KornShell Alternatives

KornShell is described as 'The KornShell language was designed and developed by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It is an interactive command language that provides access to the UNIX system and to many other systems, on the many different computers and workstations on which it is implemented' and is a Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to KornShell for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and iPad apps. The best KornShell alternative is fish, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like KornShell are GNU Bourne Again SHell, Zsh, Nu Shell and Elk Shell.

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The KornShell language was designed and developed by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It is an interactive...

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KornShell alternatives page was last updated Apr 9, 2025
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  1. Elvish icon
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    Elvish is a friendly and expressive shell for UN*X systems including Linux, macOS and BSDs.

    28 Elvish alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Elvish Features

    1.  Command line interface

    Elvish VS KornShell

     
  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...

    25 Ergonomica alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    Latest commit/change is from Jan. 2021, with last tagged realease in 2017, and documentation site has been offline/404'd since 2021.

    Ergonomica VS KornShell

     
  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.

    27 fshell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Symbian S60

    fshell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Interpreter

    fshell VS KornShell

     
  4. 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...

    29 Janetsh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Janetsh VS KornShell

     
  5. 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.

    29 Closh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Closh Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Clojure

    Closh VS KornShell

     
  6. Oil icon
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    Oil is a new Unix shell.

    29 Oil alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Oil VS KornShell

     
  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.

    27 OverOS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    OverOS Features

    1.  Command line interface

    OverOS VS KornShell

     
  8. 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.

    26 eltclsh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

    eltclsh Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  TCL

    eltclsh VS KornShell

     
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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.

    27 es alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen 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

    es VS KornShell

     
  10. 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.

    28 Murex alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Murex Features

    1.  Repl

    Murex VS KornShell

     
  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.

    31 nsh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    nsh Features

    1.  Command line interface

    nsh VS KornShell

     
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    Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.

    31 KtSh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    KtSh Features

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

    KtSh VS KornShell

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

    • KtSh is Free and Open SourceKornShell is also Free and Open Source
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