# Zsh
> Powerful interactive shell with extensive customization and plugin support

## Summary
Feature-rich interactive shell with powerful completion, themes, and plugin ecosystem

## Capabilities
- Provide advanced tab completion with descriptions
- Support themes and prompt customization
- Offer powerful globbing and pattern matching
- Extend with hundreds of plugins via frameworks like Oh My Zsh
- Maintain bash compatibility for most scripts

## When to Use
- You want a powerful, customizable interactive shell
- You want bash compatibility with more features

## When NOT to Use
- You need maximum portability (use bash)

## Related Tools
- [bash](/tools/bash) (complementary)
- [fish](/tools/fish) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/zsh
