Bullet Train vs Pure
When comparing Bullet Train vs Pure, the Slant community recommends Pure for most people. In the question“What's the best theme for Oh My Zsh?” Pure is ranked 2nd while Bullet Train is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Pure is:
Uses a combination of colors to differentiate between different elements in the prompt. No brackets or unnecessary special characters.
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Pros
Pro Info and prompt on 2 separate rows
Pro Git and Mercurial supported
Pro Working directory name truncated when long
Pro Version info for Python/NodeJS/Ruby/Elixir/Perl
Pro Minimalistic
Uses a combination of colors to differentiate between different elements in the prompt. No brackets or unnecessary special characters.
Pro Very simple and clean + clear
Pro Git integration
Shows which git branch you are currently on and whether the branch is dirty (in that case it shows a *
next to the branch name).
Pro Included in oh-my-zsh
This plugin is included in the base installation.
Cons
Con Can get slow on big Git projects
Con Inflexible
Configuration options are very limited. If the defaults don't work for you, you have to either patch the code or look for a different theme.
Con Requires a custom color scheme to look decent
It looks awful with all builtin color schemes. I couldn't make it look the way it does on the screenshot.
Con Git prompt stops working after some time
Con No number of background processes
You won't see if there are background processes running (or how many).