Command-line tool

elvish

brew/elvish

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Friendly and expressive shell

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id elves.elvish -e
scoop install elvish

macOS

brew install elvish

Linux

brew install elvish

Start an interactive shell session

elvish

Execute specific [c]ommands

elvish -c "echo 'elvish is executed'"

Execute a specific script

elvish path/to/script.elv

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