awesome-bash

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A curated collection of resources and scripts to improve Bash scripting and terminal productivity.

A curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.

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Awesome Bash / Books and Resources

The Bash-Hackers WikiHuman-readable documentation of any kind about GNU Bash
Bash beginner's mistakesList of Bash beginner mistakes (by the Bash-Hackers Wiki)
Bash GuideA bash guide for beginners (by Lhunath)
Bash FAQAnswers most of your questions (by Lhunath)
Bash PitfallsLists the common pitfalls beginners fall into, and how to avoid them
Bash manualBourne-Again Shell manual
Bash FAQ(by )
Advanced Bash-Scripting GuideAn in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting
Bash Guide for BeginnersBash guide for beginners (by Machtelt Garrels)
Bash Programming - Intro/How-to
bash-handbook5,741over 2 years agoA handbook for those who want to learn Bash without diving in too deeply
Google's Shell Style GuideReasonable advice about code style
Sobell's BookA practical guide to commands, editors, and shell programming
WikiBooks: Bash Shell Scripting
Use the Unofficial Bash Strict Mode (Unless You Looove Debugging)
learnyoubash755almost 3 years agoAn interactive workshopper which will teach you how to use the terminal and write your the first Bash script
Defensive BASH ProgrammingMethods to defend your programs from breaking as well as keeping the code tidy and clean
Pure Bash Bible36,661almost 3 years agoA collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes
explainshellA website that breaks down and explains shell (Bash) commands (including their flags and options)
Safe ways to do things in bash4,638almost 2 years agoHow to do things safely in Bash

Awesome Bash / Command-Line Productivity

aliases577almost 2 years agoContextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell
bashhub1,269about 2 years agoBash history in the cloud. Indexed and searchable
bashhub-server306over 3 years agoPrivately hosted open source bashhub server
bashmarks1,902about 2 years agoDirectory bookmarks for the shell
ble.sh2,783almost 2 years agoUser-friendly and feature rich readline replacement, with syntax highlighting, better command completion, and improved multi-line editing
commacd364almost 7 years agoA faster way to move around in Bash
forkrun158almost 2 years agoA pure-bash tool for running code in parallel. Similar in syntax and speed to , but with more features and native Bash function support
has689almost 2 years agohelps you check presence of various command line tools and their versions on path
hstr4,120about 2 years agoBash History Suggest Box
qfc580over 4 years agoFile-completion widget for Bash and Zsh
sshrc226over 3 years agoBring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you SSH
utility-bash-scripts427almost 6 years agoUseful bash scripts to do automatable tasks with a single command
zoxide23,350almost 2 years agoA better way to navigate your filesystem. Written in Rust, cross-shell, and much faster than other autojumpers

Awesome Bash / Customization

aphrodite-terminal-theme150over 2 years agoMinimalistic theme (prompt) for sexy terminals
bash-git-prompt6,741about 2 years agoAn informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users
bash-powerline901about 3 years agoPowerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script
bashstrap1,558over 7 years agoA quick way to spruce up macOS terminal
git-prompt327over 2 years agoBash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules
gittify74over 4 years agoA colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases
liquidprompt4,516almost 2 years agoA full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
LS_COLORS2,128about 2 years agoA collection of LS_COLORS definitions
mysql-colorize105almost 6 years agoColorization for mysql comand-line client
oh-my-git3,668about 4 years agoAn opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh
oh-my-bash6,110almost 2 years agoA delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration
progress-bar.sh246almost 5 years agoSimple & sexy progressbar for , give it a duration and it will do the rest
sexy-bash-prompt1,139over 5 years agoBash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches
bash-sensible2,043almost 2 years agoAn attempt at saner Bash defaults

Awesome Bash / Data

BigBash289about 10 years agoOpen-source converter that generates a bash one-liner from an SQL Select query, no database necessary

Awesome Bash / For Developers

bocker11,950almost 9 years agoDocker implemented in 100 lines of bash
git-sh734over 3 years agoA customized Bash environment suitable for Git work
mkdkr370over 5 years agoMake + Docker + Shell = CI Pipeline

