Alternatives

Products that do what Bash function to run concurrent tasks and display pretty statuses does

1. 1LT
   Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc.▲252

   2014 · github.com

2. 2SA
   Shox: A customisable status bar for your terminal▲99

   2020 · github.com

3. 3UR
   Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks▲231

   2020 · github.com

4. 4UT
   Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage▲98

   2021 · github.com

5. 5AY
   Alert yourself after a long-running task in terminal▲86

   2021 · gist.github.com

6. 6PA
   Progressbar - A C library for displaying command-line progress bars▲33

   2015 · github.com

7. 7ST
   Simple tool for creating and organizing daily notes on the command line▲74

   2021 · github.com

8. 8MT
   Memorize Terminal Commands▲166

   2019 · memorize-terminal-commands.com

9. 9BR
   bash.rocks – A bash interpreter in the browser▲58

   2017 · bash.rocks

10. 10SS
    Super simple notifications for long-running command line tasks▲11

    2019 · nudge.sh

11. 11BS
    Bish – Shell scripting with a modern feel▲84

    2015 · github.com

12. 12TA
    Track, Analyze, and Graph Your Bash History▲10

    2018 · github.com

13. 13BA
    Bask: a task runner for bash▲10

    2016 · github.com

14. 14FA
    Fff – A terminal file manager written in bash▲55

    2019 · github.com

15. 15BF
    Bash Framework Written for Fun▲9

    2020 · github.com

16. 16EC
    Eternity – Chrome Extension to track the progress of time and tasks▲25

    2018 · chrome.google.com

17. 17TA
    Timep – A next-gen profiler and flamegraph-generator for bash code▲53

    Note: this is an update to [this](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44568529) "Show HN" post. timep is a state-of-the-art [debug-]trap-based bash profiler that is efficient and extremely accurate. Unlike other profilers, timep records: 1. per-command wall-clock time 2. per-command CPU time, and 3. the hierarchy of parent function calls /subshells for each command the wall-clock + CPU time combination allows you to determine if a particular command is CPU-bound or IO-bound, and the hierarchical logging gives you a map of how the code actually executed. The standout…

    2025 · github.com

18. 18HA
    Happyfinder – A fuzzy file finder like Helm, for the command line▲27

    2015 · github.com

19. 19TR
    Trigger – run a shell command repeatedly on file changes▲10

    2016 · github.com

20. 20AB
    a bash based data store written in python▲27

    2012 · blog.alonsebastian.com.ar

21. 21CL
    Command line task management tool (Weekend Project)▲13

    2013 · github.com

22. 22SB
    Simple Bash Prompt – a fast, pretty, extendable and pure bash prompt▲31

    2020 · github.com

23. 23LP
    Log Periodic – .bash_history, htop, and tail -f for the cloud▲9

    2017 · logperiodic.com

24. 24FS
    File-server activity gauge with LEDs & Raspberry Pi▲15

    2017 · github.com

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