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Oh my ZSH with zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autocomplete.md

The article provides instructions for installing and configuring Oh My Zsh with four plugins: zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting, and zsh-autocomplete. It includes commands for installing the plugins via git clone and modifying the `.zshrc` file to enable them. The author also notes that a newer, optimized 2026 version of the guide exists, which uses Zinit and Starship for faster shell startup.

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I’ve written a newer optimized 2026 version of this guide with a faster setup using Zinit + Starship and improved plugin .

This version avoids slow shell startups and works better with modern Zsh setups.

Updated guide: https://gist.github.com/n1snt/2cccc8aa5f7b645a7628d3512c70deb6

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Install ZSH. #

sudo apt install zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh

Install Oh my ZSH. #

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install plugins. #

  • autosuggesions plugin

    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

  • zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin

    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

  • zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting plugin

    git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting

  • zsh-autocomplete plugin

    git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete

Enable plugins by adding them to .zshrc. #

  • Open .zshrc

    nvim ~/.zshrc

  • Find the line which says plugins=(git).

  • Replace that line with plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting fast-syntax-highlighting zsh-autocomplete)

References #

source & further reading
gist.github.com — original article A command file for use with AI coding harness, to automate creation of structured changelog entries. Session 11 Cheat Sheet — Claude Code & the Claude Agent SDK agent-proxy — a zero-dep proxy that shows the bloat in Claude Code's requests (ranked tool table + full readable Markdown of every request)
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