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Awesome Shell

A curated list of awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos. Inspired by awesome-php. This awesome collection is also available on Unix-Shell.ZEEF.com.

• Shells
• Command-Line Productivity
  • Directory Navigation
• Customization
• For Developers
• System Utilities
• Downloading and Serving
• Multimedia and File Formats
• Applications
• Games
• Shell Package Management
• Shell Script Development
• Guides
• Awesome Zsh 
• Awesome Fish
• Other Awesome Lists

Shells

Choose your base shell.

• bash - GNU Project's shell (Bourne Again SHell)
• elvish - Friendly, expressive shell features like anonymous functions and data structures
• es - The extensible shell, based on Plan 9's rcstars194 shell
• fish - Smart and user-friendly command line shell
• ionstars1.3k - A modern system shell that features a simple, yet powerful, syntax. It is written entirely in Rust.
• ksh93stars460 - Korn Shell
• mkshstars171 - MirBSD Korn Shell
• ngsstars1.2k - Fully featured scripting language created specifically for Ops. REPL is being developed.
• nushellstars20.7k - A modern shell written in Rust
• okshstars261 - Portable OpenBSD ksh
• osh - Bash compatible, with new/modern Unix shell language called Oil
• pdksh - Public domain Korn shell
• powershell a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language
• shell++stars108 - Friendly and modern functional and object oriented shell script language
• shenvstars33 - Simple shell version management
• tcsh - C shell with file name completion and command line editing
• xonsh - Python-ish, BASHwards-looking shell language and command prompt
• yash - A POSIX-compliant command line shell with built-in support for completion and prediction based on command history
• zsh - Powerful shell with scripting language

Command-Line Productivity

Search, bookmarks, multiplexing, and other tools that make your terminal experience more productive.

• AdvancedNewFilestars193 - Fast creation of files and directories in a recursive way. Inspired by the Vim plugin.
• agstars24.1k - Super fast string search through a directory hierarchy
• aliasesstars436 - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for bash
• autoenvstars5k - Directory-based environments
• bartibstars299 - A simple timetracker for the command line. It saves a log of all tracked activities as a plaintext file and allows you to create flexible reports.
• bashhubstars1k - Bash history in the cloud. Indexed and searchable.
• boilrstars1.5k - A blazingly fast CLI tool for creating projects from boilerplate templates.
• boomstars1.2k - Store links and snippets in the command line
• borgstars1.6k - A terminal based search engine for bash commands
• browshstars15.1k - The modern text-based browser
• Bukustars5.3k - Powerful command-line bookmark manager
• byobu - Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer
• codstars426 — A completion daemon for shell that learns when you invoke --help commands
• CloudClipstars68 - Your own clipboard in the cloud, copy and paste text with gist between different systems
• ddgrstars2.4k - DuckDuckGo from the terminal
• deskstars2.5k - A lightweight workspace manager for the shell
• direnvstars9.6k - An environment switcher for the shell, compare with autoenv
• dnotestars2.4k - A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and web interface
• eurekastars557 - CLI tool to input and store your ideas without leaving the terminal
• fasdstars5.8k - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories
• fdstars24.6k - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.
• foxystars38 - Plain text bookmarks for Firefox and surf browsers.
• fselectstars3.3k - Find files with SQL-like queries.
• funkystars606 - Extends functionality of shell functions making them more powerful and flexible.
• fzstars429 - Seamless fuzzy tab completion for z
• fzfstars47.1k - A command-line fuzzy finder
• gitmuxstars335 - Show Git status in Tmux status bar
• googlerstars5.8k - Google Search, Google Site Search, Google News from the terminal
• googlrstars34 - Command line tool that lets you search Google from your terminal.
• hasstars468 - has helps you check presence of various command line tools and their versions on path
• how2stars5.5k - how2 finds the simplest way to do something in a unix shell. It's like man, but you can query it in natural language.
• navistars11.7k - An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line
• hhighlighterstars409 - Colorize words in a command output
• hrstars1.2k - <hr /> for your terminal
• hssstars303 - An interactive parallel ssh client featuring autocomplete and asynchronous execution
• hstrstars3.3k - Bash History Suggest Box
• kstars1.7k - k is a Zsh script to make directory listings more readable, adding Git status, fileweight colors and rotting dates
• k aliasstars16 - get kool aliases (and more) working with a simple one-liner
• lf.shstars37 - Quickly search files with fewer typings and do many more (grepping, copying path to clipboard, etc)
• lowchartsstars105 - Draw low-resolution graphs in terminal
• Lmod - Lua-based Environment Modules that enhances Tcl-based modules while being backward compatible (compare to modules)
• loopstars602 - Write and control complex loops with as one-liners
• markerstars1.9k - Bookmark your shell commands
• mackupstars12.4k - Keep your application settings in sync (OS X/Linux)
• mcflystars4.5k - Fly through your shell history. Great Scot!
• modules - Classical Tcl-based Environment Modules managing the shell environment (compare to Lmod, direnv, and autoenv)
• nnnstars14.9k - File browser and disk usage analyzer with excellent desktop integration
• parallel - Build and execute shell command lines from standard input in parallel
• pass - Manage passwords from the command line with GPG encryption and optional git integration.
• pathpickerstars4.8k - Accepts inputs like grep, searches, git etc; allows selecting files from the result of the input, which you can then open or provide as argument to a command.
• pddstars277 - Tiny date, time diff calculator with timers
• percolstars3.1k - Adds flavor of interactive filtering to the traditional pipe concept of UNIX shell
• qstars58 - Vim like macro registers for your Bash and Zsh Shell
• qfcstars547 - File-completion widget for Bash and Zsh
• reshstars736 - Contextual shell history for Zsh and Bash
• rgstars33.2k - ripgrep is a line oriented search tool that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of GNU grep
• screen - GNU terminal multiplexer
• shell-historystars97 - Visualize your shell usage with Highcharts
• SHMLstars419 - Style framework for the terminal (Shell Markup Language)
• slugifystars279 - Command that converts filenames and directories to a web friendly format
• smanstars273 - A command-line snippet manager
• sparkstars5.9k - ▁▂▃▅▂▇ in your shell
• spark.fishstars280 - ▁▂▃▅ Sparkline Generator
• sheetstars246 - Text snippets for the command line
• spotstars894 - Tiny file search utility

