Alternatives to Sheldon
Manage shell plugins from a structured configuration file. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Sheldon
Manage shell plugins from a structured configuration file.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Sheldon.
antidote
A Zsh plugin manager written in Zsh, continuing the legacy Antibody and Antigen plugin managers.
antidote is a Zsh plugin manager written in pure Zsh with a focus on fast startup, but it works only with Zsh.
Oh My Bash
A community framework of themes, plugins, aliases and completions for configuring the Bash shell.
Oh My Bash bundles themes, plugins, aliases and completions in one Bash-only framework with auto-update, instead of loading plugins from a structured configuration file.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Prezto
A configuration framework for Zsh that adds defaults, aliases, functions, completion and prompt themes.
zsh-autosuggestions
A Zsh plugin that suggests commands as you type, based on your shell history.
zsh-syntax-highlighting
A Zsh plugin that highlights commands as you type them, in the style of Fish.
fzf-tab
A Zsh plugin that replaces the default tab-completion selection menu with the fzf fuzzy finder.
Powerlevel10k
Zsh theme with an instant prompt and a guided configuration wizard.
rcm
Manage configuration files with a small set of command-line dotfile tools.
