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Comparison
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Xonsh is significantly different from most other shells or shell tools. The following
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table lists built in features and capabilities that various tools may or may not share.
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- Bash
- zsh
- plumbum
- fish
- IPython
- xonsh
* - Practical language
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* - Stays readable at scale
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* - Native cross-platform
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* - Meant as a shell
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* - Large standard library
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* - Typed variables
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* - Syntax highlighting
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- in notebook
- w/ prompt-toolkit
* - Rich history backend
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* - Pun in name
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