phoenix is a pure-javascript shell built for puter.com. Following the spirit of open-source initiatives we've seen like SerenityOS, we've built much of the shell's functionality from scratch. Some interesting portions of this shell include:

• A shell parser which produces a Concrete-Syntax-Tree
• Pipeline constructs built on top of the Streams API
• Platform support for Puter

The shell is a work in progress. The following improvements are considered in-scope:

• Anything specified in POSIX.1-2017 Chapter 2
• UX improvements over traditional shells

  examples include: readline syntax highlighting, hex view for binary streams

• Platform support, so phoenix can run in more environments

You can use the terminal on Puter, or run from source by following the instructions provided for Puter's terminal emulator.

Under node.js Phoenix acts as a shell for your operating system. This is a work-in-progress and lots of things are not working yet. If you'd like to try it out you can run src/main_cli.js. Check this issue for updated information on our progress.

You can find our tests in the test/ directory. Testing is done with mocha. Make sure it's installed, then run:

npm test

We're looking to continue improving the shell and broaden its usefulness. Here are a few ideas we have for the future:

• local machine platform support

  See this issue

• further support for the POSIX Command Language

  Check our list of missing features