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Desktop App

Nushell

A modern shell that treats your data as tables, not walls of text.

Visit Nushell4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    macOS, Windows, Linux

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What is Nushell?

Nushell is a free, open-source shell for Windows, macOS and Linux that turns command output into structured tables you can sort, filter and query. It reads JSON, CSV, YAML and other formats out of the box, so cleaning up a file or answering a quick data question takes one short pipeline instead of a tangle of text-parsing commands.

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Pros: what Nushell does well

  • Structured data instead of plain text
  • Reads common file formats natively
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Scripts differ from Bash
  • Takes time to learn the new syntax

Who Nushell is for

Developers and data-minded users who live in the terminal.

Who can skip it

People who rarely open a command line.

Nushell alternatives

Not sold on Nushell? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Task

Focus: task runner, automation and build tool. Shares command line and open source with Nushell. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

Dasel

Focus: json, yaml and data conversion. Shares command line and open source with Nushell. Rated 4.5 (Nushell: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

fzf

Focus: fuzzy finder. Shares command line and shell with Nushell. Rated 4.8 (Nushell: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit

iTerm2

Focus: terminal, mac and tmux. Shares command line and open source with Nushell. A Mac app, not a desktop app. Rated 4.7 (Nushell: 4.6).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Nushell

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

zoxide

Focus: terminal and navigation. Shares command line and shell with Nushell. Rated 4.7 (Nushell: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

direnv

Focus: environment variables and projects. Shares shell and command line with Nushell. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.6Visit

Watchexec

Focus: file watcher, automation and developer tools. Shares command line and open source with Nushell. An automation tool, not a desktop app. Rated 4.5 (Nushell: 4.6).

Automation ToolFreeCross-Platform
4.5Visit

entr

Focus: file watcher, automation and developer tools. Shares command line and open source with Nushell. An automation tool, not a desktop app. Rated 4.4 (Nushell: 4.6).

Automation ToolFreeCross-Platform
4.4Visit

Kando

Focus: pie menu, launcher and shortcuts. Shares open source and github with Nushell. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

topgrade

Focus: updates, package manager and automation. Shares open source and github with Nushell. Same 4.6 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
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