Antigen Alternatives

Antigen is described as 'Small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) plugins, called bundles. The concept is pretty much the same as bundles in a typical vim+pathogen setup. Antigen is to zsh, what Vundle is to vim' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Antigen for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, zsh and Windows apps. The best Antigen alternative is Oh My Posh, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Antigen are Oh My Zsh, Starship, zplug and Zim Framework.

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  1. Oh My Posh icon

    Oh My Posh

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    Oh My Posh is a custom prompt engine for any shell that has the ability to adjust the prompt string with a function or variable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Oh My Zsh icon

    Oh My Zsh

     30 likes

    Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. That sounds boring. Let's try this again.

    9 Oh My Zsh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • zsh
    Oh My Zsh screenshot 1
     
  4. Starship icon

    Starship

     12 likes

    Starship is the minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell! Shows the information you need, while staying sleek and minimal. Quick installation available for Bash, Fish, ZSH, Ion, and Powershell.

    9 Starship alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. zplug icon

    zplug

     2 likes

    A next-generation plugin manager for zsh.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • zsh
     
  6. Zim Framework icon

    Zim Framework

     Like

    The Zsh configuration framework with blazing speed and modular extensions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • zsh
    Zim Framework screenshot 1
     
  7. P

    Prezto

     4 likes

    Prezto is the configuration framework for Zsh; it enriches the command line interface environment with sane defaults, aliases, functions, auto completion, and prompt themes.

    9 Prezto alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • zsh
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  9. Oh My Fish icon

    Oh My Fish

     2 likes

    For use with Fish shell, Oh My Fish provides core infrastructure to allow you to install packages which extend or modify the look of your shell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • fish
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  10. Z

    zgen

     1 like

    A lightweight plugin manager for Zsh inspired by Antigen. Keep your .zshrc clean and simple.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • zsh
     
  11. Bash-it icon

    Bash-it

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    Bash-it is a collection of community Bash commands and scripts for Bash 3.2+. (And a shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
     
  12. Oh My Bash icon

    Oh My Bash

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    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.

    9 Oh My Bash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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