GNU Bourne Again SHell Alternatives

GNU Bourne Again SHell is described as '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). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945' and is a very popular Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to GNU Bourne Again SHell for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best GNU Bourne Again SHell alternative is fish, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Bourne Again SHell are Zsh, Perl, Nu Shell and IPython.

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  1. win-bash icon
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    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 derived systems. win-bash can be used as a input shell as well as an inte.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  2. Xiki icon
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    Xiki makes the command line friendlier and more powerful. Xiki Shell (xsh) lets you use Xiki from command line, in a way that augments your current favorite shell (bash or zsh).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. Janetsh icon
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    A new system shell that uses the Janet Language for high level scripting while also supporting the things we love about sh. Minimal knowledge of janet is required for basic shell usage, but as you become more familiar with janet, your shell...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. RazzShell icon
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    RazzShell is a Unix shell built with customization in mind, offering command alias support, colorful output, and environment variable handling. Developed in C, it’s designed for Unix/Linux systems and licensed under the MIT license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Kali Linux
     
  5.  Like
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    Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
    • KtSh is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to GNU Bourne Again SHell.

    • KtSh is Free and Open SourceGNU Bourne Again SHell is also Free and Open Source
  6. Closh icon
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    Closh combines the best of traditional unix shells with the power of Clojure. It aims to be a modern alternative to bash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. nsh icon
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    A command-line shell like fish, complete with tab completion and syntax highlighting, but also POSIX compatibility. Made with Rust, featuring built-in zero configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. rc - a shell icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  9. Ergonomica icon
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    Ergonomica is a cross-platform shell language, implemented in Python. Ergonomica aims to modernize the terminal, in an easily-extensible and usable language, independent of the OS on which it runs. It uses existing core utilities such as the os and shutil packages, as well as...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. sash icon
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    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 of emergencies, you can boot directly into sash and use it as a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  11. eltclsh icon
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    eltclsh (editline tcl shell) is an interactive shell for the TCL programming language. It provides command line editing, history browsing as well as variables and command completion thanks to editline features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  12. rush icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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