Sheldon

sheldon Plugin

Fast, configurable shell plugin manager for zsh and bash. Manage Git repositories, remote scripts, and local directories as shell plugins using a TOML config file.

Commands

Configuration

• sheldon config init — Initialize a new plugins.toml config file
• sheldon config edit — Open config in the default editor

Plugin Management

• sheldon plugin add — Add a new plugin (GitHub, Git, remote, or local)
• sheldon plugin remove — Remove a plugin
• sheldon plugin lock — Install sources and generate lock file
• sheldon plugin source — Generate and output shell source script

Utility

• sheldon _ _ — Passthrough to sheldon CLI

Usage Examples

• "Initialize sheldon for zsh"
• "Add the base16-shell plugin from GitHub"
• "Generate the plugin source script"
• "Lock and install all plugins"

Installation

brew install sheldon

Or via Cargo:

cargo install sheldon

Or via the install script:

curl --proto '=https' -fLsS https://rossmacarthur.github.io/install/crate.sh | bash -s -- --repo rossmacarthur/sheldon --to ~/.local/bin

Quick Start

# Initialize for zsh
sheldon config init --shell zsh

# Add a plugin from GitHub
sheldon plugin add base16 --github chriskempson/base16-shell

# Generate source and add to ~/.zshrc
# eval "$(sheldon source)"

Examples

# Initialize sheldon for bash
sheldon config init --shell bash

# Add a GitHub plugin with a specific tag
sheldon plugin add zsh-autosuggestions --github zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions --tag v0.7.0

# Add a Git plugin from any URL
sheldon plugin add my-plugin --git https://github.com/owner/repo.git

# Lock and install all plugin sources
sheldon plugin lock --update

# Generate shell source script
sheldon plugin source

# Remove a plugin
sheldon plugin remove base16

# Passthrough: show version
sheldon _ _ --version

# Passthrough: show help
sheldon _ _ --help

Key Features

• Git sources — Clone plugins from GitHub, Gists, or any Git URL
• Remote sources — Download single-file plugins from URLs
• Local sources — Reference local directories as plugins
• TOML config — Clean, readable plugin configuration
• Template system — Customizable shell script generation per plugin
• Profiles — Load different plugins based on context
• Parallel installs — Fast plugin downloading and lock file generation
• Shell agnostic — Works with zsh, bash, and fish