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	<h1 class="fw-light">Something Unique.</h1>
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			<strong>Hilbish</strong> is the new interactive shell for Lua fans.<br>
			Extensible, scriptable, configurable: All in Lua.
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	<a href="install" class="btn btn-primary">Install</a>
	<a href="https://github.com/Rosettea/Hilbish" class="btn btn-secondary" target="_blank">Github</a>
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							Hilbish is configured and scripted in the Lua programming language.
							This removes all the old, ugly things about Shell script and introduces
							everything good about Lua, including other languages (Moonscript & Fennel).
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							Hilbish provides the user with proper menus for completions,
							history searching. Want to see your previous commands? Hit Ctrl-R.
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					<h5 class="card-header">Tons of Features, and More to Come</h5>
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							Hilbish offers a bunch of features to make your interactive
							shell experience rich. Things like syntax highlighting and hinting
							available via the Lua API.
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						<p class="card-small text-muted">* Command hints shown in photo are not default.</p>
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<h1 class="fw-light">Why not just Lua?</h1>
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	Hilbish is your interactive shell as well as a just a Lua interpreter
	and enhanced REPL.<br>
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	<li class="list-group-item"><i class="fa-solid fa-battery-full"></i> Batteries included Lua runtime that's also your user shell!</li>
	<li class="list-group-item"><i class="fa-solid fa-network-wired"></i> Hilbish is easily cross platform. It has OS agnostic interfaces for easy cross platform Lua code.</li>
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<h1 class="fw-light">Try It Today!</h1>
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	Hilbish is known to run on the 3 major platforms (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
	but likely builds on other Unixes!
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	Windows doesn't work as well as it should, so if you're a Windows user,
	<a href="https://github.com/Rosettea/Hilbish/discussions/165">say something</a>!
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		<li class="list-group-item"><i class="fa-solid fa-cloud-arrow-down"></i> <a href="/Hilbish/install" style="text-decoration: none;"><strong>Download</strong></a> the binary</li>
		<li class="list-group-item"><i class="fa-solid fa-screwdriver-wrench"></i> <a href="https://github.com/Rosettea/Hilbish#manual-build" style="text-decoration: none;"><strong>Build</strong></a> from source</li>
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