xonsh

Xonsh is a Python-powered shell. Full-featured and cross-platform. The language is a superset of Python 3.6+ with additional shell primitives. The name Xonsh should be pronounced like conch (🐚, @) and signifies belonging to the world of command shells.

Xonsh is the Shell	Xonsh is Python
cd $HOME id $(whoami) cat /etc/passwd \| grep root > ~/root.txt $PROMPT = '@ '	2 + 2 var = "hello".upper() import json; json.loads('{"a":1}') [i for i in range(0,10)]
Xonsh is the Shell in Python	Xonsh is Python in the Shell
len($(curl -L https://xon.sh)) $PATH.append('/tmp') p'/etc/passwd'.read_text().find('root') xontrib load dalias id = $(@json docker ps --format json)['ID']	name = 'foo' + 'bar'.upper() echo @(name) > /tmp/@(name) ls @(input('file: ')) touch @([f"file{i}" for i in range(0,10)]) aliases['e'] = 'echo @(2+2)' aliases['a'] = lambda args: print(args)

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First steps

Install xonsh from pip:

python -m pip install 'xonsh[full]'

And visit https://xon.sh for more information:

Installation - using packages, docker or AppImage.
Tutorial - step by step introduction in xonsh.

Extensions

Xonsh has an extension/plugin system. We call these additions xontribs.

Projects that use xonsh or compatible

conda and mamba: Modern package managers.
Starship: Cross-shell prompt.
zoxide: A smarter cd command.
gitsome: Supercharged Git/shell autocompleter with GitHub integration.
xxh: Using xonsh wherever you go through the SSH.
Snakemake: A workflow management system to create reproducible and scalable data analyses.
any-nix-shell: xonsh support for the nix run and nix-shell environments of the Nix package manager.
lix: A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager.
x-cmd: x-cmd is a vast and interesting collection of tools guided by the Unix philosophy.
rever: Cross-platform software release tool.
Regro autotick bot: Regro Conda-Forge autoticker.

Jupyter-based interactive notebooks via xontrib-jupyter:

Jupyter and JupyterLab: Interactive notebook platform.
euporie: Terminal based interactive computing environment.
Jupytext: Clear and meaningful diffs when doing Jupyter notebooks version control.

Welcome to the xonsh shell community

The xonsh shell is developed by a community of volunteers. There are a few ways to help out:

Solve a popular issue or high priority issue or a good first issue. You can start with the Developer guide.
Take an idea and create a new xontrib.
Contribute to xonsh API.
Become xonsh core developer by deep diving into xonsh internals. E.g. we feel a lack of Windows support.
Implement and maintain xonsh support in third party tools e.g. conda, jupyter, zoxide, etc.
Design more logos and images, improve xonsh website.
Become a sponsor to xonsh.
Write a tweet, post or an article to spread the good word about xonsh in the world.
Give a star to xonsh repository and to xontribs you like.

We welcome new contributors!

Credits

Thanks to Zulip for supporting the xonsh community!

License

yonasBSD/xonsh

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