Awesome Bash / Downloading and Serving

balls860about 10 years agoBash on Balls
bashttpd1,514almost 7 years agoA web server written in Bash
sherver339over 6 years agoPure Bash lightweight web server
httpd.sh117about 11 years agoA trivial web server in bash, using ctypes.sh
Bash-web-server947over 2 years agoA purely bash web server, no socat, netcat, etc
bash-stack538almost 2 years agoModern web framework in bash
Dropbox-Uploader6,570over 2 years agoDropbox Uploader is a Bash script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox
ngincat177about 12 years agoTiny Bash HTTP server using netcat
xiringuito1,118over 4 years agoSSH-based VPN for poors

Awesome Bash / Applications

bashblog1,672over 3 years agoA Bash script that handles blog posting
pushbullet-bash236almost 3 years agoBash interface to the PushBullet API
todo.sh5,612almost 2 years agoA simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file
cheapci185about 4 years agoA continuous integration framework implemented in bash

Awesome Bash / Games

bash2048899over 2 years agoBash implementation of 2048 game
minesweeper63over 6 years agoBash implementation of minesweeper
wordleWordle in less than 50 lines of Bash

Awesome Bash / Website

Bash One-LinersA collection of practical or just pure awesome bash one-liners ( by @ )
commandlinefuA repository for the most elegant and useful UNIX commands

Awesome Bash / Shell Package Management

bash-it14,322almost 2 years agoA community Bash framework
basher1,166over 2 years agoA package manager for shell scripts
bpkg1,907over 2 years agoA lightweight bash package manager
homeshick2,116almost 2 years agoGit dotfile synchronizer written in Bash

Awesome Bash / Shell Script Development

ansi654almost 5 years agoANSI escape codes in pure bash - change text color, position the cursor, much more
argbash1,404about 2 years agoBash argument parsing code generator
assert.sh486over 4 years agoBash unit testing framework
async-bash138over 4 years agoImplementation of async functions in bash
bats5,014almost 2 years agoBash Automated Testing System
bash3boilerplate2,132almost 2 years agoTemplates to write better Bash scripts
bashful603over 5 years agoA collection of libraries to simplify writing Bash scripts
bashify101almost 10 years agoFew helper functions in bash (especially string manipulation functions)
bashing79over 6 years agoSmashing Bash into Pieces - Bash framework for creating command line tools
bashly2,136almost 2 years agoBash command line framework and CLI generator
bashmanager97over 10 years agoMini bash framework for creating command line tools
Bashmatic138almost 2 years agoAn easy to use DSL library for building BASH-based tooling & installers (900+ functions)
bunit197almost 4 years agoA unit testing framework for Bash scripts
Bash Infinity5,579almost 3 years agoA modern boilerplate / framework / standard library for bash
bash-modules135over 4 years agoA collection of modules for unofficial strict mode
bash_unit606almost 2 years agoBash unit testing enterprise edition framework for professionals
bashunit333almost 2 years agoA simple testing library for bash scripts
lobash377about 2 years agoA modern, safe, powerful utility/library for Bash script development
mo571almost 2 years agoMustache templates in pure bash
semver_bash251about 2 years agoSemantic Versioning in Bash
shellcheck36,593almost 2 years agoA static analysis tool for shell scripts
shellharden4,638almost 2 years agoThe corrective bash syntax highlighter
shfmt7,376almost 2 years agoFormat bash programs
shunit21,616almost 2 years agoA unit test framework for Bash scripts with a flavour of JUnit/PyUnit
DevOps-Bash-tools5,882almost 2 years ago750+ DevOps Shell Scripts and Advanced Bash environment
modernish764almost 2 years agoLibrary with various features for shell scripting
json.bash444almost 2 years agoBash library and command-line tool that creates JSON

Awesome Bash / Just for fun

pokeget37about 3 years agoDisplays sprites of pokemon in the terminal

Awesome Bash / Community

Stack OverflowBash tag on Stack Overflow
/r/bashA subreddit dedicated to bash scripting
/r/commandlineFor anything regarding the command line, in any operating system
#bashIRC channel on Libera.​Chat. The main contributors of the BashGuide, BashFAQ, BashPitfalls and ShellCheck hang around there

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