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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 (⭐1.5k) - 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 (by the Bash-Hackers Wiki)

Dec 02, 2022

Customization

• aphrodite-terminal-theme (⭐93) — Minimalistic theme (prompt) for sexy terminals.

Nov 11, 2022

Shell Script Development

• Bashmatic (⭐102) - 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 (⭐1.8k) - 750+ DevOps Shell Scripts and Advanced Bash environment

Mar 19, 2022

Just for fun

• pokeget (⭐27) - 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 (⭐283) - Privately hosted open source bashhub server.

Dec 05, 2021

Shell Script Development

• bash-modules (⭐116) - a collection of modules for unofficial strict mode

Nov 30, 2021

Command-Line Productivity

• sshrc (⭐153) - Bring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you SSH

• zoxide (⭐11k) - 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 (⭐1.7k) - Bash command line framework and CLI generator

Mar 29, 2021

Shell Script Development

• shellcheck (⭐33k) - A static analysis tool for shell scripts

Feb 21, 2020

For Developers

• mkdkr (⭐339) - 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 (⭐518) - ANSI escape codes in pure bash - change text color, position the cursor, much more

• argbash (⭐1.3k) - Bash argument parsing code generator

• assert.sh (⭐479) - Bash unit testing framework

• async-bash (⭐127) - implementation of async functions in bash

• bats (⭐7.1k) - Bash Automated Testing System

• bash3boilerplate (⭐2k) - Templates to write better Bash scripts

• bashful (⭐582) - A collection of libraries to simplify writing Bash scripts

• bashify (⭐98) - few helper functions in bash ( especially string manipulation functions)

• bashing (⭐72) - Smashing Bash into Pieces - Bash framework for creating command line tools

• bashmanager (⭐88) - mini bash framework for creating command line tools

• BashScriptTestingLibrary (⭐191) - A unit testing framework for Bash scripts

• Bash Infinity (⭐5.5k) - A modern boilerplate / framework / standard library for bash

• bash_unit (⭐545) - bash unit testing enterprise edition framework for professionals

• mo (⭐509) - Mustache templates in pure bash

• semver_bash (⭐234) - Semantic Versioning in Bash

• shfmt (⭐6.1k) - Format bash programs

• shunit2 (⭐1.5k) - 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 (by Machtelt Garrels)

• Bash Programming - Intro/How-to

• bash-handbook (⭐5.4k) - 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 (⭐695) - An interactive workshopper which will teach you how to use the terminal and write your the first Bash script.

Command-Line Productivity

• aliases (⭐488) - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell

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

• bashmarks (⭐1.8k) - Directory bookmarks for the shell

• commacd (⭐353) - A faster way to move around in Bash

• has (⭐538) - has helps you check presence of various command line tools and their versions on path

• hstr (⭐3.7k) - Bash History Suggest Box

• qfc (⭐563) - File-completion widget for Bash and Zsh

Customization

• bash-git-prompt (⭐6.5k) - An informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users

• bash-powerline (⭐865) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script

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

• git-prompt (⭐325) - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules

• gittify (⭐64) - A colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases

• liquidprompt (⭐4.3k) - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh

• mysql-colorize (⭐96) - Colorization for mysql comand-line client

• oh-my-git (⭐3.6k) - An opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh

• progress-bar.sh (⭐219) - 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 (⭐278) - 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 (⭐728) - A customized Bash environment suitable for Git work

Downloading and Serving

• balls (⭐845) - Bash on Balls

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

• Dropbox-Uploader (⭐6.5k) - Dropbox Uploader is a Bash script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox

• ngincat (⭐167) - Tiny Bash HTTP server using netcat

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

Applications

• bashblog (⭐1.5k) - A Bash script that handles blog posting

• pushbullet-bash (⭐228) - Bash interface to the PushBullet API

• todo.sh (⭐5.3k) - A simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file

• cheapci (⭐179) - A continuous integration framework implemented in bash

Games

• bash2048 (⭐876) - Bash implementation of 2048 game

• minesweeper (⭐53) - Bash implementation of minesweeper

• solitaire - Bash implementation of solitaire

Website

• Bash One-Liners - A collection of practical or just pure awesome bash one-liners (repos (⭐200) by @janosgyerik)

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

Shell Package Management

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

• basher (⭐1k) - A package manager for shell scripts

• bpkg (⭐1.8k) - A lightweight bash package manager

• homeshick (⭐2k) - Git dotfile synchronizer written in Bash

Community

• Stack Overflow - Bash tag on Stack Overflow

Jun 18, 2018

Books and Resources

• Pure Bash Bible (⭐35k) - A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.