antigen

Load oh-my-zsh framework

$ antigen use oh-my-zsh

$ antigen bundle [git]

$ antigen bundle [zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions]

$ antigen theme [robbyrussell]

$ antigen apply

$ antigen update

$ antigen list

$ antigen reset

antigen command [arguments]

Antigen is a plugin manager for zsh, inspired by Vundle for vim and Pathogen. It simplifies managing shell plugins (called bundles) by handling installation, loading, and updates automatically.
Bundles can be loaded from oh-my-zsh, prezto, or any Git repository. The typical workflow involves sourcing antigen.zsh, declaring bundles with antigen bundle, optionally loading a theme, and calling antigen apply to activate everything.
Example .zshrc configuration:

$ source ~/antigen.zsh
antigen use oh-my-zsh
antigen bundle git
antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
antigen theme robbyrussell
antigen apply

bundle spec

Install (if needed) and load a plugin; accepts GitHub shorthand (user/repo) or full URLs

Bulk load multiple plugins via heredoc syntax (one per line)

Load a pre-packaged framework like oh-my-zsh or prezto

Load and activate a zsh theme (call after antigen use)

Commit the configuration; must be called at the end of bundle declarations

Update specified bundle or all bundles if no name given

Display currently loaded bundles; --long shows detailed information

Revert all plugins to their state before the last update

Clear the generated cache to reload configuration changes

Update Antigen itself to the latest version

Remove plugins that are no longer loaded in configuration

Remove a specific bundle from the system

Requires zsh version 4.3.11 or higher. Themes from oh-my-zsh may depend on framework functions, so antigen use oh-my-zsh should be called before antigen theme. Updates downloaded via antigen update require opening a new shell to take effect.

Antigen was created by Shrikant Sharat Kandula around 2012 to bring Vundle-style plugin management to zsh. It became one of the first popular zsh plugin managers and helped popularize modular shell configuration. The project continues to be maintained by the zsh-users community on GitHub.

oh-my-zsh(1), zsh(1), zinit(1), zplug(1)