tarjoilija/zgen
A lightweight and simple plugin manager for ZSH observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 4304
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1869
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1528 stars · 99 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Zgen is a lightweight plugin manager for Zsh, inspired by Antigen, that installs plugins and generates a static init script for fast shell startup. It supports loading oh-my-zsh, Prezto, and arbitrary Git repositories as plugins.
Use cases
- manage zsh plugins with fast shell startup
- install oh-my-zsh plugins declaratively in .zshrc
- load prezto modules
- set up zsh plugins quickly on a new machine
- avoid shell startup lag from plugin managers
- load zsh plugins from arbitrary git repos
When to choose
- you want a fast, minimal zsh plugin manager without runtime overhead
- you use oh-my-zsh or prezto and want simpler loading
- you prefer manual, explicit plugin updates over automatic checks
When to avoid
- you want automatic plugin updates and dynamic plugin management
- you need a plugin manager for bash or fish rather than zsh
- you want an actively developed tool with frequent releases
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
plugin-system developer-tools cli developer-tools cli zsh shell oh-my-zsh prezto dotfiles shell-configuration command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/tarjoilija/zgen · fetched 2026-08-28 · f783610fada2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tarjoilija/zgen | main | 32 |
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