zoxide Performance Optimization
This guide shows how to tune zoxide for speed: smaller databases, faster startup, and snappy queries.
Database Optimization
Exclude unnecessary directories
Keep noise out of the index:
Benefits:
- Smaller database
- Faster queries
- Lower memory
Clean the database regularly
Limit history
Startup Speed
Lazy initialization (zsh example)
Place init at the end of your rc file
Query Optimization
- Prefer precise keywords:
z my-projectinstead ofz pro - Use the access frequency zoxide learns automatically
Memory Optimization
Performance Testing
Real-World Cases
Many projects
Sysadmin
Team collaboration
Monitoring
Best Practices
- Exclude noisy directories first
- Clean up occasionally
- Limit history if needed
- Keep init near the end of your rc file
- Monitor database size and tweak