XS VS zsh-syntax-highlighting

Compare XS vs zsh-syntax-highlighting and see what are their differences.

XS

[ABANDONED] An extensible shell (descended from es and rc) having functional semantics and a conventional syntax. (by TieDyedDevil)
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XS zsh-syntax-highlighting
2 73
51 19,094
- 1.1%
0.0 5.9
over 2 years ago about 2 months ago
C++ Shell
- BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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XS

Posts with mentions or reviews of XS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-22.
  • What's your preferred shell & why?
    13 projects | /r/archlinux | 22 Oct 2022
    Both provide scripting languages that are more "functional" (in the sense of functional programming). nushell is newer, written in Rust, under active development, and seems to be stabilizing. es is older (circa 1990s), written in C, and based on rc and scheme. There's also a C++ version xs that appears abandoned as well as a few forks sprinkled around. None are POSIX-compatible.
  • The Fish Shell Is Amazing
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Nov 2021
    I'd rather have a more powerful shell that uses a functional style yet preserves many shell semantics we're all familiar with (like XS, https://github.com/TieDyedDevil/XS , except maintained!) than an easier-to-use shell

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Posts with mentions or reviews of zsh-syntax-highlighting. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-05-02.
  • Melhorando e configurando seu novo Shell linux. Pt-2
    5 projects | dev.to | 2 May 2024
    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions && git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting && git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting && git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete
  • Setting up a MacBook for development in 2024
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2024
    brew install fzf # for fuzzy find files, commands, etc brew install starship $(brew --prefix)/opt/fzf/install git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting # syntax highlight for zsh git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions # smart autosuggestions for zsh echo 'eval "$(starship init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
  • Quickest path to a decent zsh setup?
    6 projects | /r/zsh | 5 Dec 2023
    # run this git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ZSH/custom/zsh-syntax-highlighting # add this to your .zshrc plugin=(... zsh-syntax-highlighting)
  • Arch Installation for Beginners
    3 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2023
    $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
  • Configurando Alpine Linux, tmux e neovim no WSL2 - parte 1
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Jun 2023
    sudo git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git echo "source ${(q-)PWD}/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc
  • better than admitting I'm too too lazy to correct the command
    2 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 4 Jun 2023
  • [Question] What are the best plugins for zsh ?
    8 projects | /r/zsh | 28 May 2023
    Two by far the most popular plugins are zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions. They are of high quality and quite useful.
  • Configuração do Windows para desenvolvimento
    7 projects | dev.to | 26 May 2023
    echo "Installing zsh-autosuggestions" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions echo "Installing zsh-syntax-highlighting" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting echo "Installing asdf" git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf
  • Why Oh My ZSH is so cool?
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    Syntax highlighting
  • ZSH + Oh My ZSH! on Windows with WSL
    4 projects | dev.to | 3 Mar 2023
    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

What are some alternatives?

When comparing XS and zsh-syntax-highlighting you can also consider the following projects:

slimzsh - Small, usable configuration for ZSH

fast-syntax-highlighting - (Short name F-Sy-H). Syntax-highlighting for Zshell – fine granularity, number of features and multiple shipped themes.

aush - Pythonic subprocess library

ohmyzsh - 🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

zgen - A lightweight and simple plugin manager for ZSH

ble.sh - Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions.

fzf-tab - Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!

zsh-autosuggestions - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

josh

oh-my-bash - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.