zgen Alternatives

Apps similar to zgen include Oh My Posh, which is free and open source. Other options are Oh My Zsh, Starship, Antigen and zplug. You can choose from more than 10 Shells like zgen for Linux, Mac, Windows and Android.

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zgen alternatives page was last updated Feb 10, 2026

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.
9 Oh My Posh alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Belgium
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Belgium
EU
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Oh My Zsh
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Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. That sounds boring. Let's try this again.
10 Oh My Zsh alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
zsh
Global
Z
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Starship
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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.
10 Starship alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Global
Z
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Antigen
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Antigen is a 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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
zsh
Z
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zplug
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A next-generation plugin manager for zsh.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Japan
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
zsh
Z
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Prezto
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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
Origin
International
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Android
zsh
Global
P
Z
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Oh My Fish
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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
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
fish
United States
Z
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Zim Framework
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The Zsh configuration framework with blazing speed and modular extensions.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
zsh
Z
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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
Z
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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
Z
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