oh-my-zsh alternatives

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:44:43 -0400

Updated May 2026 — This page has been significantly expanded with current plugin manager versions, reproducible Docker benchmarks, and real-world performance data from zsh-bench (the gold standard for shell latency measurement). The original Antidote recommendation still holds, but there’s a lot more to consider now. All benchmark scripts are available on Forgejo so you can run them yourself.

Background

I’ve been a zsh user for a long time, both on Linux (where it’s not the default) and ~~OS X~~ macOS (where it now is the default).

Antidote on Notes from the Rabbit Hole

oh-my-zsh alternatives

Background