• snipsstars63 - Command line tool to manage snippets of code.

• sqllinestars530 - Shell for issuing SQL to relational databases via JDBC (multiline, completion, highlighting, dialect support)
• sshfsstars988 - A tool for mounting remote file systems over SSH
• sudocabularystars146 - Learn English Vocabulary from your terminal
• surfraw - browse specific site and search the web from your terminal without browser.
• task-managerstars11 - Execute all your scripts with just two or three keystrokes.
• td-clistars150 - A todo command line manager to organize and manage your todos across multiple projects.
• thefuckstars73.4k - Fix common shell mistakes by using an easy to remember command
• tldrstars659 - A fully-functional bash client for tldr, simplified and community-driven man pages
• tmux - Amazing terminal multiplexer
• undollarstars103 - undollar bites the dollar sign off the tip of the command you just pasted into your terminal
• usqlstars7.6k - Universal command-line interface for SQL databases.
• vstars423 - z for vim.
• wemuxstars3.5k - Multi-User Tmux Made Easy
• xiki - Makes the shell console more friendly and powerful
• xplrstars2.3k - A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
• xsvstars8.7k - a fast CSV command line toolkit written in Rust
• xxhstars3.8k - Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the SSH.

Directory Navigation

• aliasmestars103 - alias helper to change directory quickly
• autojumpstars14.2k - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
• bashmarksstars1.8k - Directory bookmarks for the shell
• bdstars882 - Quickly go back to a parent directory
• commacdstars334 - A faster way to move around in Bash
• enhancdstars2.2k - A next-generation cd command with an interactive filter
• gotostars810 - A shell utility for navigation to aliased directories supporting auto-completion
• jumpstars1.4k - Jump helps you navigate your file system faster by learning your habits.
• lazy-cdstars20 - Simple bash commands for bookmarked navigation of the file system, complete with bash-completion.
• upstars144 - Ascend directories by name or count; for bash, zsh, and fish.
• zstars14.6k - z is the new j, yo
• z.luastars2.4k - A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits
• zoxidestars7.7k - A faster way to navigate your filesystem, written in Rust
• zpyistars96 - Python in Zsh - Easy python scripting in shell

Customization

Custom prompts, color themes, etc.

