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Sep 08, 2024

Shell Script Development

• lobash (⭐364) - A modern, safe, powerful utility/library for Bash script development.

Sep 04, 2024

Customization

• oh-my-bash (⭐5.8k) - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration.

Jul 27, 2024

Command-Line Productivity

• forkrun (⭐144) - A pure-bash tool for running code in parallel. Similar in syntax and speed to xargs -P, but with more features and native Bash function support.

Jul 05, 2024

Shell Script Development

• json.bash (⭐427) - Bash library and command-line tool that creates JSON.

May 30, 2024

Command-Line Productivity

• utility-bash-scripts (⭐420) - Useful bash scripts to do automatable tasks with a single command.

Jan 06, 2024

Downloading and Serving

• httpd.sh (⭐115) - A trivial web server in bash, using ctypes.sh.

• Bash-web-server (⭐940) - A purely bash web server, no socat, netcat, etc.

• bash-stack (⭐475) - Modern web framework in bash.

Dec 26, 2023

Books and Resources

• Safe ways to do things in bash (⭐4.6k) - How to do things safely in Bash.

Shell Script Development

• shellharden (⭐4.6k) - The corrective bash syntax highlighter.

Nov 19, 2023

Downloading and Serving

• sherver (⭐336) - Pure Bash lightweight web server.

Oct 19, 2023

Customization

• LS_COLORS (⭐2.1k) - A collection of LS_COLORS definitions.

Oct 18, 2023

Books and Resources

• explainshell - A website that breaks down and explains shell (Bash) commands (including their flags and options).

Oct 17, 2023

Shell Script Development

• bashunit (⭐295) - A simple testing library for bash scripts.

Oct 12, 2023

Shell Script Development

• bats (⭐4.9k) - Bash Automated Testing System.

• bunit (⭐196) - A unit testing framework for Bash scripts.

• modernish (⭐744) - Library with various features for shell scripting.

Sep 01, 2023

Community

• /r/bash - A subreddit dedicated to bash scripting.

• /r/commandline - For anything regarding the command line, in any operating system.

• #bash - IRC channel on Libera.​Chat. The main contributors of the BashGuide, BashFAQ, BashPitfalls and ShellCheck hang around there.

Jul 23, 2023

Command-Line Productivity

• ble.sh (⭐2.5k) - User-friendly and feature rich readline replacement, with syntax highlighting, better command completion, and improved multi-line editing.

Jun 20, 2023

Books and Resources

• The Bash-Hackers Wiki - Human-readable documentation of any kind about GNU Bash.

• Bash beginner's mistakes - List of Bash beginner mistakes (by the Bash-Hackers Wiki).

Dec 02, 2022

Customization

• aphrodite-terminal-theme (⭐142) - Minimalistic theme (prompt) for sexy terminals.

Nov 11, 2022

Shell Script Development

• Bashmatic (⭐133) - An easy to use DSL library for building BASH-based tooling & installers (900+ functions).

Oct 10, 2022

Books and Resources

• Google's Shell Style Guide - Reasonable advice about code style.

May 13, 2022

Shell Script Development

• DevOps-Bash-tools (⭐2.8k) - 750+ DevOps Shell Scripts and Advanced Bash environment.

Mar 19, 2022

Just for fun

• pokeget (⭐36) - Displays sprites of pokemon in the terminal.

Feb 16, 2022

Games

• wordle - Wordle in less than 50 lines of Bash.

Jan 08, 2022

Command-Line Productivity

• bashhub-server (⭐305) - Privately hosted open source bashhub server.

Dec 05, 2021

Shell Script Development

• bash-modules (⭐127) - A collection of modules for unofficial strict mode.

Nov 30, 2021

Command-Line Productivity

• sshrc (⭐215) - Bring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you SSH.

• zoxide (⭐21k) - A better way to navigate your filesystem. Written in Rust, cross-shell, and much faster than other autojumpers.

Nov 29, 2021

Shell Script Development

• bashly (⭐2.1k) - Bash command line framework and CLI generator.

Mar 29, 2021

Shell Script Development

• shellcheck (⭐36k) - A static analysis tool for shell scripts.

Feb 21, 2020

For Developers

• mkdkr (⭐365) - Make + Docker + Shell = CI Pipeline.

Feb 17, 2020

Books and Resources

• Defensive BASH Programming - Methods to defend your programs from breaking as well as keeping the code tidy and clean.

Shell Script Development

• ansi (⭐619) - ANSI escape codes in pure bash - change text color, position the cursor, much more.

• argbash (⭐1.4k) - Bash argument parsing code generator.

• assert.sh (⭐488) - Bash unit testing framework.

• async-bash (⭐137) - Implementation of async functions in bash.

