# zplug/zplug

A next-generation plugin manager for zsh — manage plugins, commands, and themes from GitHub, Bitbucket, oh-my-zsh, prezto, and more with parallel installation and lazy loading.

Repository: https://github.com/zplug/zplug
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zplug
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: zplug, zsh
Last push: 2026-03-04T09:40:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3938, "days_push": 182, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6050, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.636825+00:00)

## What it is
zplug is a next-generation plugin manager for zsh that manages plugins, commands, and themes from GitHub, Bitbucket, Gist, oh-my-zsh, prezto, and local sources. It offers parallel installation, lazy loading, branch/tag locking, dependency handling, and caching to reduce shell startup time.

## Use cases
- manage zsh plugins from github and bitbucket
- speed up zsh startup time with lazy loading
- install oh-my-zsh and prezto plugins in one place
- manage unix commands as shell packages
- lock plugins to a branch tag or commit
- parallel install and update of shell plugins

## When to choose
- you use zsh and want a fast, flexible plugin manager
- you need to manage plugins from multiple sources including oh-my-zsh and prezto
- you want lazy loading and caching to keep shell startup fast
- you need branch/tag/commit pinning and post-load hooks

## When to avoid
- you use bash or fish rather than zsh
- you prefer a simpler manager like oh-my-zsh's built-in plugin loading
- your environment only has mawk, which is unsupported

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: zsh, shell-plugins, plugin-manager, dotfiles, lazy-loading, command-line, automation, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- zplug/zplug (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.636825+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 2026-08-29T17:48:56.266599+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zplug/zplug (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.636825+00:00, sha 66fe9004d064)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.