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OpenBSD KornShell (ksh) comparisons

Free#6 of 27 in Command-Line Shells

OpenBSD KornShell (ksh) is compared head-to-head with Bash, Zsh and Fish and more: 7 head-to-heads in Command-Line Shells, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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OpenBSD KornShell (ksh) vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Supported platforms	Scripting language	Command completion	Score
6	OpenBSD KornShell (ksh)	Yes	None	OpenBSD	KornShell language (superset of sh)	Yes	8.1
1	Bash	Yes	None	GNU operating systems, Unix, and several non-Unix systems	Bash shell language	Yes	9.3
2	Zsh	Yes	None	Unix; Windows via Cygwin	Zsh shell scripting language	Yes	8.8
3	Fish	Yes	None	macOS, Linux, BSD, and Windows environments (WSL, Cygwin, MSYS2)	fish	Yes	8.7
4	Dash	Yes	None	linux	POSIX sh shell language	No	8.5
5	BusyBox ash	Yes	None	Linux	POSIX shell	Yes	8.3
7	tcsh	Yes	None	Linux (Debian and Ubuntu); most Unix variants	C shell (csh)	Yes	8.0
8	PowerShell	Yes	None	Windows, macOS, Linux	PowerShell	Yes	7.9

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Last updated 9 Oct 2026 · How we research and update