Nushell 0.44 Release: The Calm Before the Engine-Q Storm

--- title: Nushell 0.44 author: The Nu Authors author_site: https://twitter.com/nu_shell author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/nu_logo.png excerpt: Today, we're releasing 0.44 of Nu. This is the last release before engine-q becomes the new engine. --- # Nushell 0.44 - the calm before the storm Nushell, or Nu for short, is a new shell that takes a modern, structured approach to your commandline. It works seamlessly with the data from your filesystem, operating system, and a growing number of file formats to make it easy to build powerful commandline pipelines. Today, we're releasing 0.44 of Nu. This is the last release before engine-q becomes the new engine.  # Where to get it Nu 0.44 is available as [pre-built binaries](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/releases/tag/0.44.0) or from [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/nu). If you have Rust installed you can install it using `cargo install nu`. If you want all the goodies, you can install `cargo install nu --features=extra`. As part of this release, we also publish a set of plugins you can install and use with Nu. To install, use `cargo install nu_plugin_<plugin name>`. # What's New The `drop nth` command can now also take a range, allowing you to drop a range of rows as well. # It's time Here we are. The last release before engine-q merges into Nushell main. There are an [enormous amount of changes coming](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/4364), including many [breaking changes](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/4305). We encourage you to take a look at the breaking changes ahead of the engine-q releases so that you're familiar with the differences in commands. # Looking forward A few things are coming up: - After this release, engine-q will land into Nushell main. At this point, we'll work to polish it and prepare it for its first release. - If, as we approach time for the coming release, we feel that it's close but not yet ready, we'll instead release a one-off set of binaries that you can download. This won't be a full release, but instead a beta release geared towards getting more feedback from early adopters. - When it's ready, we'll release the first full Nushell release with engine-q. We'll likely number this by skipping versions, jumping to 0.60 to show how much has changed and also letting folks know to look for breaking changes as well. - From there we'll keep building on the new engine, improving it for 1.0 and beyond.

Nushell 0.44 is the latest release of the Nu shell, and the last before the engine-q merge. It includes a new feature for the 'drop nth' command, allowing dropping a range of rows. The release post discusses the upcoming significant changes with the engine-q merge, including breaking changes. The team is planning a beta release for early adopters to provide feedback before the first full Nushell release with engine-q, which will likely be numbered 0.60.