es Alternatives

es is described as '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' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to es for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Cygwin apps. The best es alternative is fish, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like es are GNU Bourne Again SHell, Zsh, Nu Shell and Elk Shell.

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  1. 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
     
  2. 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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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. fshell icon
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    fshell is the Symbian equivalent of bash + telnet + a posix-like set of command-line tools. In other words it's a console framework for Symbian OS with support for remote connections and a suite of tools for debugging the device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Symbian S60
     
  4. Elvish icon
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    Elvish is a friendly and expressive shell for UN*X systems including Linux, macOS and BSDs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Oil icon
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    Oil is a new Unix shell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  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. OverOS icon
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    Simple shell/TUI written completely in c++ containing a basic "kernel", command support, and the ability to run a KAutoRun application upon boot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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
     
  9. LibTerm icon
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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

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • LibTerm is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to es.

    • LibTerm is Free and Open Sourcees is also Free and Open Source
  10.  Like
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    A statically typed scripting language with shell-like features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  11. 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
     
  12. Murex icon
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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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