---
title: "The Only 5 Zsh Plugins You Need"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-only-5-zsh-plugins-you-need-fpolvw5vy
source_url: https://youtu.be/oPBUb-_W2xE
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-11-13T12:35:51.344Z
updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z
tags: ["cli", "productivity", "bash"]
upvotes: 166
comments: 17
language: en
---

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# The Only 5 Zsh Plugins You Need

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 166 upvotes · 17 comments

## Summary

Learn about the top 5 zsh plugins that can enhance your CLI experience, including git aliases, auto suggestion, syntax highlighting, shortcut suggestions, and improved output with syntax highlighting.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://youtu.be/oPBUb-_W2xE>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@xxwhiskyjackxx** · 24 upvotes

> Annoyed that this is a video.

**@sirwrexes** · 2 upvotes

> My problem any time people try to sell me Zsh with all the plugins and stuff is that almost every time it's either the same things that you can have in any shell, or things that are native to other (arguably) better shells—I use Fish.
>
> 1. Git "plugin": Just lazy aliases. Do they even provide completion like Fish does when defining a function with `--wraps=<COMMAND>`?
> For comparison: An actual, really good, Git plugin for Fish is Gitnow. It goes beyond simply just renaming commands. That's what plugins should do!
> 2. Auto-suggestions: Native to Fish
> 3. Syntax highlighting: Native to Fish
> 4....

**@jackal** · 0 upvotes

> great post, already changed my terminal to a better view, thanks:D

**@anumessi10** · 0 upvotes

> This was a great share!

**@kon** · 0 upvotes

> or just install fish +starship prompt

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Tags: [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash)

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