Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your [zsh](http://www.zsh.org/) configuration. That sounds boring. Let's try this again.
__Oh My Zsh is a way of life!__ Once installed, your terminal prompt will become the talk of the town _or your money back!_ Each time you interface with your command prompt, you'll be able take advantage of the hundreds of bundled plugins and pretty themes. Strangers will come up to you in cafés and ask you, _"that is amazing. are you some sort of genius?"_ Finally, you'll begin to get the sort of attention that you always felt that you deserved. ...or maybe you'll just use the time that you saved to start flossing more often.
__Oh My Zsh is a way of life!__ Once installed, your terminal prompt will become the talk of the town _or your money back!_ Each time you interact with your command prompt, you'll be able take advantage of the hundreds of bundled plugins and pretty themes. Strangers will come up to you in cafés and ask you, _"that is amazing. are you some sort of genius?"_ Finally, you'll begin to get the sort of attention that you always felt that you deserved. ...or maybe you'll just use the time that you saved to start flossing more often.
To learn more, visit http://ohmyz.sh and/or follow [ohmyzsh](https://twitter.com/ohmyzsh) on twitter.
To learn more, visit http://ohmyz.sh and/or follow [ohmyzsh](https://twitter.com/ohmyzsh) on Twitter.
## Getting Started
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For example, this line might begin to look like...
`plugins=(git bundler osx rake ruby)`
```shell
plugins=(git bundler osx rake ruby)
```
#### Using Plugins
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### Themes
We'll admit it. Early in the Oh My Zsh world... we may have gotten far too theme happy. We have over one hundred themes now bundled. Most of them have [screenshots](https://wiki.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/themes) on the wiki. Check them out!
We'll admit it. Early in the Oh My Zsh world, we may have gotten a bit too theme happy. We have over one hundred themes now bundled. Most of them have [screenshots](https://wiki.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/themes) on the wiki. Check them out!
#### Selecting a Theme
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Once you find a theme that you want to use, you will need to edit the `~/.zshrc` file. You'll see an environment variable (all caps) in there that looks like:
`ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"`
```shell
ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
```
To use a different theme, simple change the value to match the name of your desired theme. For example:
`ZSH_THEME="agnoster"` (this is one of the fancy ones)
```shell
ZSH_THEME="agnoster"# (this is one of the fancy ones)
```
Open up a new terminal window and your prompt should look something like...
In case you did not find a suitable theme for your needs, please have a look at the wiki for [more themes](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/External-themes).
In case you did not find a suitable theme for your needs, please have a look at the wiki for [more of them](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/External-themes).
## Advanced Topics
If you're the type that likes to get their hands dirty... these sections might resonate.
If you're the type that likes to get their hands dirty, these sections might resonate.
### Advanced Installation
For those who want to install this manually and/or set custom paths.
Some users may want to change the default path, or manually install Oh My Zsh.
#### Custom Directory
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If you'd like to change the install directory with the `ZSH` environment variable, either by running `export ZSH=/your/path` before installing, or by setting it before the end of the install pipeline like this:
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If you want to override any of the default behaviors, just add a new file (ending in `.zsh`) in the `custom/` directory.
If you have many functions that go well together, you can put them as a `abcyzeae.plugin.zsh` file in the `custom/plugins/` directory and then enable this plugin.
If you have many functions that go well together, you can put them as a `XYZ.plugin.zsh` file in the `custom/plugins/` directory and then enable this plugin.
If you would like to override the functionality of a plugin distributed with Oh My Zsh, create a plugin of the same name in the `custom/plugins/` directory and it will be loaded instead of the one in `plugins/`.
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By default, you will be prompted to check for upgrades every few weeks. If you would like `oh-my-zsh` to automatically upgrade itself without prompting you, set the following in your `~/.zshrc`:
`DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT=true`
```shell
DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT=true
```
To disable automatic upgrades, set the following in your `~/.zshrc`:
`DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE=true`
```shell
DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE=true
```
### Manual Updates
If you'd like to upgrade at any point in time (maybe someone just released a new plugin and you don't want to wait a week?)... you just need to run:
If you'd like to upgrade at any point in time (maybe someone just released a new plugin and you don't want to wait a week?) you just need to run:
`upgrade_oh_my_zsh`
```shell
upgrade_oh_my_zsh
```
Magic!
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We also need people to test out pull-requests. So take a look through [the open issues](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues) and help where you can.
### Do NOT Send Us Themes
### Do NOT send us themes
We have (more than) enough themes for the time being. Please add your theme to the [external themes](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/External-themes) wiki page.
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## Follow Us
We have an [ohmyzsh](https://twitter.com/ohmyzsh) account. You should follow it.
We have an [@ohmyzsh](https://twitter.com/ohmyzsh)Twitter account. You should follow it.
## Merchandise
We have [stickers](http://shop.planetargon.com/products/ohmyzsh-stickers-set-of-3-stickers) and [shirts](http://shop.planetargon.com/products/ohmyzsh-t-shirts) for you to show off your love of Oh My Zsh. Again, this will help you become the talk of the town!
## LICENSE
## License
Oh My Zsh is released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE.txt).
