Rubish
Ranked 7 of 12 shells by recommenders
People praise its deep integration with Ruby and its thorough, well-thought-out design. Critics agree it is slow and not lightweight.
People praise its deep integration with Ruby and its thorough, well-thought-out design. Critics agree it is slow and not lightweight.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Deep integration with Ruby
“this project actually promotes a deep integration with its language of choice”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Rubish: A Unix shell written in pure Ruby” “Perfect way to use method_missing in Ruby.”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Rubish: A Unix shell written in pure Ruby”
Other shells people recommend
The four most recommended other shells, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bash | 171 | 127 | 57% | 12 | 20 yrs7 owners | — |
| PowerShell | 156 | 92 | 63% | 12 | — | — |
| fish shell | 97 | 20 | 83% | 12 | 5 yrs11 owners | Approved |
| Nushell | 92 | 15 | 86% | 11 | 1.7 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| RubishThis page | 14 | 4 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“takes the most interesting parts of Oils and Xonsh”
“it seems like there's extra complexity here because you are supporting versions of ruby that are no longer supported”
“Perfect way to use method_missing in Ruby.”
“This is probably even slower than bash”
“I was pretty amazed by it”
“I love programming in nushell compared to something like this.”
“it’s better than code I have handled by hand”
“it's not lightweight currently”
“it does fit the repo's name, doesn't it?”
“Why are there methods that are 200 lines long?”
“it looked quite thorough and well thought out”
“the shell works, I just tested it”
“this project actually promotes a deep integration with its language of choice”
“the idea and implementation is fine”
“Oh my god this is the best name to the application.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.