Zi is billed as a “Swiss Army Knife” for Zsh.
Zsh is an extended Bourne shell with many improvements, including some features of Bash, ksh, and tcsh.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Instant prompt postponing plugins loading to a moment when the processing of .zshrc file is finished.
- Statistics about the plugins, describing what functions, bindkeys, completions, and other elements a plugin has set up.
- Supports Oh-My-Zsh and Prezto – not framework-specific. Produce your plugins, libraries, and themes effortlessly.
Website: wiki.zshell.dev
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Salvydas Lukosius & Z-Shell ZI Community
License: MIT License
Related Software
| Zsh Configuration Frameworks | |
|---|---|
| Oh My Zsh | Hugely popular community-driven framework |
| Oh My Posh | Prompt theme engine for any shell |
| Prezto | Enrichs the command line interface environment |
| Zim | Useful modules, themes, and customizability |
| Znap | Easy-to-use tools for Zsh |
| Zi | Swiss Army Knife for Zsh |
| slimzsh | Small, usable configuration for Zsh |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
| Zsh Plugin Managers | |
|---|---|
| zplug | Plugin manager |
| Zinit | Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager |
| Antidote | Zsh implementation of the legacy Antibody plugin manager |
| Zi | Swiss Army Knife for Zsh |
| sheldon | Fast, configurable shell plugin manager |
| ZSH Quickstart Kit | Lightweight and fast plugin manager for Zsh |
| zgenom | Simple ZSH quickstart for using ZSH, zgenom, oh-my-zsh, and more |
| Zap | Minimal zsh plugin manager |
| Zpm | Combines the imperative and declarative approach |
| Antigen | Small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) plugins |
| zgen | Lightweight plugin manager for Zsh |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
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