Comment by MrWiffles

Doesn’t have all the author’s desired features out of the box, but recently I was forced into using PowerShell (Core edition, which is OSS, different from Windows only pwsh) for a work project and you know what? It’s surprisingly capable! It’s available from powershell/powershell on GitHub as a built binary for multiple systems and architectures including MacOS and Linux, or you could compile it yourself since it’s open source. The powershell gallery is the marketplace this guy was talking about, so there’s that. And you can distribute or consume fully encapsulated modules as well. The scripting language itself is fully object oriented, and while it takes some getting used to, you quickly start seeing real value in your day to day from the conventions and patterns established by the community over the years. I haven’t switched entirely from zsh yet, but I’m slowly investigating exactly how to do that as time allows. It’s a bit more verbose than typical Unix shells so you type a little more, but that’s a small price to pay for everything it brings to the table. If you’ve never tried it (OSS version, aka “core” edition) I highly recommend it. WAY easier to learn for first timers than bash!