Eshell
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
2warn against
Nov 6, 2025first mention
Jul 12, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Editing scrollback is possible in eshell, and something I use often.”
“eshell allows me to manipulate text as I would in any other Emacs buffer.”
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“The biggest strength of Eshell, for me, is that I can maintain some sanity in Windows environments”
“If you want to try eshell, try combining it with EAT”
Caveats and dissent
“I still can't live on eshell, the issue is "the terminal", too many commands are simply uncomfortable to use in eshell”
lives in Emacs (EXWM)on “Eschewing Zshell for Emacs Shell (2014)”
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Also written as eshell, EShell. Data: eshell.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
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“Editing scrollback is possible in eshell, and something I use often.”
“eshell allows me to manipulate text as I would in any other Emacs buffer.”
“EShell was even my default for some time”
“The biggest strength of Eshell, for me, is that I can maintain some sanity in Windows environments”
“all commands run in Eshell have full terminal emulation”
I agree with the assessment about eshell. I use eshell for one thing only—quick terminal sessions in the same directory as the file I'm editing.
“I still can't live on eshell, the issue is "the terminal", too many commands are simply uncomfortable to use in eshell”
“If you want to try eshell, try combining it with EAT”