- The shell has become much more stable.
- Operating system signal handling has been significantly improved.
- Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements across all components.
- The introduction of alias decorators allows transforming output into objects.
- The shell now has a strong design concept based on the use of the @ symbol, symbolizing a seashell (aka conch, aka xonsh).
- The introduction of the one-line importer improved the ergonomics of calling libraries.
- Refactoring of shell components made the structure clearer and enabled the use of AI for improvements.
- The releases that came out in the summer are full of long-awaited fixes and features.
Although the shell already looks solid for local use, the following areas still need improvement:
- Parser performance (although the developers have already released a Rust-based parser).
- Refactoring of the subprocess executor, which heavily depends on its Python implementation.
- Windows support requires more attention.
Despite this, the team managed to make significant progress in 2025.
