Migration

Why should I use zplug instead of antigen/zgen?

Well, here's why! zplug...

• can manage everything including...
  • Zsh plugins/UNIX commands on GitHub and Bitbucket
  • Gist file (gist.github.com)
  • Externally managed plugins e.g., oh-my-zsh plugins/themes
  • Binary artifacts on GitHub Releases
  • Local plugins
  • etc.
• has super-fast parallel installation/update
• can specify branch/tag/commit
• allows post-update hooks
• can express dependencies between plugins
• unlike antigen, no ZSH plugin file (*.plugin.zsh) required

• works well with interactive interface (fzf, peco, zaw, and so on)

• has cache mechanism for reducing startup time
• can add plugins from the command line (with completions *wink*) without editing .zshrc

From antigen

antigen	zplug
source ~/.antigen/antigen.zsh	source ~/.zplug/init.zsh
antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting	zplug zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-completions	zplug zsh-users/zsh-completions
antigen apply	zplug load

From zgen

zgen	zplug
source ~/.zgen/zgen.zsh	source ~/.zplug/init.zsh
zgen load zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting	zplug zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
zgen oh-my-zsh zgen oh-my-zsh plugins/git	zplug plugins/git, from:oh-my-zsh
zgen update	zplug update
zgen selfupdate	zplug update --self
zgen reset	zplug clear

From v1

Various changes in tags were made between zplug version 1 and 2, as well as some changes in the subcommands and their options.

Tags

v1	v2
of	use
file	rename-to
commit	Merged into at
(None)	lazy
do	hook-build
(None)	hook-load

Subcommands

v1	v2
zplug clear --force	zplug clear