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Top 15 Shell shell-scripting Projects

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  1. shell-intune-samples

    Sample shell scripts for Intune admins.

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  3. modernish

    Modernish is a library for writing robust, portable, readable, and powerful programs for POSIX-based shells and utilities.

    Project mention: modernish | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-21

    Comparison with Bash, from https://github.com/modernish/modernish/blob/master/EXAMPLES....

    # Plain POSIX sh

        git status >/dev/null || exit

  4. bach

    Unit testing framework for developing cross-platform Bash unit tests (by bach-sh)

  5. mdsh

    Multi-lingual, Markdown-based Literate Programming... in run-anywhere bash

  6. events

    An event/callback/promise system for bash apps that's fast (10k/s), tiny (<2.2K), and portable (bash 3.2+, builtins-only)

  7. awesome-bash-commands

    A curated list of awesome Bash useful commands. Inspired by awesome-shell and bash-handbook.

  8. bash-ini-parser

    Bash/Zsh INI Parser Library

  9. shell-velocity

    A portable notational velocity for your shell written in POSIX shell.

  10. fss

    User-friendly command-line search scripts combining find and grep utilities with fzf previewing and direct actions on specific file types (by 5n00py)

  11. bash-raytracer

    A pure bash raytracer

  12. dotfiles

    My dotfiles (by BlueTufa)

  13. note

    Manage your notes, todo, ... with this nifty script CLI/bash (by pforret)

  14. semi-useful-scripts

    quick and dirty bash scripts

  15. pisciform.fish

    Create a fish function/alias for invoking a Bash/ZSH/Posix shell function and capturing environment changes

  16. bookmark

    Bookmark frequently visited directories without bloating your shell config with a bunch of cd aliases.

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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What are some of the best open-source shell-scripting projects in Shell? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 shell-intune-samples 1,039
2 modernish 938
3 bach 561
4 mdsh 201
5 events 91
6 awesome-bash-commands 60
7 bash-ini-parser 45
8 shell-velocity 34
9 fss 17
10 bash-raytracer 13
11 dotfiles 8
12 note 8
13 semi-useful-scripts 2
14 pisciform.fish 2
15 bookmark 2

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