---
title: "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
source_url: https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2024/03/release-0.21.0.html
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2024-03-22T11:28:57.114Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:59:10.409Z
tags: ["c++", "performance", "shell", "unix"]
reading_time: 21
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2024/03/release-0.21.0.html>

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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)

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