• base16-builderstars398 - Base16-Builder
• bash-full-of-colorsstars153 - Powerful prompt with screen, tmux, git support and many more
• bash-git-promptstars6.3k - An informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users
• bash-powerlinestars838 - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script
• bashstrapstars1.6k - A quick way to spruce up OSX terminal
• bullet-train-oh-my-zsh-themestars2.7k - An oh-my-zsh shell theme based on the Powerline Vim plugin
• emojifystars1.5k Emoji on the command line
• flatui-terminal-theme - Nicer colors for terminal
• geometrystars848 - A minimal ZSH theme where any function can be added to the left prompt or (async) right prompt on the fly.
• git-promptstars324 - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules
• gittifystars59 - A colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases
• Gogh - Color Schemestars7.2k - Color Scheme for Gnome Terminal
• liquidpromptstars4.2k - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
• mysql-colorizestars89 - Colorization for mysql comand-line client
• oh-my-gitstars3.5k - An opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh
• oh-my-posh - Prompt theme engine for any shell and platform written in go.
• polyglotstars142 - An informative Git prompt that works in bash, zsh, ksh, mksh, pdksh, dash, and busybox sh
• powerlevel10kstars31.2k - Super flexible awesome powerline ZSH theme
• sexy-bash-promptstars1.1k - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches
• starship - Fast, customisable, cross-shell prompt written in rust
• synth-shellstars538 - Greeter with a customizable status report and a fancy bash prompt

For Developers

Command-line development, version control, and deployment.

• ack - A grep-like search tool optimized for source code.
• add-gitignorestars545 - Interactive CLI that generates a .gitignore for your project based on your needs.
• bcalstars561 - Byte CALculator for storage conversions and calculations
• bitwisestars463 - Terminal based interactive bit manipulator in curses.
• bockerstars8.8k - Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash
• clocstars14.8k - Count Lines of Code
• docltstars43 - A command line interface to Digital Ocean
• dokkustars23.7k - Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen.
• forgitstars3.5k - Utility tool for git taking advantage of fuzzy finder fzf.
• git-extra-commandsstars798 - Many Git extra utilities. Churn, cut-branch, improved-merge and many more.
• git-extrasstars15.8k - Git utilities -- repo summary, repl, changelog population, author commit percentages and more
• git-openstars2.9k - Type git open to open the GitHub page or website for a repository in your browser
• git-quick-statsstars5.5k - Git quick statistics is a simple and efficient way to access various statistics in git repository.
• git-semverstars349 - Git plugin for easing semantic versioning and changelog validation
• git-shstars723 - A customized Bash environment suitable for Git work
• gitastars1.2k - A command-line tool to manage multiple git repos.
• hubstars22k - hub helps you win at git.
• juststars7k - Task runner for saving and running project-specific commands.
• licinsstars19 - Insert commented software licenses into source code.
• mkdkrstars297 - Makefile + Docker = CI Pipeline
• mr - Multiple Repository management tool
• overcommitstars3.7k - A fully configurable and extendable Git hook manager
• pre-commit - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks
• reboundstars3.9k - Instantly browse Stack Overflow results in your terminal when you get a compiler error
• reprenstars307 - Command-line search-and-replace and file-renaming swiss army knife
• slapstars6.1k - Sublime-like terminal-based text editor that runs on Node.js
• shipitstars557 - Minimalistic SSH deployment
• starringstars154 - Automatically star the npm-packages that you are using on GitHub.
• tagstars584 - Instantly jump to your ag matches.
• wipe-modulesstars325 - A little agent that removes the node_modules folder of non-active projects

System Utilities

OS-related tools, including system administration, system debugging, and file and process management.

