--- title: Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One | daily.dev description: A detailed walkthrough of a 14-year-evolved Zsh configuration setup, covering file structure organization, plugin management with zgen, and a curated list of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zsh-configuration-and-plugins---part-one-ozauy8jis twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One | daily.dev og:description: A detailed walkthrough of a 14-year-evolved Zsh configuration setup, covering file structure organization, plugin management with zgen, and a curated list of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zsh-configuration-and-plugins---part-one-ozauy8jis og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OZauY8jiS.png og:image:alt: Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One **[Sam McLeod](https://daily.dev/sources/smcleod)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed walkthrough of a 14-year-evolved Zsh configuration setup, covering file structure organization, plugin management with zgen, and a curated list of plugins including fast-syntax-highlighting, zsh-autosuggestions, kubectl completions, and selective oh-my-zsh plugins. The setup is stored in a public git repository and covers bootstrapping for new macOS machines. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Supercharge Your Terminal With Zsh](https://daily.dev/posts/supercharge-your-terminal-with-zsh-idvukriuz) · Callstack Blog · 14 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#shell](https://daily.dev/tags/shell), [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/zsh-configuration-and-plugins---part-one-ozauy8jis) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zsh-configuration-and-plugins---part-one-ozauy8jis","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/zsh-configuration-and-plugins---part-one-ozauy8jis"},"datePublished":"2026-03-31T12:28:50.882Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T12:33:32.459Z","description":"A detailed walkthrough of a 14-year-evolved Zsh configuration setup, covering file structure organization, plugin management with zgen, and a curated list of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Sam McLeod","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Sam McLeod","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---ERPerFg--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774960030/logos/smcleod?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/smcleod"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/zsh-configuration-and-plugins---part-one-ozauy8jis","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"shell,bash","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sam McLeod","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/smcleod"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One"}]} ```