rc - a shell Alternatives

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

More about rc - a shell
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
rc - a shell alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. RazzShell icon

    RazzShell

     Like

    RazzShell is a Unix shell built with customization in mind, offering command alias support, colorful output, and environment variable handling. Developed in C, it’s designed for Unix/Linux systems and licensed under the MIT license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Kali Linux
    RazzShell screenshot 1
     
  2. Murex icon

    Murex

     Like

    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. K

    KtSh

     Like

    Execute shell commands on Android or the JVM.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. nsh icon

    nsh

     Like

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    nsh screenshot 1
     
  6. E

    es

     Like

    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
You are at page 3 of rc - a shell alternatives