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What Is It?
tako is a command language and shell for GNU/Linux (and Mac OS, and Windows via Cygwin or MSYS2), based on Python (version 3) and GNU Bash, and forked from xonsh.
tako is not Bash-compatible, but rather is designed to provide an intuitive interface for common shell operations (to reduce time spent looking up how to do things in Bash/sed/awk).
There are three equally valid ways of looking at tako: it is a shell with a sane scripting language, and/or it is Python with extra syntax to make running external commands easier, and/or it is a stripped-down version of xonsh (you can see some of the differences from xonsh here).
A short list of nice features:
- Typed variables
- Rich Python ecosystem directly from the shell
- Configurable and extensible (via plugins and configuration files)
- No more need to search the web every time you want to write a conditional or loop in the shell :)
Details of how to use and/or customize tako are available from the documentation page. In the meantime, here is a quick (~5 minutes) demo, demonstrating some features of tako:
Can I Use It?
Yes! tako is free/libre software, available under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3+ . Instructions for downloading and installing tako are available on the Download/Install page.
You are also free to use the tako logo (the octopus eating a taco), which is available under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license. It is also available in a larger size.
Is It Any Good?
Yes.Included Software
tako includes a few other pieces of Free/Libre Software:- tako is a fork of xonsh, and so substantial pieces of xonsh (v.0.3.4) are included.
- By virtue of being a fork of xonsh, tako also includes code forked from IPython.
- tako uses code from the braceexpand Python module.
- tako ships with Python Lex-Yacc.
