Elvish Alternatives

Apps similar to Elvish include PowerShell, which is free and open source. Other options are fish, GNU Bourne Again SHell, Zsh and Nushell. You're spoiled for choice with Shells like Elvish: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and self-hosting.

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Elvish alternatives page was last updated Apr 9, 2025

LibTerm
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LibTerm is a command line interface for iPhone and iPad. Includes what you need for coding C programs!
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
iPhone
iPad
Italy
EU
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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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Shell
Platforms
Mac
Linux
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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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Shell
Platforms
Linux
E
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KtSh
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Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Platforms
Self-Hosted
K
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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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Shell
Platforms
Mac
Linux
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