rossmacarthur/sheldon

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1567 stars · 28 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Sheldon is a fast, configurable command-line shell plugin manager written in Rust. Plugins are specified in a TOML config file and it renders an install script via templates, supporting Git/GitHub repos, Gists, remote scripts, local and inline plugins for Bash and Zsh.

Use cases

• manage zsh plugins from github
• fast alternative to oh-my-zsh plugin manager
• install shell plugins from git repositories in parallel
• load plugins in bashrc with one line
• pin plugins to a branch tag or commit
• manage local and inline shell plugins
• configure shell plugin loading with toml

When to choose

• you use Bash or Zsh and want fast parallel plugin installation
• you want declarative TOML configuration and a lockfile for plugins
• you need support for GitHub repos, Gists, remote scripts, and local plugins
• you want a minimal rc file with just eval "$(sheldon source)"

When to avoid

• you use fish or another non-POSIX shell without customization
• you prefer a plugin manager with a large plugin ecosystem or UI out of the box
• you need a framework with themes and preconfigured prompts rather than a manager

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools plugin-system configuration-management developer-tools cli cross-platform shell-plugin-manager zsh bash oh-my-zsh toml-config rust command-line automation linux macos

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