• bash3boilerplate (⭐2.1k) - Templates to write better Bash scripts.

• bashful (⭐602) - A collection of libraries to simplify writing Bash scripts.

• bashify (⭐99) - Few helper functions in bash (especially string manipulation functions).

• bashing (⭐78) - Smashing Bash into Pieces - Bash framework for creating command line tools.

• bashmanager (⭐95) - Mini bash framework for creating command line tools.

• Bash Infinity (⭐5.6k) - A modern boilerplate / framework / standard library for bash.

• bash_unit (⭐595) - Bash unit testing enterprise edition framework for professionals.

• mo (⭐561) - Mustache templates in pure bash.

• semver_bash (⭐246) - Semantic Versioning in Bash.

• shfmt (⭐7.1k) - Format bash programs.

• shunit2 (⭐1.6k) - A unit test framework for Bash scripts with a flavour of JUnit/PyUnit.

May 23, 2019

Books and Resources

• Bash Guide - A bash guide for beginners (by Lhunath).

• Bash FAQ - Answers most of your questions (by Lhunath).

• Bash Pitfalls - Lists the common pitfalls beginners fall into, and how to avoid them.

• Bash manual - Bourne-Again Shell manual.

• Bash FAQ (by Chet Ramey)

• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide - An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting.

• Bash Guide for Beginners - Bash guide for beginners (by Machtelt Garrels).

• Bash Programming - Intro/How-to

• bash-handbook (⭐5.7k) - A handbook for those who want to learn Bash without diving in too deeply.

• Sobell's Book - A practical guide to commands, editors, and shell programming.

• WikiBooks: Bash Shell Scripting

• Use the Unofficial Bash Strict Mode (Unless You Looove Debugging)

• learnyoubash (⭐748) - An interactive workshopper which will teach you how to use the terminal and write your the first Bash script.

Command-Line Productivity

• aliases (⭐550) - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell.

• bashhub (⭐1.2k) - Bash history in the cloud. Indexed and searchable ☁️.

• bashmarks (⭐1.9k) - Directory bookmarks for the shell.

• commacd (⭐363) - A faster way to move around in Bash.

• has (⭐644) - has helps you check presence of various command line tools and their versions on path.

• hstr (⭐4k) - Bash History Suggest Box.

• qfc (⭐575) - File-completion widget for Bash and Zsh.

Customization

• bash-git-prompt (⭐6.7k) - An informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users.

• bash-powerline (⭐889) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script.

• bashstrap (⭐1.6k) - A quick way to spruce up macOS terminal.

• git-prompt (⭐327) - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules.

• gittify (⭐72) - A colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases.

• liquidprompt (⭐4.5k) - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh.

• mysql-colorize (⭐101) - Colorization for mysql comand-line client.

• oh-my-git (⭐3.7k) - An opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh.

• progress-bar.sh (⭐236) - Simple & sexy progressbar for bash, give it a duration and it will do the rest.

• sexy-bash-prompt (⭐1.1k) - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches.

• bash-sensible (⭐2k) - An attempt at saner Bash defaults.

Data

• BigBash (⭐285) - Open-source converter that generates a bash one-liner from an SQL Select query, no database necessary.

For Developers

• bocker (⭐11k) - Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash.

• git-sh (⭐736) - A customized Bash environment suitable for Git work.

Downloading and Serving

• balls (⭐859) - Bash on Balls.

• bashttpd (⭐1.5k) - A web server written in Bash.

• Dropbox-Uploader (⭐6.6k) - Dropbox Uploader is a Bash script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox.

• ngincat (⭐177) - Tiny Bash HTTP server using netcat.

• xiringuito (⭐1.1k) - SSH-based VPN for poors.

Applications

• bashblog (⭐1.6k) - A Bash script that handles blog posting.

• pushbullet-bash (⭐235) - Bash interface to the PushBullet API.

• todo.sh (⭐5.5k) - A simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file.

• cheapci (⭐184) - A continuous integration framework implemented in bash.

Games

• bash2048 (⭐896) - Bash implementation of 2048 game.

• minesweeper (⭐63) - Bash implementation of minesweeper.

Website

• Bash One-Liners - A collection of practical or just pure awesome bash one-liners (repos (⭐210) by @janosgyerik).

• commandlinefu - A repository for the most elegant and useful UNIX commands.

Shell Package Management

• bash-it (⭐14k) - A community Bash framework.

• basher (⭐1.1k) - A package manager for shell scripts.

• bpkg (⭐1.9k) - A lightweight bash package manager.

• homeshick (⭐2.1k) - Git dotfile synchronizer written in Bash.

Community

• Stack Overflow - Bash tag on Stack Overflow.

Jun 18, 2018

Books and Resources

• Pure Bash Bible (⭐36k) - A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.