AquaShell
AquaShell is a scripting shell for Windows that uses the dnyScript language. It can be used for automation or creating complex applications. The shell can be extended via plugins in order to provide custom script commands. (by danielbrendel)
abs
Home of the ABS programming language: the joy of shell scripting. (by abs-lang)
| AquaShell | abs | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | |
| 16 | 609 | |
| - | 0.0% | |
| 7.7 | 8.6 | |
| 6 months ago | about 1 year ago | |
| C++ | Go | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
AquaShell
Posts with mentions or reviews of AquaShell.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-10-10.
abs
Posts with mentions or reviews of abs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-09-29.
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The ABS Programming Language
It seems that some kind of piping is possible: https://github.com/abs-lang/abs/blob/master/examples/pipe.ab...
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AquaShell VS abs - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 10 Oct 2024
ABS is a programming language that works best when you're scripting on your terminal. It tries to combine the elegance of languages such as Python, or Ruby with the convenience of Bash.
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Ask HN: What shell are you using, if not *sh?
For scripting on my Linux systems, including scheduled utilities, I use ABS a lot. It has been enjoyable and straightforward.
https://www.abs-lang.org/
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Looking for programming languages created with Go
- https://github.com/abs-lang/abs
- Guide: Hush Shell-Scripting Language
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The temptation of writing shell scripts, illustrated
That's cool. I'm curious how it differs from e.g. ABS...
https://www.abs-lang.org/
It was enjoyable to use for a project recently.
- PLSQL Developer wanting to become a Data Engineer. What steps to take?
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The ABS Programing Language
I would check in a few weeks :)
https://github.com/abs-lang/abs/issues/447
What are some alternatives?
When comparing AquaShell and abs you can also consider the following projects:
rpp - Minimal Rust-inspired C++20 STL replacement
Wormies-AU-Helpers - Helper scripts to make maintaining packages using AU even easier
terlang - Programming language for scripting with syntax similar to C++
g2d - Craft beautiful geometric art using code.
higu_reader - Small C program to read Higurashi scripts and turn it into a readable format.
paco - building a programming language for upskilling. transpiler to C