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Elvish
Elvish is a unique software that combines a powerful scripting language with an interactive shell.
Our verdict
Who it's for
A powerful scripting language and shell with useful interactive features built-in.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires learning a new scripting language syntax
Pros
- +Eliminates cryptic operators and excessive quoting for cleaner scripts
- +Prevents silent failures with default abortion on command errors
- +Easy to deploy as a single binary across various platforms
- +Enhances productivity with interactive features like history and file manager
- +Supports modern programming concepts like data structures and functional programming
Cons
- −Requires learning a new scripting language syntax
- −May have a smaller community compared to more established shells like Bash or Zsh
- −Browser-based version is still in beta
Key features
- ✓Readable and maintainable scripting language
- ✓Support for data structures and functional programming
- ✓Compilation error detection before execution
- ✓Command failures abort execution by default
- ✓Single statically linked binary for multiple OS (Linux, BSDs, macOS, Windows)
- ✓Integration with CI/CD pipelines
- ✓Directory history (Ctrl-L)
- ✓Command history (Ctrl-R)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvish | — | month | Readable and maintainable scripts; Data structures and functional programming; Error catching before execution |