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Elvish vs Zsh
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Elvish | Zsh |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | C |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause | Other |
| Stars | 6.4k | 4.3k |
| Latest | v0.21.0 | zsh-5.9.2 |
| Last push | 2026-03-31 | 2026-09-28 |
| Release cadence | about 182 days between releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Elvish replaces Zsh. Alternatives to Zsh →
PartialStructured pipelines and a built-in directory navigator, with its own non-POSIX language.
Elvish
- v0.21.02024-08-140.21.0
- v0.20.12024-02-140.20.1
- v0.20.02024-02-11
- v0.19.22023-03-05The tagging of 0.19.1 was also not done correctly - the code would still advertise it as 0.19.0 when built. To fix this…
- v0.19.12023-03-05Note: The 0.19.0 version was tagged prematurely by mistake, but it has been picked up by some package managers. As a re…pre-release
Zsh
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Elvish
unsigned The latest release, v0.21.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Zsh
unsigned The latest release, zsh-5.9.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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