proot VS ShellCheck

Compare proot vs ShellCheck and see what are their differences.

proot

An chroot-like implementation using ptrace. (by termux)
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proot ShellCheck
74 488
707 34,995
2.5% -
4.7 8.7
11 days ago 5 days ago
C Haskell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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proot

Posts with mentions or reviews of proot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.
  • Two debian distros, both Termux-X11 and VNC gives black screen on one, workd on the other
    2 projects | /r/termux | 10 Dec 2023
    I suspect some component was upgraded (glib?) and it use some functions that are not handled well by proot. Report issue to https://github.com/termux/proot/issues in order to have chances get it solved for yourself and others with this "black screen" problem.
  • FreeBSD 14.0 Delivering Great Performance Uplift
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Nov 2023
    I needed to look at your comment for 10 minutes before I got what you mean. So you want containers that run on any POSIX operating systems?

    You can do this with ptrace() which is in POSIX, but its going to be slow for i/o heavy applications. Unfortunately POSIX doesn't provide anything else (seccomp would already be a step up). See also proot[1], gVisor[2] and User Mode Linux[3] which all use ptrace().

    [1] https://github.com/termux/proot

    [2] https://gvisor.dev/docs/architecture_guide/platforms/#implem...

    [3] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.9/virt/uml/user_mode_linu...

  • WHAT ARE FILES .l2s.*
    2 projects | /r/termux | 11 Jun 2023
    Documentation does not exist. Just like in best traditions of open source software typically maintained by one person. Look the proot source code instead. Here is the link to extension source code: https://github.com/termux/proot/blob/master/src/extension/link2symlink/link2symlink.c
  • Ubuntu 22.04 on android 12
    1 project | /r/termux | 8 Jun 2023
    You'll probably want to do that inside of a proot environment.
  • The /sys filesystem is not mounted. If you are running in a chroot environment, bind-mount missing filesystems. on opensuse
    1 project | /r/termux | 6 Jun 2023
    Now regarding proot: it can't have higher privileges than your Termux shell session, despite the user "root" which may possibly appear. It was told many times here on Reddit, Termux GitHub and even Wiki (https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot) that PRoot does not give extra privileges and root user is fake.
  • Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Apr 2023
    I understand the sentiment, but I disagree. From the last time I checked, the big compromise with GNU/Linux phones is still the lack of social media and messaging apps and appstore ecosystem. Android, with root, is every bit as much a computer as a Pinephone and Librem 5, but the opposite isn't true. Termux has PRoot, a user-space implementation of chroot allowing a full distro install. I personally don't have any problem depending on Google, I have a problem with things being locked away with no alternative. Given the option, I will happily accept the risks and void my warray to root.

    https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot

  • Problem with installing any aur package
    1 project | /r/archlinux | 2 Apr 2023
  • Are there any up to date Linux emulators
    1 project | /r/fossdroid | 26 Feb 2023
  • Ideas ??
    3 projects | /r/termux | 17 Feb 2023
  • AndroLinux
    1 project | /r/termux | 12 Feb 2023

ShellCheck

Posts with mentions or reviews of ShellCheck. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-19.
  • Ask HN: Is there a GUI for bash shell?
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Apr 2024
    ncurse, dialog, zenity[2]. i/o buffering may be an issue [3a,3b]

    Assuming using same account, use history command to show past commands[0a, 0b]

    'load random example' on shellcheck using own custom examples from history command.[1]

    --------

    [3a] : http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stdbu...

    [3b] : http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/25372/how-to-turn-of...

    [2] : http//funprojects.blog/2021/01/25/zenity-command-line-dialogs/

    [1] : http://www.shellcheck.net/

    [0a] : http://www.tecmint.com/history-command-examples/

    [0b] : http://www.tecmint.com/remember-linux-commands/

    web based documentation: https://www.tecmint.com/linux-commands-cheat-sheet/

    commands grouped by typical usage patterns : https://www.tecmint.com/essential-linux-commands/

