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Dev tools · March 17, 2021

The Xonsh Shell

Python-powered shell for Mac, Linux and Windows

The Xonsh Shell launched on March 17, 2021 with 55 votes, #1,287 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

What it does

Xonsh is a Python-powered shell language and command prompt. The language is a superset of Python 3.5+ with additional shell primitives that you are used to from Bash and IPython. It works on all major systems including Linux, OSX, and Windows.

The Xonsh shell is a Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, BSD.

Xonsh (sounds like "consh") is a full-featured and cross-platform Python-based shell. The language is a superset of Python 3 with seamless integration of shell functionality and commands. It works on all major platforms, including Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Jupyter, Android, Raspberry Pi and Nix. Xonsh (sounds like "consh") is a Python-based shell that seamlessly extends Python with powerful command-line functionality and integration with the operating system. The xonsh language provides the shell primitives commonly found in traditional Unix shells, including interaction with standard utilities, pipelines, and input/output streams. The xonsh language is a superset of Python 3, allowing…from xon.sh

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