Coming from conda-zsh-completion

conda-incubator/conda-zsh-completion is a hand-written zsh completion script (~30 KB) that provides extensive completions for conda’s built-in commands.

What changes

	conda-zsh-completion	conda-completion
Shells	zsh only	bash, zsh, PowerShell, fish
Plugin subcommands	Not supported	Automatic
Maintenance model	Hand-maintained	Generated from argparse tree
Package cache	12-hour local cache	Stat-based, instant invalidation

Migration steps

1. Remove conda-zsh-completion

If you installed it as an oh-my-zsh plugin:

# Remove from plugins list in ~/.zshrc:
# plugins=(... conda-zsh-completion ...)
rm -rf ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/conda-zsh-completion

If you added it to $fpath manually, remove those lines from ~/.zshrc.

If you installed it from conda-forge:

conda remove conda-zsh-completion

2. Install conda-completion

conda install -c conda-forge conda-completion

3. Activate

conda completion install

4. Restart your shell

Open a new terminal and test conda <TAB>.

What you gain

• Plugin subcommands come from the generated manifest instead of waiting for the completion script to be manually updated.

• The completion data is generated from your installed conda argparse tree instead of a hand-written snapshot.

• Contextual completions for environment names, task names, and channels from project files.