https://github.com/sekiguchi-nagisa/arsh

A statically typed scripting language with shell-like features
https://github.com/sekiguchi-nagisa/arsh

cpp scripting-language shell

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A statically typed scripting language with shell-like features

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sekiguchi-nagisa/arsh
• Owner: sekiguchi-nagisa
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2015-01-12T07:31:09.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2026-01-12T15:03:21.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-14T07:34:35.493Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: cpp, scripting-language, shell
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 17.8 MB
• Stars: 27
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 50
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Notice: NOTICE.md

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# arsh

A statically typed scripting language with shell-like features.

Currently, under heavy development. Language specification is subject to change without notice.

## Build Requirement

* Linux x86-64

* cmake 3.15 or later

* git (for fetching external projects)

* Python 3.7 or later (for building `re2c`)

* make/ninja

* gcc/clang (need gnu++17 support)

* libpcre2-8 10.30 or later

    * need UTF-8 and Unicode property support

### Optional Requirement

* fzf (for history search)

* bash-completion (for tab-completion)

### Tested Compiler

* gcc (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)

* clang (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)

### Other Tested platform

* Linux

    * Arm64

* macOS

    * x86-64

    * Arm64

* Windows x64

    * Cygwin

    * MSYS2

    * WSL

## How to use

1. build and install

* install from source

```sh

$ git clone https://github.com/sekiguchi-nagisa/arsh.git

$ cd arsh && mkdir build && cd build

$ cmake ..    # default install dir is /usr/local/bin

$ make -j4

$ sudo make install

```

* [install from package](https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Ansekiguchi&package=arsh)

    * Debian 11, 12, 13

    * Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04

    * Fedora 40, 41, 42, 43

    * openSUSE 16, Tumbleweed

2. run in interactive mode

```sh

$ arsh

```