Elvish Alternatives

Elvish is described as 'Friendly and expressive shell for UN*X systems including Linux, macOS and BSDs' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Elvish for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Cygwin apps. The best Elvish alternative is PowerShell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Elvish are fish, GNU Bourne Again SHell, Zsh and Nu Shell.

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Elvish is a friendly and expressive shell for UN*X systems including Linux, macOS and BSDs.

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Elvish alternatives page was last updated Apr 9, 2025
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  1. nsh icon

    nsh

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    nsh screenshot 1

    nsh Features

    1.  Command line interface

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  2. es

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    Es is an extensible shell. The language was derived from the Plan 9 shell, rc, and was influenced by functional programming languages, such as Scheme, and the Tcl embeddable programming language.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    es Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Works Offline

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  4. KtSh

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    Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    KtSh Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Support for scripting

    KtSh VS Elvish

     

    • KtSh is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Elvish.

    • KtSh is Free and Open SourceElvish is also Free and Open Source
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    Murex

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    Murex is a shell, like bash / zsh / fish / etc however Murex supports an enhanced UX and support for additional type information in pipelines, which can be used for complex data formats like JSON or tables.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    JSON wrangling

    Murex Features

    1.  Repl

    Murex VS Elvish

     
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