malxau/yori
Yori is a CMD replacement shell that supports backquotes, job control, and improves tab completion, file matching, aliases, command history, and more. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3076
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1316 stars · 40 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Yori is a CMD replacement shell for Windows that adds backquotes, job control, and improved tab completion, file matching, aliases, and command history. It ships with a set of native Win32 command-line tools usable from any shell.
Use cases
- replace cmd.exe with a more capable Windows shell
- get backquote command substitution on Windows
- better tab completion in the Windows command prompt
- run background jobs from the Windows command line
- handle long paths beyond MAX_PATH in scripts
- get a modern command-line experience on old Windows versions
When to choose
- you live in the Windows command prompt and want CMD-compatible syntax with modern conveniences
- you need a lightweight native Win32 shell without POSIX emulation
- you must support very old Windows versions like NT 4
When to avoid
- you want a full POSIX shell like bash or WSL
- you need a Unix-style environment with pipes and standard GNU tools
- you prefer PowerShell's object pipeline and scripting language
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli terminal-ui developer-tools developer-tools windows windows cli cmd-replacement shell win32 tab-completion job-control backquotes command-line
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/malxau/yori · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2937e9f50bad
- homepage: http://www.malsmith.net/yori/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6015ec2f948f
- site_page: http://www.malsmith.net/yori/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f28a796b3c6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| malxau/yori | main | 66 |
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