Zsh Alternatives

Zsh is described as 'UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the command-line editor, options for' and is a very popular Shell in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Zsh for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Linux Mobile apps. The best Zsh alternative is fish, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zsh are GNU Bourne Again SHell, Nushell, brush and Elk Shell.

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  1. fshell icon

    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 types

    Platforms

    • Symbian S60
     
  2. eltclsh icon

    eltclsh

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    With TclVFS enabled eltclsh can Tab-complete FTP paths.
     
  4. A

    arsh

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    A statically typed scripting language with shell-like features.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  5. E

    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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