liljencrantz/crush

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1886 stars · 36 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Crush is a command line shell written in Rust that doubles as a modern programming language with a type system, closures, and lexical scoping. Its syntax is designed for both interactive shell usage and batch scripting.

Use cases

• replace bash with a modern shell
• write shell scripts with closures and a type system
• interactive command line with modern language features
• pipe and manipulate structured data in the shell
• script system automation tasks

When to choose

• you want a shell with real programming language features like closures and lexical scoping
• you find bash scripting painful and want a modern alternative
• you want one language for both interactive shell use and scripting

When to avoid

• you need POSIX shell compatibility for existing scripts
• you want a battle-tested shell for production servers
• you rely on zsh/fish plugin ecosystems

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli interpreter programming-language terminal-ui programming-languages developer-tools cli cross-platform shell rust scripting-language pipes structured-data command-line linux macos

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