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Top 23 Shell Posix Projects
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Managing Node.js versions can be challenging, especially when different projects require different Node.js versions. Directly installing Node.js globally can lead to conflicts and broken projects. NVM solves this by providing isolated Node.js environments for each project.
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Project mention: Bunster: Compile bash scripts to self contained executables | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-23
Thank you for using the project!
On the concern of it would be harder to setup, I think it would be easier in fact, you would simply curl the Go or C statically generated binary to your path and would alleviate the need for jq or curl to be installed alongside.
I think the reason I haven’t made the switch yet is I like Bash (even though my script is getting pretty big), and in a way it’s a testament to what’s possible in the language. Projects like https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh really show the power of Bash.
That and I think the project would need a name change, and discord.sh as a name gets the point across better than anything I can think of.
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distrobox
Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
Project mention: Show HN: Box – a script-based interactive container manager | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-25 -
Related tool:
https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli
Has termux builds as well
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Project mention: Ask HN: Should you reply STOP to unwanted texts? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-01
https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail
Super-throwaway email addresses in the terminal
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arttime
arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰
Below is a collection of figures from arttime's manpage. It can be opened with arttime -m or man arttime from terminal. You can also see arttime's manpage (without colors) in your web browser: arttime manwebpage.
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modernish
Modernish is a library for writing robust, portable, readable, and powerful programs for POSIX-based shells and utilities.
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Project mention: Nerdfetch, a Neofetch Alternative with NerdFonts | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-01
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format-udf
Bash script to format a block device (hard drive or Flash drive) in UDF. The output is a drive that can be used for reading/writing across multiple operating system families: Windows, macOS, and Linux. This script should be capable of running in macOS or in Linux.
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fet.sh
🐢 a fetch written in posix shell without any external commands (sponsored by https://git.io/kiwmi)
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polyglot
Color, ASCII-only Git prompt for zsh, bash, ksh93, mksh, pdksh, oksh, dash, yash, busybox ash, and osh (by agkozak)
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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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Mommy
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Ask HN: Linux from Scratch style project with modern twist?
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I have finally installed Linux From Scratch! (Yes neofetch was necessary)
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[sowm] My first time on linux in three years!
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[sowm] My first time using linux!
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Posix projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | nvm | 82,845 |
| 2 | acme.sh | 41,774 |
| 3 | redox | 15,351 |
| 4 | distrobox | 10,657 |
| 5 | ani-cli | 9,057 |
| 6 | tmpmail | 3,929 |
| 7 | ytfzf | 3,876 |
| 8 | vcsh | 2,206 |
| 9 | arttime | 1,049 |
| 10 | modernish | 771 |
| 11 | mons | 642 |
| 12 | NerdFetch | 534 |
| 13 | format-udf | 522 |
| 14 | fet.sh | 370 |
| 15 | asus-fan-control | 327 |
| 16 | gdrive-downloader | 309 |
| 17 | shdotenv | 288 |
| 18 | dot | 264 |
| 19 | bin | 256 |
| 20 | dmenufm | 227 |
| 21 | mommy | 222 |
| 22 | polyglot | 186 |
| 23 | bash-tricks | 167 |
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