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Indeed. oh-my-zsh is a good way to end up with a shell you don't understand and is slow as hell.



Prezto is lighter, faster and simpler than omz, I'm a huge fan

https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto


I am also a friend of a self-configured shell. But projects like oh-my-zsh and Prezto are great to get some inspiration. I learned alot by browsing through their code.




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