Alternatives to Nushell
Shell that pipes structured tables instead of untyped text. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Nushell
Shell that pipes structured tables instead of untyped text.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Nushell.
fish
A shell that autosuggests commands from your history, highlights syntax as you type and has tab completions that work without configuration.
fish offers autosuggestions, syntax highlighting and man-page completions with no setup, but passes plain text rather than structured tables and has no official Windows build.
Zsh
Interactive shell with powerful completion, globbing and prompt theming.
Zsh is an MIT-licensed shell with command-aware completion and recursive globbing, working with untyped text pipelines and available for macOS and Linux rather than Windows.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Starship
A shell prompt that shows the git branch, language version and other context, configured once and working in every shell.
Oh My Posh
Customize shell prompts across operating systems with configurable themes.
McFly
Replaces the shell's Ctrl-R history search with context-aware suggestions.
Oh My Zsh
Configuration framework for Zsh with hundreds of plugins and themes.
Clink
Add modern command editing to the Windows command prompt.
