh My ZSH! on Windows with WSL
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
  • Wrote a "plugin manager" shell function. Any ideas for improvement?
    5 projects | /r/zsh | 13 Feb 2023
    if (($+commands[git])); then use_plugin() { local root_dir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/zsh/plugins" local plugin_name=${1:t} # grabbing the 5th field works for a Github url, not necessarily for every url. local plugin_dir=$root_dir/${1//[/:]/_} if ! [[ -d $plugin_dir ]] echo $EPOCHSECONDS > $plugin_dir/update_timestamp # don't continue if cloning failed git clone --depth 1 "$1" "$plugin_dir" || return local timestamp read -r timestamp < $plugin_dir/update_timestamp if ((EPOCHSECONDS - timestamp > 864000)); then # don't update timestamp if pull failed git -C $plugin_dir pull && echo $EPOCHSECONDS > $plugin_dr/update_timestamp # Match common source filenames local file for file in ($plugin_name|${plugin_name:l}).(plugin.zsh|zsh|zsh-theme)(N); do source $plugin_dir/$filename && break done } use_plugin 'https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions' use_plugin 'https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting' fi

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zsh-syntax-highlighting and fzf-tab you can also consider the following projects:

fast-syntax-highlighting - (Short name F-Sy-H). Syntax-highlighting for Zshell – fine granularity, number of features and multiple shipped themes.

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

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.

ble.sh - Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions.

zsh-autosuggestions - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

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

bash-completion - Programmable completion functions for bash

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

oh-my-bash - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

powerlevel10k - A Zsh theme

oh-my-fish - The Fish Shell Framework

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