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powerlevel10k

brew install powerlevel10k v1.20.0 MIT

Fast, customizable Zsh theme with interactive configuration wizard and instant prompt display.

Why you might care

Powerlevel10k prioritizes speed and visual customization for Zsh shells, offering an interactive setup wizard for instant configuration. It's a drop-in replacement for Powerlevel9k with better performance. Note: the project has limited active support and most bugs go unfixed.

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GitHub topics

zsh

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Caveats

To activate this theme, add the following at the end of your .zshrc:

  source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme

You will also need to restart your terminal for this change to take effect.

Blurb generated by claude-haiku-4-5 on 2mo ago.

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