The Biggest Shell Programs in the World (Wiki)

1. oils

   1 261 3,076 9.4 Python

   Oils is our upgrade path from bash to a better language and runtime. It's also for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!

   

   The difference between OSH and YSH is exactly a set of "shopt" options [1], although YSH feels like a brand new language too! There is a smooth blend.

   https://github.com/oils-for-unix/oils/wiki/Gradually-Upgradi...

   There is a FAQ here about Perl:

   Are you reinventing Perl? - https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2021/01/why-a-new-shell.html#a...

   Not to say that migrating to Perl is worse in any way, i.e. if you already know Perl or your team knows it.

   But objectively YSH is also a shell, so I think more of the code carries over, and there is a more direct upgrade path.

   ---

   [1] Unix Shell Should Evolve like Perl 5 - https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2020/07/blog-roadmap.html#the-... - i.e. with compatible upgrade options

2. CodeRabbit

   coderabbit.ai featured

   CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

   

3. acme.sh

   2 286 41,774 9.5 Shell

   A pure Unix shell script implementing ACME client protocol

   

   It’s “only” 7.1K LoC, but my favorite is the “acme.sh” script which is used to issue and renew certs from Lets Encrypt.

   https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/blob/master/acme....

4. rear

   3 5 990 9.2 Shell

   Relax-and-Recover - Linux bare metal disaster recovery and system migration solution (cfr. mksysb, ignite)

   

   It's a wiki, you can add it!

   Looks legit to me, e.g. https://github.com/rear/rear/blob/master/usr/share/rear/lib/...

5. firehol

   4 9 1,508 6.3 Shell

   A firewall for humans...

   

   FireHOL is another pretty big one, around 20k lines. It's a neat firewall configuration tool with its own custom config format.

   https://github.com/firehol/firehol

6. Max

   5 3 284 0.0 Objective-C

   An audio converter and CD ripper (by sbooth)

   Not that I'd know anything about it, but this was one of the tools recommended on What.CD back in the day. Along with Max (my friends tell me) https://github.com/sbooth/Max

7. argc

   6 19 891 8.2 Rust

   A Bash CLI framework, also a Bash command runner.

   

8. poudriere

   7 14 407 9.0 Shell

   Port/Package build and test system

   

   poudriere is roughly 3 FreeBSD Update clients of sh code: https://github.com/freebsd/poudriere/blob/master/src/share/p...

9. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

10. steamtinkerlaunch

    8 97 2,316 7.5 Shell

    Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs

    

    Biggest I know of is https://github.com/sonic2kk/steamtinkerlaunch/blob/master/st...

    27k lines/24k loc

11. winetricks

    9 39 2,954 8.6 Shell

    Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine

    

    I just added winetricks https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks

Suggest a related project