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getantibody/antibody

The fastest shell plugin manager. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/getantibody/antibody · homepage · Go · MIT (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4108
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1559
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1671 stars · 62 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Antibody is a fast shell plugin manager for Zsh, written in Go, that downloads and loads plugins concurrently. It is now officially deprecated in maintenance mode, with antidote suggested as a drop-in replacement.

Use cases

  • manage zsh plugins from my dotfiles
  • speed up my zsh startup time
  • bundle oh-my-zsh plugins without oh-my-zsh
  • install and update shell plugins concurrently
  • find a faster alternative to antigen

When to choose

  • you already have an antibody-based dotfiles setup and just need it to keep working
  • you need a fast, minimal zsh plugin manager and accept it is unmaintained

When to avoid

  • you want a maintained tool - use antidote or another active zsh plugin manager
  • you need new features or bugfixes
  • you use a shell other than zsh

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

developer-tools cli plugin-system developer-tools windows cli cross-platform zsh shell-plugin-manager dotfiles deprecated golang command-line automation linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
getantibody/antibodymain10

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