●BASH COMPATIBLE • PLUGIN SYSTEM • OPTIONAL AI

A Modern
Shell for
Developers_

Bash-compatible shell with smart prompts, powerful plugins, and optional AI assistance.

→ GET STARTED
nosh
user@dev:~/projects/app (main) [🦀 1.75]
→ cargo build --release
Compiling app v0.1.0
Finished release [optimized] target(s)
user@dev:~/projects/app (main) took 2.3s
→ _
// VS ZSH
90x
FASTER THAN ZSH
▸
Instant prompt rendering
1.7ms vs 155ms with zsh + spaceship. No more lag after every command.
▸
Native plugins, not scripts
Plugins run as compiled code, not sourced shell scripts. No startup tax.
▸
Async by default
Git status, language versions, and plugins run in parallel without blocking.
See the full benchmark →
// FEATURES

Everything you need

⚡

Bash Compatible

Run all your existing scripts, aliases, and commands. Full POSIX compatibility.

🔌

Plugin System

Extend with simple TOML plugins. Git status, language versions, custom commands.

🎨

Smart Prompts

Starship-like prompts with context detection. Git, Rust, Node, Python, and more.

🛡️

Safety System

Commands are reviewed before execution. Allow/deny per-directory permissions.

🤖

AI Powered

Natural language to shell commands. Free tier included, or subscribe for more.

⚙️

Customizable

Themes, keybindings, init scripts. Make it yours.

// AI ASSISTANT

Ask in plain English

Optional AI mode translates natural language to shell commands.
Free tier included, or subscribe for more tokens.

SYSTEM#01
? show disk usage
→ du -sh */
GIT#02
? last 5 commits
→ git log -5 --oneline
FILES#03
? find .env files
→ find . -name ".env"
ARCHIVE#04
? compress logs folder
→ tar -czvf logs.tar.gz logs/
PROCESS#05
? kill process on port 3000
→ lsof -ti:3000 | xargs kill
CODE#06
? count lines in python files
→ find . -name "*.py" | xargs wc -l
FREE TIER
5k tokens/month for simple queries
PAID PLANS
From $2.99/mo for agentic mode
// PRICING

Free to use, AI optional

nosh is free and open source (Apache 2.0). AI cloud service is optional.

FREE TIER
PLAN:FREE
$0
5k tokens/mo
✓ ~125 AI queries
✓ Simple mode
✓ Full shell features
PLAN:LITE
$2.99/mo
250k tokens
✓ ~6,250 simple / ~50 agentic
✓ Agentic mode
✓ Token packs
PLAN:PRO
$9.99/mo
1M tokens
✓ ~25,000 simple / ~200 agentic
✓ Agentic mode
✓ Token packs
PLAN:POWER
$19.99/mo
3M tokens
✓ ~75,000 simple / ~600 agentic
✓ Agentic mode
✓ Token packs
To subscribe: run /setup to sign in, then /buy to choose a plan
// QUICK START

Install in seconds

$curl -fsSL https://noshell.dev/install.sh | sh
Works on macOS and Linux
Read the documentation →