The Only 3 Plugins You'll Ever Need For Your Terminal

Maximizing the tools you are already using (or adding new ones) is all we're about!

Before we start we all need to have zsh installed.

What is zsh you ask?

ZSH, also called the Z shell, is an extended version of the Bourne Shell (sh), with plenty of new features, and support for plugins and themes. Since its based on the same shell as Bash, ZSH has many of the same features, and switching over is a breeze.

• Install zsh with brew (Homebrew):

brew install zsh

• Install oh-my-zsh (framework for managing your zsh configuration):

sh -c "$(curl -fsSLhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Hopefully, everything went well and you're seeing this screen now:

Now, the plugins

zsh-autosuggestions

• Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

• Add the plugin to the list of plugins for Oh My Zsh to load (inside ~/.zshrc):

plugins=( # other plugins...zsh-autosuggestions)

• Close the terminal and start a new terminal session, to see the plugin in action

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Some examples:

Before:

After:

1. Clone this repository in oh-my-zsh's plugins directory:
   

   git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

2. Activate the plugin in ~/.zshrc:
   

   plugins=( # other plugins...zsh-autosuggestionszsh-syntax-highlighting)

3. Restart zsh

spaceship-prompt

• Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt.git "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt" --depth=1

• Symlink spaceship.zsh-theme to your oh-my-zsh custom themes directory:

ln -s "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme"

• Set ZSH_THEME="spaceship" in your .zshrc.

That's it! You're all set now