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Discussion on: Am I the only one frustrated with oh-my-zsh?

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Heiker • Edited

You're not alone. There is plenty of people that don't use oh-my-zsh, myself included.

If you're looking for resources I recommend checking the awesome-zsh-plugins repository. It has a lot more than just plugins.

I did used oh-my-zsh when I first started with zsh but after a year or so I notice that I didn't use even half of the features and functions it provides. What I did was dig into the source code of oh-my-zsh and took what I actually found useful and assembled my own config: you can check out the zsh specific config and also the mostly POSIX compliant config.

It's also worth mentioning that plugins can be a good source of information. Sometimes they use builtin features of zsh you don't know they existed. And sometimes they provide aliases that you can use without even installing the plugin.