Comparison

Xonsh is significantly different from most other shells or shell tools. The following table lists features and capabilities that various tools may or may not share.

	Bash	zsh	plumbum	fish	IPython	xonsh
Sane language			✓	✓	✓	✓
Easily scriptable	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Native cross-platform support			✓	✓	✓	✓
Meant as a shell	✓	✓		✓		✓
Tab completion	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Man-page completion				✓		✓
Large standard library		✓			✓	✓
Typed variables			✓	✓	✓	✓
Syntax highlighting				✓	in notebook	w/ prompt-toolkit
Pun in name	✓		✓			✓
Rich history						✓