• atop - ASCII full-screen performance monitor that is capable of reporting the activity of all processes
• batstars37.2k - A cat clone with wings
• bmonstars958 - Real-time network bandwidth monitor and rate estimator with human-friendly visual output
• btopstars8.8k - Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor
• catclistars156 - The command line catalog tool for your offline data
• ccatstars3k - ccat is the colorizing cat. It works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting.
• exastars19.3k - A modern version of ls.
• progressstars5.8k - Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, and more...
• strongholdstars965 - Easily configure MacOS security settings from the terminal.
• glancesstars21.5k - Glances an Eye on your system
• goaccessstars15.2k - GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems.
• hblockstars1.1k - Hosts-file based adblocker
• histstatstars88 - History for netstat
• htopstars5.7k - A ncurses based interactive process viewer which aims to be a better top
• lnav - An advanced log file viewer for the small-scale
• logdissectstars123 - CLI utility and Python API for analyzing log files and other data.
• ls++stars483 - Colorized ls on steroids
• lsdstars8.4k - LSDeluxe, rewrite of GNU ls with lot of added features like colors, icons, tree-view and more formatting options.
• lspstars510 - An improved ls, with file descriptions in plain language and intelligent file grouping
• mazastars1.6k - Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system.
• mtrstars2.1k - The functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
• ncdu - NCurses Disk Usage
• nmtuistars251 - Text User Interface for controlling NetworkManager
• powertopstars660 - Battery/Power usage and device stats monitoring command-line tool, with tune-up options.
• prettypingstars1.1k - Making the output of ping prettier, more colorful, more compact, and easier to read.
• procdogstars73 - Lightweight command-line control of long-lived processes like servers
• quick-securestars399 - Quickly secure and harden UNIX/Linux systems
• rngstars25 - Copy range of lines from file or stdin to stdout.
• tiptopstars1.2k - Graphical command-line system monitor.
• wifi-wandstars59 - a Ruby command line application for managing WiFi on MacOS (install by gem install wifi-wand)
• xiringuitostars1k - SSH-based "VPN for poors"

Downloading and Serving

Self-hosted, lightweight servers and networking tools written in shell scripts.

• aria2stars27.5k - aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent and Metalink
• ballsstars835 - Bash on Balls
• bashttpdstars1.4k - A web server written in Bash
• bashhub-serverstars246 - Private cloud shell history. Open source server for bashhub
• bitpocketstars1k - "DIY Dropbox" or "2-way directory (r)sync with proper deletion"
• Dropbox-Uploaderstars6.4k - Dropbox Uploader is a Bash script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox
• httpiestars23.8k - HTTPie is a command line HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement
• HTTPLabstars3.8k - The interactive web server, let you inspect HTTP requests and forge responses.
• ngincatstars164 - Tiny Bash HTTP server using netcat
• restystars2.6k - Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines
• shell2httpstars977 - HTTP-server to execute shell commands. Designed for development, prototyping or remote control
• vesperstars192 - 🍸Vesper is a HTTP framework for Bash/Unix Shell
• xhstars3.1k - Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests
• youtube-dl - Small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

Multimedia and File Formats

Tools for handling video and audio files.

• adb-exportstars94 - Export Android content providers to CSV format
• Android-Kitchenstars958 - A text-based kitchen for Android ROM customization. Uses shell scripts and works with Cygwin/OS X/Linux
• Beetsstars11.2k - Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger
• cmusstars4.7k - Cross-platform cli audio player.
• daselstars3.6k - Query and update data structures using selectors from the command line. Comparable to jqstars23.1k / yqstars2k but supports JSON, YAML, TOML and XML with zero runtime dependencies.
• fxstars15.3k - Command-line JSON processing tool by anononymus JavaScript functions
• gifgenstars490 - Simple high quality GIF encoding
• image-scraperstars706 - A cool command line image scraper with a lot of features.
• imgpstars896 - Blazing fast batch image resizer and rotator
• jostars4.2k - A small utility to create JSON objects from command-line arguments.
• jqstars23.1k - Sed for json data. You can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data
• korkutstars351 - Quick and simple image processing at the command line.
• mpv - Lets you play most audio and video formats (using ASCII characters) in the shell as well as in a GUI.
• nehmstars85 - Console tool, which downloads, sets IDv3 tags and adds to your iTunes (if you use it) your SoundCloud likes in convenient way
• PiCASTstars1.7k - PiCAST turns your $35 Raspberry Pi in to a Chromecast like Device
• sejdastars408 - Command line manipulation of PDF documents (split, merge, rotate, convert to jpg, extract text, etc)
• visidatastars5.9k - A terminal spreadsheet multitool for exploring and arranging data (csv/json/xml/xls/yaml/etc)
• xidelstars501 - Cli tool to filter, map and create HTML/XML/JSON data with (Turing-complete) XPath and XQuery.
• xmlstarlet - Old but powerful tool for command-line XML formatting, filtering, and manipulation.
• yqstars6.4k - yq is a portable command-line YAML processor