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brew install zsh v5.9.1 MIT-Modern-Variant AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND ISC

Interactive POSIX-compatible Unix shell with advanced scripting, completion, and prompt customization.

Why you might care

Zsh is a feature-rich alternative to bash with superior tab-completion, globbing patterns, and plugin ecosystems (oh-my-zsh, prezto). Use it if you spend significant time in the shell and want smarter defaults, better history search, and easier prompt customization without writing complex shell functions.

Categories

shell

Alternatives

bash fish ksh tcsh
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30-day installs · #206
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90-day · #277
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365-day · #318

Runtime dependencies

ncurses pcre2

Build dependencies

texinfo

Links

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