lainiwa
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5 years ago Zsh plugin manager
For now I stick with zinit, as using it as a sort of ports manager. It can fetch binaries along with completions, man pages etc.
Maybe I will move some of it's functionality to guix later, but for now it is the only viable solution for managing this things.
zinit [44k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: Versatile tool, has it's own ports system, thus letting you install non-plugins along with completions and keybindings.
:heavy_check_mark: Somewhat decent documentation (README.md)
:heavy_multiplication_x: Complex
sheldon [2k loc Rust]
:question::question: :heavy_multiplication_x: Not very popular. :heavy_multiplication_x: Rust language. Have to grab a binary.
antibody [0.9k loc Go]
:heavy_check_mark: Simple :heavy_multiplication_x: No ability to tightly integrate zsh settings with code installing non-plugins. :heavy_multiplication_x: Go language. Have to grab a binary.
:star: zpm [650 loc Zsh]
Dotfiles manager/bootstrapper
chezmoi [13.9k loc Go]
stow [2k loc Perl]
yadm [1.5 loc Bash]
homeshick [1.5k loc Bash]
rcm [1k loc Shell (?)]
:star: dotbot [0.7k loc Python]
WM
:star: i3 [24k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: Has a drop-in Wayland-compatible replacement (Sway). X11 will get deprecated sooner or later. :heavy_check_mark: Good docs. :heavy_multiplication_x: Complex. Sway is even bigger. :heavy_multiplication_x: i3status depends on pulseaudio library
bspwm [10.6k loc C]
:heavy_multiplication_x: Requires sxhkd (additional 3.5k loc C)
herbstluftwm [11k loc C++]
spectrwm [11.7 loc C]
dwm [1.8k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: Very (overly) simple. :heavy_multiplication_x: Patching is PITA.
Picker
Seems like only fzf has decent environment & tools built around it.
:star: fzf [10k loc Go]
:heavy_check_mark: Many tools integrating this (and only this). :heavy_multiplication_x: Very complex for such simple task :heavy_multiplication_x: Go language. Have to grab a binary.
fzy [2k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: Has some tools integrating this. :heavy_multiplication_x: Still complex
pick [1.1k loc C]
:heavy_multiplication_x: No tools integrated
slmenu [0.6k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: Somewhat simple :heavy_multiplication_x: No tools integrated :heavy_multiplication_x: Not fuzzy
Terminal emulator
These two emulator seem to be most viable. St is better but source-code-as-a-config doesn't fit my workflow.
:star: urxvt [40k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: Extendable with Perl plugins :heavy_multiplication_x: Complex. Relies on Perl
st [4k loc C]
:heavy_check_mark: simplest out there :heavy_check_mark: correct. Passes UTF-8 test :heavy_multiplication_x: Having terminal multiplexer is essential. :heavy_multiplication_x: Settings in source code.
Shell
bash [107k loc C]
:star: zsh [102k loc C]
mksh [19k loc C]
rc [6.5k loc C]
File Manager
The one thing I think file manager is useful for is picking files based on preview of their contents. For now only ranger has this functionality.
Thoughts on features vs minimalism.