zsh-startify

You can also use it in a more minimal configuration, like this:

This is a fancy start screen for zsh. After starting a terminal session, it will:

• Start a tmux server if it's not already running
• Allow you to easily attach to any tmux sessions
• Allow you to easily create new tmux sessions
• Allow you to quickly launch a zsh session, by Ctrl-C'ing or Ctrl-D'ing out of the prompt.

Installation

The recommended installation method is through PyPi:

$ pip3 install zsh-startify
$ echo "zsh-startify" >> ~/.zshrc

But, if you'd like to install it manually:

$ git clone git@github.com:alichtman/zsh-startify.git && cd zsh-startify
$ python3 setup.py install
$ echo "zsh-startify" >> ~/.zshrc

Note: This tool depends on Python 3.6+. You can check what version you have with:

$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.4

Configuration

This tool comes with sensible defaults. No configuration is necessary, however, the following settings may be changed in your ~/.zshrc file:

• ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_FONT
  • This is the Figlet font that the header text will be printed in.
  • Default: univers. Accepts any Figlet font.
• ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_TEXT
  • This string will be printed as the header.
  • Default: zsh. Accepts any string.
• ZSH_STARTIFY_NO_SPLASH
  • Set this environment variable to not print the splash screen.
  • Default: Not set. If set to anything, the splash screen will not be printed.
• ZSH_STARTIFY_NON_INTERACTIVE
  • Set this environment variable to not display the action picking menu.
  • Default: Not set. If set to anything, the interactive menu will not be displayed.

An example of this could be:

export ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_TEXT="custom-header"
export ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_FONT="slant"

My configuration is:

export ZSH_STARTIFY_NO_SPLASH=true
export ZSH_STARTIFY_NON_INTERACTIVE=true

tmuxIntegration

This works best when used with these two tmux plugins:

• tmux-resurrect
• tmux-continuum

Inspiration

I've used vim-startify a lot. I figured it was time for zsh and tmux to have a similar tool.