Try https://starship.rs then. Starship gives you the same "drop in and go" experience but without the 200ms+ prompt lag. One curl -> one line in your rc file, works on zsh/bash/fish/whatever.

Configuration is straightforward and easy imo: https://starship.rs/config/

Give it a spin, I think you won't regret it.

FWIW if you're on a machine where you're allowed to use non-default configs like oh-my-zsh, you could also just copy over your own custom config. It seems like you're implying the alternative to using oh-my-zsh is to rewrite your config from scratch every time or use the default. It doesn't quite add up to me. If you craft a config file of your liking one time, then back it up somewhere, track it with git, whatever, you can keep making use of that config across other machines. I just set up a new personal machine recently, grabbed my dotfiles, now it's the same familiar feeling as my other machine.

Hmm, weren't dotfiles invented just for that reason?

I'm joking but on a more serious note, installing a shell as a default shell seems more complicated than copying over your .bashrc

I stopped using Oh My Zsh for exactly one reason too: It was so freaking slow it had a noticeable effect on my shell and my mood. It frustrated me that I had to stop and wait every time I opened a tab.

So I removed it, then continued using Zsh and whenever I missed something from before I looked up what it was and installed the plugin easily with Homebrew. The whole process took under an hour. I realised I only needed two or three plugins.

Now my shell is fast, without unnecessary bloat, and does what I need. I’m much more productive and happier, and at the end of the day I don’t really see what’s more important than that (within the scope of the conversation).

Yeah but you can use something like zim that is better than omz but still easy. The shell starts so fast with zim and it is a breeze to set up

> I could spend hours figuring out all those things,

This post is explaining how to set up those things. Less than five minutes to read.

You really only have to go through that once and it's a good learning experience.

I just use fish shell. Way easier.

https://fishshell.com/

I've spent few days and got some basic zsh settings adjust for me. Since then I'm mostly using zsh with very little configuration and I like it a lot. Yes, it's a steep curve, but I'm spending all my life in zsh, so I think that was good time investment for me. In my experience default zsh settings are good enough and require very little customization.

just install fish then

One man’s bloat is another man’s feature.