zplug is billed as a next-generation plugin manager for zsh.
This is free and open source software. It’s not actively developed.
Key Features
- Can manage everything:
- Zsh plugins/UNIX commands on GitHub and Bitbucket.
Gist files. - Externally managed plugins e.g., oh-my-zsh and prezto plugins/themes.
- Binary artifacts on GitHub Releases.
- Local plugins.
- etc. (you can add your own sources).
- Zsh plugins/UNIX commands on GitHub and Bitbucket.
- Super-fast parallel installation/update.
- Support for lazy-loading.
- Branch/tag/commit support.
- Post-update, post-load hooks.
- Dependencies between packages.
- Unlike antigen, no ZSH plugin file (*.plugin.zsh) required.
- Interactive interface (fzf, peco, zaw, and so on).
- Cache mechanism for reducing the startup time.
Website: github.com/zplug/zplug
Support:
Developer: Masaki Ishiyama
License: MIT License
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