Comparison

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

	Bash	zsh	plumbum	fish	IPython	xonsh
Practical language			✓	✓	✓	✓
Stays readable at scale			✓			✓
Native cross-platform			✓	✓	✓	✓
Meant as a shell	✓	✓		✓		✓
Large standard library		✓			✓	✓
Typed variables and objects			✓	✓	✓	✓
Syntax highlighting		plugins		✓	in notebook	prompt-toolkit
Rich history backend						✓
Pun in name	✓		✓	✓		✓