Spaceship vs Powerlevel10k

by romka 5 years ago

GNU/Linux ◆ xterm-256color ◆ zsh 14997 views

This screencast compares the performance of Spaceship Zsh theme to Powerlevel10k. To make the comparison easier, Powerlevel10k is used with configuration options that make its appearance identical to Spaceship.

Setup:

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.
Terminal: GNOME Terminal.
CPU: Intel i9-7900X.
Current directory: vscode repository.

Prompt latency measured with zsh-bench:

Spaceship: 209 ms.
Powerlevel10k: 7.48 ms (28 times faster).

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