elves/elvish

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6365 stars · 329 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Elvish is a powerful scripting language and versatile interactive shell written in Go, distributed as a single statically linked binary. It combines modern language features like data structures, functional programming, and error handling with built-in interactive conveniences such as directory history and pipeline data passing.

Use cases

• replace bash or zsh with a modern interactive shell
• write readable shell scripts with real data structures
• run parallel tasks over SSH from the command line
• use a shell in CI/CD pipelines
• search command and directory history interactively
• script automation workflows with functional programming

When to choose

• you want a shell with built-in interactive features without plugins
• you need structured data and error handling in shell scripts
• you want a single static binary that runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, BSDs, or ARM devices

When to avoid

• you need POSIX sh compatibility for existing scripts
• your team or tooling assumes bash/zsh conventions
• you require a 1.0-stable language with no breaking changes

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

programming-language cli developer-tools programming-languages developer-tools windows bsd cross-platform cli shell scripting-language interactive-shell unix command-line automation linux macos

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