What is your favorite shell and why?

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  • zsh-vi-mode

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

    Have a look at https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode

  • xonsh

    :shell: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell.

    I'll go ahead and put my head on the chopping block as probably the lone person here that loves Xonsh (pronounced Konsh). Having used Bash, Zsh, and Fish extensively - using Xonsh with the full power of Python behind it is a totally different and wonderful experience, and I don't want to ever go back. Having true objects to act on and first class data structures on the command line is crazy helpful. It feels like what MS was trying to accomplish with Powershell, but executed way better.

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