the xonsh shell Alternatives

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   rc - a shell

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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

   Application type

   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   Good alternative?Is rc - a shell a good alternative to the xonsh shell?

    
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   fshell

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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

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Symbian S60

   

   Good alternative?Is fshell a good alternative to the xonsh shell?

    
4. 

   

   Elvish

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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 (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application type

   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   Oil

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   Oil is a new Unix shell.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   Good alternative?Is Oil a good alternative to the xonsh shell?

    
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   Closh

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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

   Application type

   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

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   Janetsh

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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 (MIT)

   Application type

   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   OverOS

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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

   Application type

   • Shell

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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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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    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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12. K

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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

    

    Good alternative?Is KtSh a good alternative to the xonsh shell?

     
13. E

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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

    

    Good alternative?Is es a good alternative to the xonsh shell?

     
14. A

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    arsh

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    A statically typed scripting language with shell-like features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Shell

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac

    

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