# Xonsh: python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/xonsh-python-powered-cross-platform-unix-gazing-shell-language-and-command-prompt/1490>\
**Category:** Terminal Tools\
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/xonsh-python-powered-cross-platform-unix-gazing-shell-language-and-command-prompt/1490 "2020-12-30T19:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![useredsa](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/useredsa/32/419_2.png) [@useredsa](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/useredsa)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/xonsh-python-powered-cross-platform-unix-gazing-shell-language-and-command-prompt/1490/1 "2020-12-30T19:07:50Z")

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And which shells? I’ve switched to [xonsh](https://xon.sh/) recently and I’m very happy with it. I prefer the `xonsh+sh` combo than `bash+sh`. In my system `sh` is `dash`.

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**Author:** ![Ordovician\_Dawn](https://discuss.kakoune.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/82dd89/32.png) [@Ordovician\_Dawn](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/Ordovician_Dawn)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/xonsh-python-powered-cross-platform-unix-gazing-shell-language-and-command-prompt/1490/2 "2021-03-28T23:44:26Z")

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Really cool. I can recommend it to my brother who is starting to learn to code with Python 😃