Elk Shell Alternatives

Elk Shell is described as 'Elk is an experimental shell language that aims to seamlessly combine the syntax of a shell language like bash with the syntax of a general-purpose language like Python. Bash is great for executing programs and handling files, but can be quite limiting and tedious to use when it' and is a Shell in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Elk Shell for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Cygwin apps. The best Elk Shell alternative is fish, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Elk Shell are GNU Bourne Again SHell, Zsh, Nu Shell and IPython.

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. Murex icon

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    JSON wrangling
     

  4. KtSh

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    Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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