Elvish
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Elvish, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Elvish's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Elvish | Free | Open-source shell and scripting language; latest release 0.21.0 · No charge stated |
The facts
Each one read from Elvish's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Browser demo
- A browser-based tryout is available in beta.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Download platforms
- The download page lists Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows.checked 14 Nov 2026
What it does
- CI/CD
- The maker describes Elvish as suitable for CI/CD pipelines and shows a GitHub Actions setup.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Community support
- Community help and discussion are available via a forum and bridged chat channels.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Distribution
- The maker describes Elvish as a single statically linked binary.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Error handling
- By default, command failures abort execution.checked 14 Nov 2026
- File manager
- Elvish includes a builtin file manager for navigating directories and files.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Interactive history
- Interactive features include directory history and command history.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Language features
- Elvish supports data structures and functional programming for workflows.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Modules
- The standard library includes utilities for math, files, paths, strings, and other functions.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Product
- Elvish is a shell and scripting language with interactive features.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Scripting
- The maker presents it as a shell for writing readable and maintainable scripts.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Version choices
- The download page offers version 0.21.0 and HEAD; it labels 0.21.0 the latest release.checked 14 Nov 2026
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