--- title: Oils 0.21.0 - Flags, Integers, Starship Bug, and Speed description: Oils 0.21.0 is the latest version of a Unix shell. This release includes the C++ tarball, which passes spec tests and is faster than the Python tarball. There... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/oils-0-21-0---flags-integers-starship-bug-and-speed-byvacskgl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Oils 0.21.0 - Flags, Integers, Starship Bug, and Speed | daily.dev og:description: Oils 0.21.0 is the latest version of a Unix shell. This release includes the C++ tarball, which passes spec tests and is faster than the Python tarball. There... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/oils-0-21-0---flags-integers-starship-bug-and-speed-byvacskgl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ByVaCsKgL.png og:image:alt: Oils 0.21.0 - Flags, Integers, Starship Bug, and Speed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Oils 0.21.0 - Flags, Integers, Starship Bug, and Speed **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 21 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Oils 0.21.0 is the latest version of a Unix shell. This release includes the C++ tarball, which passes spec tests and is faster than the Python tarball. There are breaking changes related to flags, integers, and the project name. The post also mentions contributors and addresses a performance issue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#shell](https://daily.dev/tags/shell), [#unix](https://daily.dev/tags/unix) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/oils-0-21-0---flags-integers-starship-bug-and-speed-byvacskgl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Oils 0.21.0 - Flags, Integers, Starship Bug, and Speed","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/oils-0-21-0---flags-integers-starship-bug-and-speed-byvacskgl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/oils-0-21-0---flags-integers-starship-bug-and-speed-byvacskgl"},"datePublished":"2024-03-22T11:28:57.114Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:59:10.409Z","description":"Oils 0.21.0 is the latest version of a Unix shell. This release includes the C++ tarball, which passes spec tests and is faster than the Python tarball. There...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/oils-0-21-0---flags-integers-starship-bug-and-speed-byvacskgl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"c++,performance,shell,unix","timeRequired":"PT21M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Oils 0.21.0 - Flags, Integers, Starship Bug, and Speed"}]} ```