---
title: Happy Nu Year 2020
author: Sophia Turner
author_site: https://twitter.com/sophiajturner
author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/sophiajt.jpg
excerpt: 2019 was quite the year for Nushell. We landed the initial commit on May 10th, and 1881 commits later we find ourselves at the end of 2019. What all happened this year?
---
# Happy Nu Year 2020
2019 was quite the year for Nushell. We landed the initial commit on May 10th, and 1881 commits later we find ourselves at the end of 2019. What all happened this year?
We started off with quite the bang! After quietly working on Nu for a few months, we wrote up a [blog post](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-08-23-introducing-nushell.html) to explain what Nu was. To our surprise, the post got a surprisingly warm reception! Soon, we were recording a podcast with the Changelog to [talk about Nu](https://changelog.com/podcast/363).
As the excitement calmed back to everyday levels, we got to the work of turning this minimum-viable product into the real thing. More than 65 people joined us to help fix bugs, test code, write docs, and explore new directions.
## Where are we?
At the end of 2019, where are we?
- We now have a [website](https://nushell.sh), a [blog](https://www.nushell.sh/blog), [three](https://www.nushell.sh/book/) [different](https://www.nushell.sh/contributor-book/) [books](https://www.nushell.sh/cookbook/), and the results of our [first survey](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-11-23-nushell-survey-results.html)
- We released 6 different releases: [0.2](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-08-23-introducing-nushell.html), [0.3](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-09-24-nushell_0_3_0.html), [0.4](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-10-15-nushell-0_4_0.html), [0.5](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-11-05-nushell-0_5_0.html), [0.6](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-11-26-nushell-0_6_0.html), and [0.7](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2019-12-18-nushell-0_7_0.html).
- Nu gained features. Lots of them. New table designs, new file formats, lots of new commands, improvements to error reporting, plugins (in [C++](https://github.com/lefticus/nu_plugin_calc), [Go](https://vsoch.github.io/2019/nushell-plugin-golang/), [Python](https://github.com/vsoch/nushell-plugin-python), and [Ruby](https://github.com/andrasio/nu-plugin/tree/master/examples)), new colors, support for streaming tables, vi mode, moved to the stable Rust compiler, login shell support, recycle bin support, starship.rs support, fuzzy matching, duration and date comparison, ranges, improved autocomplete, and a bunch of internal improvements to make way for 2020.
- Thanks to all the reports, PRs, and help debugging we've made a ton of progress in making Nu more stable and complete
## What's ahead?
That said, it's "[def early days](https://twitter.com/yoshuawuyts/status/1210367651354161152?s=20)" for Nu, as one recent user put it. We couldn't agree more. It's not _quite_ ready for people to use as their everyday shell. Things we're working on in 2020 to make it possible for everyone to use Nu in their day-to-day work:
- Stability fixes! We'll be working hard to make Nu rock solid.
- Aliases, variables, functions, scripts
- Better integration with the native OS
- Improved line editing
- A better motto (lots of people confused about what "Github-era" means)
In short, it's been a lot of fun, a lot of work, and we met some new friends along the way. A very big "thanks!" to all our contributors this year!
## Nushell repo
```shell
> fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/stats/contributors | get author | sort-by login | get login
────┬───────────────────
# │ <value>
────┼───────────────────
0 │ Aloso
1 │ BatmanAoD
2 │ BradyBromley
3 │ BurNiinTRee
4 │ Detegr
5 │ DrSensor
6 │ Flare576
7 │ GuillaumeGomez
8 │ JesterOrNot
9 │ JonnyWalker81
10 │ Paradiesstaub
11 │ Porges
12 │ Southclaws
13 │ aidanharris
14 │ andrasio
15 │ bndbsh
16 │ chhetripradeep
17 │ coolshaurya
18 │ cristicismas
19 │ davidrobertmason
20 │ devnought
21 │ djc
22 │ drmason13
23 │ eoinkelly
24 │ est31
25 │ gilesv
26 │ iamcodemaker
27 │ incrop
28 │ ineol
29 │ jankoprowski
30 │ jdvr
31 │ jerodsanto
32 │ landaire
33 │ lesichkovm
34 │ marcelocg
35 │ max-sixty
36 │ mfarberbrodsky
37 │ miller-time
38 │ mlbright
39 │ nalshihabi
40 │ naufraghi
41 │ notryanb
42 │ oknozor
43 │ orf
44 │ oskarskog
45 │ piotrek-szczygiel
46 │ pizzafox
47 │ pka
48 │ pmeredit
49 │ quebin31
───┴───────────────────
────┬───────────────
# │ <value>
────┼───────────────
50 │ ramonsnir
51 │ rnxpyke
52 │ rtlechow
53 │ sdfnz
54 │ sebastian-xyz
55 │ sophiajt
56 │ svartalf
57 │ t-hart
58 │ taiki-e
59 │ tchak
60 │ thegedge
61 │ tim77
62 │ twe4ked
63 │ uma0317
64 │ vsoch
65 │ vthriller
66 │ wycats
67 │ yaahc
68 │ yahsinhuangtw
────┴───────────────
```
## Nushell book repo
```shell
> fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/book/stats/contributors | get author | sort-by login | get login
────┬─────────────────
# │ <value>
────┼─────────────────
0 │ Andrew-Webb
1 │ andrasio
2 │ boisgera
3 │ jankoprowski
4 │ landaire
5 │ lord
6 │ marcelocg
7 │ mistydemeo
8 │ mlh758
9 │ pizzafox
10 │ pka
11 │ romanlevin
12 │ rtlechow
13 │ sebastian-xyz
14 │ sophiajt
15 │ ymgyt
────┴─────────────────
```
## Contributor book
```shell
> fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/contributor-book/stats/contributors | get author | sort-by login | get login
───┬─────────────────
# │ <value>
───┼─────────────────
0 │ andrasio
1 │ daveremy
2 │ jankoprowski
3 │ sophiajt
4 │ sebastian-xyz
───┴─────────────────
```
## Cookbook
```shell
> fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/cookbook/stats/contributors | get author | sort-by login | get login
───┬─────────────────
# │ <value>
───┼─────────────────
0 │ sophiajt
1 │ notryanb
2 │ sebastian-xyz
───┴─────────────────
```
## Blog
```shell
> fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/blog/stats/contributors | get author | sort-by login | get login
───┬─────────────────
# │ <value>
───┼─────────────────
0 │ Aloso
1 │ sophiajt
2 │ sebastian-xyz
3 │ waldyrious
───┴─────────────────
```