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A tool for building glamorous shell scripts

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Fig Scripts▲245
Build internal CLI tools, really fast
2023
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BashBuddy▲159
Write bash commands with natural language, fully local.
2025
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Jam for GitHub▲227
Report bugs in GitHub 20x faster
2022
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Fig▲216
Visual apps and shortcuts for your terminal
2020
5TN
Termipal – native micro-GUIs for shell scripts and command line apps▲195
2017 · termipal.sh
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GitSheet▲319
A dead simple Git cheat sheet.
2019
7BR
bash.rocks – A bash interpreter in the browser▲58
2017 · bash.rocks
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Bashnode▲125
Build code-free custom CLIs
2024
9SP
Sultan – Pythonic interface to your shell▲155
2017 · sultan.readthedocs.io
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VHS▲125
A tool for generating terminal GIFs from code
2022
11UT
Unix tool that visualizes shell commands usage▲98
2021 · github.com
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Eggshell▲90
Simple BASH script manager for your Mac menubar
2018
13SB
ShellTalk brings deterministic text-to-bash▲9
Hi HN! I built a CLI tool called ShellTalk for macOS, Linux, and web (WebAssembly) that maps English text to the corresponding Bash commands. ShellTalk is written in Swift and available under the Apache 2.0 license on GitHub. I was inspired a few weeks ago after reading the Meta-Harness paper and seeing a tool called Hunch that did something similar using the Apple Foundation model. I often forget flag names and orders, but I wanted something that worked consistently. The 3B AFM worked surprisingly well with Hunch, but it felt slow and sometimes slight changes in what I wrote would result in…
Apr 2026 · barrasso.me
14SB
Simple Bash Prompt – a fast, pretty, extendable and pure bash prompt▲31
2020 · github.com
15CT
CLI tool for managing bash environments▲7
2019 · github.com
16UB
Useful Bash tool: Smart directories navigator▲9
2023 · github.com
17SA
Shifu – A pure POSIX shell framework to create powerful CLIs▲7
The startup I work for has an internal, bash-based, cli that basically amounts to shared aliases with a common entrypoint. As the number of aliases has grown, I've had a desire to group functionality together in subcommands, add more help strings, and have better tab completion. I know I could convert it to, e.g., a python script, but I was curious what was possible if we continued to use bash. I couldn't find anything that solved those problems without lots of extra machinery. I understand why, shell scripts are generally not long, and focused on a dedicated task; adding cli features to…
Mar 2026 · github.com
18IW
I wrote a Bash library▲10
Shelon: https://github.com/housni/sheldon It's not a framework, it's a library. It attempts to mimic function names in Python. Most functions work in Bash 4.3+ but there are those that work on older versions. The 'help' target in Makefile is on crack! Check the issues in that repo for upcoming features. Useful for DevOps Engineers or anyone who has to write Bash scripts.
2018
19UL
Useful Linux tool, Find wrapper in Bash script▲8
2021 · github.com
20HS
Half.sh – A dashboard for your shell scripts▲5
2018 · github.com
21GC
GitHub Copilot Can Help with Shell Scripting▲5
2022 · medium.com
22BF
Bash Framework Written for Fun▲9
2020 · github.com
23IW
I wrote an eBook on Linux CLI tools and Shell Scripting▲7
Hello! This ebook aims to teach Linux command line tools and Shell Scripting for beginner to intermediate level users. The main focus is towards managing your files and performing text processing tasks. Includes plenty of examples, exercises (200+) and solutions. To celebrate my latest ebook release, you can download PDF/EPUB versions of Computing from the Command Line for FREE till 08-Nov-2022: https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_computing (the web version linked as the post url is always free) All books bundle (all my 13 programming ebooks) is $10 (normal…
2022 · learnbyexample.github.io
24DT
Distro.tools - Scripts for lazy Linux users▲14
2019 · distro.tools

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