Xonsh

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Xonsh (sounds like "consh") is a full-featured and cross-platform Python-based shell. The language is a superset of Python 3 with seamless integration of shell functionality and commands. It works on all major platforms, including Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Jupyter, Android, Raspberry Pi and Nix.

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• • Xonsh is the Shell
  • Xonsh is Python

• • .. code-block:: shell

    cd $HOME

    id $(whoami) > ~/id.txt

    cat /etc/passwd | grep root

    $PROMPT = '@ '

  • .. code-block:: python

    2 + 2

    var = "hello".upper()

    @.imp.json.loads('{"a":1}')

    [i for i in range(0,10)]

• • Xonsh is the Shell in Python
  • Xonsh is Python in the Shell

• • .. code-block:: python

    len($(curl -L https://xon.sh))

    $PATH.append('/tmp')

    p'/etc/passwd'.read_text().find('usr')

    $(@json podman ps --format json)['ID']

  • .. code-block:: python

    name = 'snail' echo @(name) > /tmp/@(name)

    with p'/tmp/dir'.mkdir().cd(): touch @(input('File: '))

    aliases['e'] = 'echo @(2+2)' aliases['a'] = lambda args: print(args)

• • Xonsh is Everywhere
  • Xonsh is an Ecosystem

• • .. code-block:: python

    $PATH

    ['/bin', '/sbin'] # Linux

    ['/homebrew/bin'] # macOS

    ['/usr/local/bin'] # FreeBSD

    ['/mnt/c/Windows/System32'] # WSL

    [r'c:\Windows\System32'] # Windows

    ['/nix/store/0-python/bin'] # Nix

    ['/data/termux/usr/bin'] # Termux

    ['/tmp/.mount_x/usr/bin/'] # AppImage

    ['/app/bin'] # Flatpak

    $PATH = ['/my/own/path']

  • .. code-block:: python

    xontrib load term_integration
    prompt_starship
    powerline
    dracula
    chatgpt
    django
    jupyter
    1password
    github_copilot
    history_encrypt

• • Xonsh is a Meta-Shell
  • Xonsh is User-extensible

• • .. code-block:: python

    xontrib load sh
    fish_completer

    osqueryi ! SELECT platform FROM os_version

    def nudf(cmd): return @.imp.pandas.DataFrame( $(@json nu -c @(cmd+'| to json'))) nudf!(ls -la)

    aliases['ai'] = 'ollama run llama3' ai! how to remove images in podman

  • .. code-block:: python

    @events.on_ptk_create def custom_keybindings(bindings, **kw): @bindings.add(Keys.ControlI) def say_whoami(event): echo $(whoami)

    @events.on_postcommand def _prompt_err_cmd(cmd, rtn, out, ts): if rtn != 0: $XONSH_PROMPT_NEXT_CMD = cmd.rstrip()

If you like xonsh, :star: the repo and spread the word about xonsh.

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First steps

• Installation <https://xon.sh/install.html>_ - isolated environment, package, container or portable AppImage.
• Tutorial <https://xon.sh/tutorial.html>_ - step by step introduction in Xonsh.

Extensions

Xonsh has an extension/plugin system. We call these additions xontribs.

• Xontribs on Github <https://github.com/topics/xontrib>_
• Awesome xontribs <https://github.com/xonsh/awesome-xontribs>_
• Core xontribs <https://xon.sh/api/_autosummary/xontribs/xontrib.html>_
• Create a xontrib step by step from template <https://github.com/xonsh/xontrib-template>_

