**Fisherman** is a blazing [fast](#performance), modern plugin manager for [Fish](http://fishshell.com/).
**Fisherman** is a blazing [fast](#performance), modern plugin manager for [Fish](http://fishshell.com/).
Features include a flat tree dependency model, external self-managed database, cache mechanism, great test coverage and compatibility with Tackle, Oh My Fish! and Wahoo themes and plugins.
Features include a flat tree dependency model, external self-managed database, cache mechanism, great test coverage and compatibility with Tackle, Oh My Fish! and Wahoo themes and plugins.
The following benchmarks were calculated using a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro running on Flash Storage.
The following benchmarks were calculated using a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro running on Flash Storage. See [Performance][performance] to learn more.
```fish
```fish
time -p fish -ic exit
time -p fish -ic exit
```
```
Fisherman runs virtually no initialization code making it as fast as no Fisherman. [Fundle][fundle] performs well, but still [runs][fundle-slow] cumbersome startup code. Oh My Fish! has by far the worst performance at `0.21s`.
Fisherman runs virtually no initialization code making it as fast as no Fisherman. Fundle performs well, but still [runs][fundle] cumbersome startup code. Oh My Fish! has the worst performance at `0.21s`.
To learn more about these benchmarks, see [Performance][performance].