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{{Short description|Unix shell}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Z shell
| logo = File:Z Shell Logo Color Vertical.svg
| screenshot = Zsh 5.9 screenshot.webp
| screenshot size = 250px
| caption = Screenshot of a Zsh session
| author = Paul Falstad<ref name=ZshManual>{{cite web|url=https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Introduction.html#Author|title=The Z Shell Manual|type=Version 5.8.1|publisher=Sourceforge.io|date=July 21, 2012|access-date=March 29, 2022|archive-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220011558/http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Introduction.html#Author|url-status=live}}</ref>
| developer = Peter Stephenson, et al.<ref name=ZshManual/>
| released = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|df=yes}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Unix shell]]
| license = [[MIT License|MIT-Modern-Variant]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/master/tree/LICENCE|title=zsh / Code / &#91;281031&#93; /LICENCE|publisher=Paul Falstad|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302213122/https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/master/tree/LICENCE|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-Modern-Variant.html|title=MIT License Modern Variant}}</ref>
| website = {{url|https://www.zsh.org/|zsh.org}}
}}

The '''Z shell''' ('''Zsh''') is a [[Unix shell]] that can be used as an [[interactive]] login [[shell (computing)|shell]] and as a [[command-line interpreter|command interpreter]] for [[shell script]]ing. Zsh is an extended [[Bourne shell]] with many improvements, including some features of [[Bash (Unix shell)|Bash]], [[KornShell|ksh]], and [[tcsh]].

Zsh was created by Paul Falstad in 1990 while he was a student at [[Princeton University]]. It combines features from both [[KornShell|ksh]] and [[tcsh]], offering functionality such as programmable [[command-line completion]], extended file [[globbing]], improved variable/array handling, and themeable [[shell prompt|prompts]].

Zsh is available for [[Microsoft Windows]] as part of the [[UnxUtils]] collection and has been adopted as the default shell for [[macOS]] and [[Kali Linux]]. The "Oh My Zsh" user community website provides a platform for third-party plug-ins and themes, featuring a large and active contributor base.