Created by: anki-code
What is this Python project?
xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. The language is a superset of Python 3.5+ with additional shell primitives. It is time-tested and very well documented project.
What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones?
Xonsh is significantly different from most other shells or shell tools. The following table lists features and capabilities that various tools may or may not share.
Bash |
zsh |
plumbum |
fish |
IPython |
xonsh |
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Sane language |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Easily scriptable |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Native cross-platform support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Meant as a shell |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Tab completion |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Completion from man-page parsing |
✓ |
✓ |
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Large standard library |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Typed variables |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Syntax highlighting |
✓ |
in notebook |
w/ prompt-toolkit |
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Pun in name |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Rich history |
✓ |