When comparing Zplug vs zgen, the Slant community recommends zgen for most people. In the question“What are the best ZSH configuration frameworks?” zgen is ranked 7th while Zplug is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose zgen is:
Loading plugins can be done with a simple command. A git url can be specified to load plugins without any manual configuration or setup. Packages and themes from other plugin managers can be loaded from zgen without the entire plugin manager being installed.
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Pros
Pro Easy to use
Loading plugins can be done with a simple command. A git url can be specified to load plugins without any manual configuration or setup. Packages and themes from other plugin managers can be loaded from zgen without the entire plugin manager being installed.
Pro Clean .zshrc
zgen uses an init.zsh to load plugins which means basic load commands can be used in a zshrc making it easy to manage.
Pro Fast startup
zgen has a very fast startup if configured properly compared to oh-my-zsh.
Cons
Con Reset required after plugin update
Because an init.zsh is used, if you load more plugins you must run zgen reset to reset the init.zsh. This can be done automatically in a .zshrc with the zgen saved variable.