KornShell Alternatives and Similar Apps

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BASH

Open Source |
Linux

Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh)....

command-line, shell, terminal, unix, bash, interpreter
+1 more tty
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zsh

Open Source |
Linux

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of...

command-line, shell
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busybox

Open Source |
Mac, Android, Linux

Busybox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable. It runs in a variety of POSIX environments such as Linux, Android, FreeBSD and others. It was specifically...

OS & Utilities system-utilities, init, linux-kernel
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fish

Open Source |
Mac, Linux

fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.

command-line, shell
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ridiculousfish's fish-shell

Open Source |
Mac, Linux

Finally, a command line shell for the 90s. The new fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and the rest of the family. With autosuggestions, VGA color, man-page completions, web...

OS & Utilities command-line, shell, terminal, unix
+5 more terminal-emulator, bash, interpreter, tty, shell-interface
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win-bash

Open Source |
Windows

win-bash is a Windows port of the famous GNU bash (see GNU Bash homepage). The goal of the win-bash project is to finish the port to Windows and provide a full functional bash.exe binary for windows nt and...

OS & Utilities command-line, shell, unix, terminal-emulator, bash
+1 more interpreter
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dash

Open Source by Herbert Xu |
Linux

DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU...

command-line, shell, terminal, unix, bash, interpreter
+1 more tty
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sash

Open Source |
Linux

a stand-alone shell with many built-in commands. The built in commands of sash have all libraries linked statically, so unlike most shells, the standard UNIX commands do not rely on external libraries. In case...

command-line, shell, unix, terminal, bash, interpreter
+2 more tty, system-recovery
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rc - a shell

Open Source by Byron Rakitzis |
Linux

This is a reimplementation for Unix, by Byron Rakitzis, of the Plan 9 shell. rc offers much the same capabilities as a traditional Bourne shell, but with a much cleaner syntax.

command-line, shell, plan9
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rush

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

rush is a replacement for the unix shell (bash, zsh, etc) which uses pure Ruby syntax. Grep through files, find and kill processes, copy files - everything you do in the shell, now in Ruby.

command-line, shell