Indeed, gitstatus is one of the reasons Powerlevel10k is faster than all other ZSH themes. It also uses a patched version of libgit2 that is 4 times faster than

Indeed, gitstatus is one of the reasons Powerlevel10k is faster than all other ZSH themes. It also uses a patched version of libgit2 that is 4 times faster than the original. There is some info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/b0suyu/powerlevel10k_the_fastest_zsh_theme_with_git_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/b0suyu/powerlevel10k.... Powerlevel10k also uses advanced ZSH. Explained in https://www.reddit.com/r/zsh/comments/b1xxuj/abusing_zsh_parameter_expansion_for_fun_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/zsh/comments/b1xxuj/abusing_zsh_par.... There is also information on https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/ https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/ that probably didn't exist when you've discovered Powerlevel10k.