  • DevSecOps with AWS- IaC at scale - Building your own platform - Part 1
    8 projects | dev.to | 21 Mar 2024
    ... #************************** Terraform ************************************* ARG TERRAFORM_VERSION=1.7.3 RUN set -ex \ && curl -O https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip && unzip terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/ RUN set -ex \ && mkdir -p $HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache && echo 'plugin_cache_dir = "$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"' > ~/.terraformrc #************************* Terragrunt ************************************* ARG TERRAGRUNT_VERSION=0.55.1 RUN set -ex \ && wget https://github.com/gruntwork-io/terragrunt/releases/download/v${TERRAGRUNT_VERSION}/terragrunt_linux_amd64 -q \ && mv terragrunt_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/terragrunt \ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terragrunt #*********************** Terramate **************************************** ARG TERRAMATE_VERSION=0.4.5 RUN set -ex \ && wget https://github.com/mineiros-io/terramate/releases/download/v${TERRAMATE_VERSION}/terramate_${TERRAMATE_VERSION}_linux_x86_64.tar.gz \ && tar -xzf terramate_${TERRAMATE_VERSION}_linux_x86_64.tar.gz \ && mv terramate /usr/local/bin/terramate \ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terramate #*********************** tfsec ******************************************** ARG TFSEC_VERSION=1.28.5 RUN set -ex \ && wget https://github.com/aquasecurity/tfsec/releases/download/v${TFSEC_VERSION}/tfsec-linux-amd64 \ && mv tfsec-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/tfsec \ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tfsec \ && terragrunt --version #**********************Terraform docs ************************************ ARG TERRRAFORM_DOCS_VERSION=0.17.0 RUN set -ex \ && curl -sSLo ./terraform-docs.tar.gz https://terraform-docs.io/dl/v${TERRRAFORM_DOCS_VERSION}/terraform-docs-v${TERRRAFORM_DOCS_VERSION}-$(uname)-amd64.tar.gz \ && tar -xzf terraform-docs.tar.gz \ && chmod +x terraform-docs \ && mv terraform-docs /usr/local/bin/terraform-docs #********************* ShellCheck ***************************************** ARG SHELLCHECK_VERSION="stable" RUN set -ex \ && wget -qO- "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION?}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION?}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" | tar -xJv \ && cp "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck" /usr/bin/ \ && shellcheck --version ...
  • Ask HN: Popular open source tool originally written in Haskell?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024
    ShellCheck: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck
  • Google ZX – A tool for writing better scripts
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Feb 2024
    If I want to write better shell scripts I usually run shellcheck and adjust accordingly or if I need facilities not provided by the shell i switch to a full fledged programming language. Ans oh yes, `sh` is present almost on every BSD and Linux box for free so I consider it an important thing to at least be comfortable with.

    shellcheck: https://www.shellcheck.net/

  • How I use Nix in my Elm projects
    8 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
    When I run nix-shell at the root of the project it puts me in a Nix shell that contains, among other programs, caddy and shellcheck. Notice that in the shellHook I add the project's shell scripts to the PATH. So once I'm in the Nix shell I can, among other things:
  • Ask HN: A Bash guide for Posix programmers?
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Dec 2023
  • Regex support to list modules in .cabal?
    1 project | /r/haskell | 4 Dec 2023
    I have also seen some projects on github like ShellCheck which first make a library, expose all the modules and then simple add that do build-depends of the final executable. Is this the recommended approach than having just one executable and adding all the modules to other-modules:?
  • Shellcheck finds bugs in your shell scripts
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Nov 2023
    The error checks can be pretty arcane:

       https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/Checks
  • Is there a syntax checker?
    2 projects | /r/groff | 24 Oct 2023
    Similar to for instance shellcheck to check the syntax of shell scripts, is there an equivalent for the set of roff commands typically used in a (Linux) man page? I'm aware that e.g. pandoc permits the conversion of an other format (e.g., org) to both roff man and roff ms.
  • Shellcheck – finds bugs in your shell scripts
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Oct 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing proot and ShellCheck you can also consider the following projects:

proot-distro - An utility for managing installations of the Linux distributions in Termux.

bash-language-server - A language server for Bash

ubuntu-in-termux - This is a script by which you can install Ubuntu in your termux application without a rooted device

shfmt - Dockernized shfmt. This formats shell script.

termux-wayland - Not released and unmaintained Termux X11 add-on application.

shellharden - The corrective bash syntax highlighter

termux-fedora - A script to install a Fedora chroot into Termux

shfmt - A shell formatter (sh/bash/mksh)

termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

manjaro-fs-arm64 - Manjaro rootfs with xfce4 and vncserver preinstalled. Just setup username, password and vnc password. Also one more edition with latest Anki preinstalled.

efm-langserver - General purpose Language Server