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Top 23 Rust Bash Projects
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Once you have everything figured out, you just keep using the config you have. It might be worth the investment. I stopped using oh-my-zsh when I realized it was what was causing multi-second delays on Raspberry Pis.
I think auto suggestions and syntax highlighting plugins can be installed separately from oh-my-zsh.
I use starship for a better prompt, and it works on more shells than just Zsh.
I also have Atuin installed to share history across machines, and as a benefit the history search is a lot more powerful.
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
https://starship.rs
https://atuin.sh
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Apparently it is a thing.
https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide
Well I never.
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1: https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/issues/952
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Project mention: Opencode: AI coding agent, built for the terminal | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-06
Side note, if you're a lazygit fan, consider using gitui as an alternative. Feature wise they're pretty similar but gitui is much faster and I find it easier to use.
https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui
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Project mention: Show HN: Empty Enter Expander – Type less in the terminal with this tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-25
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Project mention: Bunster: Compile bash scripts to self contained executables | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-23
This is fucking dumb. Sorry but this is just a paragon of everything wrong with Unix.
The only reason to use shell in the first place is because I can't use a binary compiled from a sane language.
This... Wow. This is like not having your cake and not eating it.
The shitness of Bash combined with the non-portability of binaries! Sign me up!
It's the opposite of https://amber-lang.com/ which tries to (not sure it succeeds) provide a sane language with the portability of shell (ignoring Windows).
That's a sensible project. This is just... Why does this exist?
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Project mention: Cmd-Wrapped: A CLI Tool for Shell History Insights | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-06
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rust_cmd_lib
Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-script like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way
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Project mention: Brush (Bo(u)rn(e) RUsty SHell) a POSIX and Bash-Compatible Shell in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-06
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My favorite entry in this space is Argc. I like it because the only “new syntax” it introduces is metadata comments, and the rest is pure bash. The maintainer is also best-in-class in terms of responsiveness.
https://github.com/sigoden/argc
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workflows
Workflows make it easy to browse, search, execute and share commands (or a series of commands)--without needing to leave your terminal.
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Project mention: Show HN: Yoink AI – macOS AI app that edits directly in any textfield of any app | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-28
Can't speak to Yoink but I built a project that did something similar. I used a stupid simple method - input simulation. And if you want context, you can simulate select all / copy. Similar if you want to replace, etc.
https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/plock
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Project mention: Show HN: pay-respects – RIP command errors and keep yourself in the flow | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-08
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Project mention: Intelli-Shell, a CLI tool to save and reuse commands, now with AI | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-23
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Bash projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | starship | 50,824 |
| 2 | zoxide | 29,212 |
| 3 | atuin | 25,528 |
| 4 | gitui | 20,441 |
| 5 | navi | 16,127 |
| 6 | amber | 4,252 |
| 7 | sheldon | 1,242 |
| 8 | cmd-wrapped | 1,169 |
| 9 | rust_cmd_lib | 1,127 |
| 10 | brush | 1,032 |
| 11 | argc | 981 |
| 12 | pipelight | 751 |
| 13 | workflows | 691 |
| 14 | hoard | 620 |
| 15 | plock | 496 |
| 16 | silver | 481 |
| 17 | ffs | 475 |
| 18 | pay-respects | 375 |
| 19 | bkt | 294 |
| 20 | complgen | 274 |
| 21 | kubesess | 273 |
| 22 | intelli-shell | 257 |
| 23 | shellclear | 225 |
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