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GNU Bash is the GNU Project's shell, an sh-compatible shell that incorporates features from the Korn shell and the C shell. It is intended to conform to the POSIX Shell and Tools standard and offers improvements over sh for programming and interactive use. Most sh scripts can run by Bash without modification. It includes command-line editing, job control, shell functions and aliases, and indexed arrays.
The Bash Guide is an open-source guide introducing basic and advanced concepts of the bash shell. It aims to teach newcomers, advanced users and long-time users to write safe and robust bash scripts and interact efficiently with the shell as a command line interface. The guide is a continuing work in progress, with new chapters written and existing chapters updated.
Bash Crawl helps learn, search, or use command-line tools, shell commands, and terminal workflows.
A collection of handy Bash one-liners and terminal tricks for data processing and Linux system maintenance, covering topics such as terminal multiplexers, variables, grep, sed, awk, xargs and networking. The author notes it is mainly used on Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, RedHat, Linux Mint, Mac and CentOS.
bash-it is an open source command-line or Unix tool for terminal workflows and system use.
SpotX-Bash is an open source command-line or Unix tool for terminal workflows and system use.
An A-Z index of the Linux command line, covering bash and related utilities. The page alphabetically lists commands with short descriptions, such as alias for creating aliases, apt for installing software packages, and chmod for changing access permissions.
Basher is a package manager for bash scripts. It installs, uninstalls and updates bash packages from the command line, in the manner of composer for PHP, npm for node.js and apt for Linux tools. Packages need not register before use; if organised in a logical way, basher knows how to install them.
Bashly is a command line application written in Ruby that generates bash command line tools from a YAML configuration describing commands, subcommands, arguments, and flags. It produces a standalone script that parses and validates user input, provides help messages, and runs per-command code kept in separate files. Optional standard library functions include color output, config file management, YAML parsing, and bash completions.
bpkg is a bash package manager that installs and manages Bash packages, handling installing and uninstalling and execution permissions. It can install shell scripts globally or per project, placing global installs in /usr/local/bin and per-project installs under the deps/ directory. It can be installed via an install script, clibs, or from source.
Adebar is a collection of Bash shell scripts using ADB for Android device backup and reporting. It creates one backup file per app so users can select what to restore, and produces a device report covering information such as model, Android version, device features, status and configured accounts. It reportedly works on Linux, Mac and Windows (Cygwin); no binaries are attached to releases.
A shell history tool that syncs, searches and backs up shell history with end-to-end encryption, available for macOS, Linux and Windows and for shells including bash, zsh and fish. It includes Atuin AI, which is free during testing and can suggest and run commands.
A collection of cheatsheets for popular programming languages, frameworks and development tools, each intended to include everything needed in one file. It covers languages such as Bash, C, C# and JavaScript, backend tools including Django and Node.js, frontend frameworks such as React and Vue, plus Redis, Docker and Kubernetes.
bash_loading_animations is a collection of ready-to-use loading animations in ASCII and UTF-8 intended for integration into Bash scripts. The repository provides a script and demo; the source advises retrieving the script via git clone or curl/wget rather than copying the raw file from a browser.
bashupload-r2 is a project that uses Cloudflare Worker and R2 to set up a fast file transit station. It enables file uploads directly from the bash terminal, supports password protection for uploads and downloads, and allows setting file retention periods.
busybox-w32 is a port of BusyBox to the Microsoft Windows WIN32 API. It brings a subset of BusyBox functionality to Windows in a single self-contained native executable and implements well over a hundred Unix-style commands, including the ash-based shell, awk, sed, vi, find and grep. It is suggested for shipping shell scripts with software or running Unix utilities on Windows, while Cygwin, Gow or UnxUtils may suit needs for full bash or GNU utilities.
Clink is an open source software project hosted on GitHub, created by developer chrisant996. It brings Bash's powerful command line editing capabilities to the Windows cmd.exe command interpreter, allowing users to access enhanced line editing features in the default Windows command line environment.
The Art of Command Line is a one-page guide of notes and tips on command-line use, aimed at both beginners and experienced users. It is written for Linux, with separate macOS only and Windows only sections, and focuses on interactive Bash.
emplace is a command-line tool written in Rust that mirrors installed software across multiple machines, outputting a human-readable RON file to sync. It supports git-based push and pull of updates and works with package managers including Apt, Nix, Pacman, Snap, Homebrew, Cargo, Pip, and npm, on Bash, Zsh, Fish, and Nu shells.
GameShell is a game for learning or teaching how to use standard commands in a Unix shell. It runs a bash session with missions that are checked to progress, and is available in English, French and Italian. It should work on standard Linux systems, macOS and BSD.
Gradia is free and open-source software for Linux that helps users beautify, annotate and share screenshots. Upload providers are bash commands that receive the image path as $1 and output the final URL to stdout. Gradia offers predefined providers or custom ones; some commands may need permission changes in the Flatpak or Snap.
Liquidprompt is an adaptive shell prompt for Bash and Zsh. It displays information based on the current system status and is configured by editing a text file of key/value pairs. Predefined themes are enabled through the shell configuration.
Oh My Posh is a prompt engine for shells, with one configuration intended to work across PowerShell, Bash, Zsh, Fish, Nu and others on Windows, macOS, Linux, WSL, containers and SSH. It is written in Go, and its segments run concurrently and cache results so prompts render in milliseconds. Around 120 segments cover git status, cloud context, language versions and system metrics.
Oils is a project that provides an upgrade path from Bash to a better language and runtime. It is also intended for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell scripting. The repository includes source code, contribution guidelines, and development build instructions.