Projects that use Xonsh or compatible

• Assistant <https://gitlab.com/waser-technologies/technologies/assistant>_: An AI-powered shell with a full Xonsh terminal and a multi-agent LLM system.
• CrateDB <https://github.com/crate>_: The Database for Real-Time Analytics and Hybrid Search.
• conda <https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/>_ and mamba <https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_: Cross-platform package managers.
• Starship <https://starship.rs/>_: Cross-shell prompt.
• zoxide <https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide>_: A smarter cd command.
• gitsome <https://github.com/donnemartin/gitsome>_: Supercharged Git/shell autocompleter with GitHub integration.
• xxh <https://github.com/xxh/xxh>_: Using Xonsh wherever you go through the SSH.
• kash <https://github.com/jlevy/kash>_: The knowledge agent shell.
• Snakemake <https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/snakefiles/rules.html#xonsh>_: A workflow management system to create reproducible and scalable data analyses.
• any-nix-shell <https://github.com/haslersn/any-nix-shell>_: Xonsh support for the nix run and nix-shell environments of the Nix package manager.
• lix <https://github.com/lix-project/lix>_: A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager.
• x-cmd <https://www.x-cmd.com/>_: x-cmd is a vast and interesting collection of tools guided by the Unix philosophy.
• rever <https://regro.github.io/rever-docs/>_: Cross-platform software release tool.
• Regro autotick bot <https://github.com/regro/cf-scripts>_: Regro Conda-Forge autoticker.

Jupyter-based interactive notebooks via xontrib-jupyter <https://github.com/xonsh/xontrib-jupyter>_:

• Jupyter and JupyterLab <https://jupyter.org/>_: Interactive notebook platform.
• Euporie <https://github.com/joouha/euporie>_: Terminal based interactive computing environment.
• Jupytext <https://jupytext.readthedocs.io/>_: Clear and meaningful diffs when doing Jupyter notebooks version control.

Compiling, packaging, or accelerating Xonsh:

• AppImage <https://github.com/appimage>_ is a format for distributing Linux applications and can be used to create a standalone xonsh package <https://xon.sh/appimage.html>_.
• Nuitka <https://github.com/Nuitka/Nuitka>_ is an optimizing Python compiler that can build a native Xonsh binary <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues/2895#issuecomment-3665753657>_.
• RustPython <https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython/>_ is a Python interpreter written in Rust that can run xonsh on top of Rust <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues/5082#issue-1611837062>_.

Welcome to the Xonsh shell community

The Xonsh shell is developed by a community of volunteers. There are a few ways to help out:

• Write a note or an article about Xonsh.
• Send a link to Xonsh to your favorite blogger.
• Add Xonsh support in third party tool: package manager <https://github.com/topics/package-manager>, terminal emulator <https://github.com/topics/terminal-emulators>, console tool <https://github.com/topics/console>, IDE <https://github.com/topics/ide>.
• Give a star to Xonsh repository and to xontribs <https://github.com/topics/xontrib>_ you like.
• Solve a popular issue <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc>_ or high priority issue <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Apriority-high+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc>_ or a good first issue <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc>. You can start with the Developer guide <https://xon.sh/devguide.html>. Feel free to use LLM e.g. Github Copilot <https://github.com/copilot>_.
• Take an idea <https://github.com/xonsh/xontrib-template/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aidea+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc>_ and create a new xontrib <https://github.com/xonsh/xontrib-template#why-use-this-template>_.
• Contribute to Xonsh API <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/tree/main/xonsh/api>_.
• Become Xonsh core developer by deep diving into xonsh internals. E.g. we feel a lack of Windows support.
• Test Xonsh with compiler, interpreter, optimizer and report upstream issues (e.g. Nuitka <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues/2895#issuecomment-3665753657>, RustPython <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/issues/5082#issue-1611837062>).
• Design more logos and images <https://github.com/anki-code/xonsh-logo>, improve Xonsh website <https://xon.sh/> (src <https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/blob/12f12ce94f1b6c92218e22fbdaaa846e16ac8b2d/docs/_templates/index.html#L9>_).
• Become a sponsor to Xonsh <https://github.com/sponsors/xonsh>_.

We welcome new contributors!

Credits

• Thanks to Zulip <https://zulip.com/>_ for supporting the Xonsh community <https://xonsh.zulipchat.com/>_!
• Thanks to HELLOTUX <https://www.hellotux.com/>_ for distributing the Xonsh t-shirts, backpacks and more <https://www.hellotux.com/xonsh>_!
• Thanks to ADS.FUND for supporting Xonsh token <https://ads.fund/token/0xadf7478450b69a349ed9634b18584d2d3da81464>_!