Awesome Bash

My personal list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.

In addition to this list, consider reading awesome-shell, awesome-zsh or awesome-fish.

Applications

Documentation Generation

• shdoc - Documentation generator for shell scripts.
• jqmd - Write and document your jq/shell scripts with markdown.
• zshelldoc - Doxygen For Shell Scripts.

Tools

• mkdkr - Make + Docker + Shell = CI Pipeline.
• todo.sh - A simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file.
• homeshick - Git dotfile synchronizer written in Bash.
• bashblog (original) - A Bash script that handles blog posting.
• fff (original).
• neofetch (original).
• pfetch (original).
• Dropbox-Uploader - Dropbox Uploader is a Bash script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox
• xiringuito - SSH-based "VPN for poors".

Cool Things

• bocker (original) - Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash.
• bash2048 - Bash implementation of 2048 game.
• spark (original).
• Bash-script - Bash scripts.
• bashlets - An experiment in extending the command-line interface.

Web Frameworks

• bash-stack - modern web framework in bash.
• sherver - Pure Bash lightweight web server.
• bashttpd - A web server written in Bash.
• ngincat - Tiny Bash HTTP server using netcat.
• balls - Bash on Balls.

Testing

• bats - Bash Automated Testing System.
• shunit2 - shUnit2 is a xUnit based unit test framework for Bourne based shell scripts.
• assert.sh - Bash unit testing framework.
• bash_unit - Bash unit testing enterprise edition framework for professionals.
• bunit - A unit testing framework for Shell scripts - namely Bash.
• assert.sh (original).
• test-runner.bash - Integrations Test Runner for tests.sh.

Libraries

• mo - Mustache templates in pure Bash.
• ansi - ANSI escape codes in pure bash - change text color, position the cursor, much more.
• argbash - Bash argument parsing code generator.
• semver_bash - Semantic Versioning in Bash.
• shellfire (original)
• bashful (original)
• mkdkr (original)
• JSON.sh (original)
• JSONPath.sh (original)
• TickTick (original)
• resholve - Shell resolver.
• bashup/mdsh - Multi-lingual, Markdown-based Literate Programming... in run-anywhere bash.
• bashup/events - An event/callback/promise system for bash apps that's fast (10k/s), tiny (<2.2K), and portable (bash 3.2+, builtins-only)
• bashup/realpaths - Fast, portable path manipulation and symlink resolution in 2K of pure bash

Reusable Things

• modernish - Modernish is a library for writing robust, portable, readable, and powerful programs for POSIX-based shells and utilities.
• bash-oo-framework (original)
• bash3boilerplate - Templates to write better Bash scripts.
• bashful - A collection of libraries to simplify writing Bash scripts.
• bashly - Bash command line framework and CLI generator.
• Bashmatic - An easy to use DSL library for building BASH-based tooling & installers (900+ functions).
• Bash Infinity - A modern boilerplate / framework / standard library for bash.
• bash-modules - A collection of modules for unofficial strict mode.
• ebash - enhanced bash.
• bash-lib - Library for bash utility methods and tools.
• DevOps-Bash-tools - 750+ DevOps Shell Scripts and Advanced Bash environment.

Helper Function Things

• bashify - Few helper functions in bash (especially string manipulation functions).
• async-bash - Implementation of async functions in bash.
• emitter - Event listeners for bash.
• furious-bash - Furious is a bash script that benchmarks bunch of functions, and gives you the ability to be able to extract the fastest or slowest function.

Analysis

• mvdan/sh - A shell parser, formatter, and interpreter with bash support; includes shfmt.
• shellcheck - A static analysis tool for shell scripts.
• shellharden - The corrective bash syntax highlighter.
• kcov - Code coverage tool for compiled programs, Python and Bash.

Interactive Tools

• bash-preexec - zap preexec and precmd functions for Bash just like Zsh.
• bleh.sh - Bash Line Editor―a full-featured line editor written in pure Bash!
• bash-completion - Programmable completion functions for bash.

Prompts and Color Themes

• bash-git-prompt - An informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users
• bash-powerline - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script
• bashstrap - A quick way to spruce up OSX terminal
• git-prompt - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules
• liquidprompt - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
• oh-my-git - An opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh
• sexy-bash-prompt - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches
• bash-sensible - An attempt at saner Bash defaults

Command-Line Productivity

• aliases - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell.
• bashhub - ☁️ Bash history in the cloud. Indexed and searchable.
• bashhub-server - Privately hosted open source bashhub server.
• bashmarks - Directory bookmarks for the shell.
• commacd - A faster way to move around in Bash.
• has - has helps you check presence of various command line tools and their versions on path.
• hstr - Bash History Suggest Box.
• sshrc - Bring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you SSH.
• zoxide - A better way to navigate your filesystem. Written in Rust, cross-shell, and much faster than other autojumpers.

Package Managers and Tools

• basher - A package manager for shell scripts.
• bpkg - A lightweight bash package manager.
• basalt - The rock-solid Bash package manager.
• ash - 🐚 A Modular Bash Framework.
• import.bash Golang-like import statement in bash.
• bpm (original).

Profile Initialization Frameworks

• bash-it - A community Bash framework.
• oh-my-bash - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

Organizations

• bash-bastion
• bashup
• ash-shell
• reconquest

Community

• Stack Overflow - Bash tag on Stack Overflow
• /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

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).
• 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
• 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 - A handbook for those who want to learn Bash without diving in too deeply
• Google's Shell Style Guide - Reasonable advice about code style.
• 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)
• Defensive BASH Programming - Methods to defend your programs from breaking as well as keeping the code tidy and clean.
• Pure Bash Bible - A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.

Credit

Credit to whetu on Reddit for this post.