Oil

Oil is a new Unix shell. It runs your existing shell scripts, and it's a new language for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!

It's our upgrade path from bash to a better language and runtime.

Why Create a New Unix Shell? | The Simplest Explanation | Posts Tagged #FAQ | A Tour of the Oil Language | Oil vs. Shell Idioms

• oilshell/oil on GitHub

Discuss on Zulip: oilshell.zulipchat.com

• #oil-help is for users to ask questions. We welcome you!
• #oil-discuss-public is for general discussion
• #oil-dev is for changing the code (please login)

Get notified about new blog posts:

• by RSS via Reddit. Or visit /r/oilshell
• by @oilshellblog on Twitter

Why Sponsor Oil?

Thank you to NLnet for a generous grant in 2022!

• All Releases
  • /release/0.12.6/ or /release/latest/
• travis-ci.oilshell.org hosts build results.

• Topic Cross Reference
• About This Site
• Why Use Oil? (draft)

• My Home Page
• e-mail: andy at oilshell dot org (talk to me about shells and programming languages)