xonsh VS oh-my-bash

Compare xonsh vs oh-my-bash and see what are their differences.

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. (by ohmybash)
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xonsh oh-my-bash
112 25
7,986 5,282
2.3% 3.6%
8.9 8.4
6 days ago 7 days ago
Python Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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xonsh

Posts with mentions or reviews of xonsh. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-09.

oh-my-bash

Posts with mentions or reviews of oh-my-bash. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-23.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing xonsh and oh-my-bash you can also consider the following projects:

nushell - A new type of shell

bash-it - A community Bash framework.

fish-shell - The user-friendly command line shell.

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.

ipython - Official repository for IPython itself. Other repos in the IPython organization contain things like the website, documentation builds, etc.

zsh-autosuggestions - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

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

zx - A tool for writing better scripts

synth-shell - Boost your terminal, script by script

oil - Oils is our upgrade path from bash to a better language and runtime. It's also for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!

zsh-vi-mode - 💻 A better and friendly vi(vim) mode plugin for ZSH.