# getantibody/antibody

The fastest shell plugin manager.

Repository: https://github.com/getantibody/antibody
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/antibody
Homepage: http://getantibody.github.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dotfiles, golang, antibody, zsh
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-05-27T16:22:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4108, "days_push": 1559, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1671, forks 62 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:20.139390+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, cli, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: zsh, shell-plugin-manager, dotfiles, deprecated, golang, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- getantibody/antibody (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.139390+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:42:40.912775+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/getantibody/antibody (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.139390+00:00, sha 8da06f9c55f3)
  - homepage: http://getantibody.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:15:44.307761+00:00, sha 5246521b1f0d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.