You're correct: omz adds not a lot to vanilla zsh.
It consists of: - collection of plugins/themes - auto update - way to customize them
Everything could be done directly in .zshrc, it's just a bit more convinient
It consists of: - collection of plugins/themes - auto update - way to customize them
Everything could be done directly in .zshrc, it's just a bit more convinient
I have to admit that I don't find it more convenient.
It takes an ecosystem where things have a way of working, and establishes new conventions on top of those using a new set of environment variables. So if you know zsh, you don't know oh-my-zsh.
A vanilla zsh will feel very bare.
A vanilla oh-my-zsh will feel very feature rich.
If you end up configuring zsh anyways, I don't see the point at all.