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Project Summary
Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh). It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the command-line editor, options for customising its behaviour, filename globbing, features to make C-shell (csh) users feel more at home and extra features drawn from tcsh.
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 31 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in April, 1999
ending with its most recent commit 13 days ago
Quick Reference
https://git.code.sf.net/p/zsh/code
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Project Security
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Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities
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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for zsh )
Repository URL: https://git.code.sf.net/p/zsh/code
Version: zsh-5.9.0.3-test-473-gcad0d67c76
- 2026-09-04
- Last Analyzed
- 139,161
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.04
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 321
- Total defects
- 5
- Outstanding
- 168
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 1 |