A list of "curl pipe in to shell" to install projects

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/commandline

Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video.
Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads
InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
www.influxdata.com
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  1. nvm

    Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

  2. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  3. Pi-hole

    A black hole for Internet advertisements

    Pi-Hole (https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/#one-step-automated-install)

  4. HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    Homebrew https://brew.sh/

  5. SpaceVim

    Discontinued A community-driven modular vim/neovim distribution - The ultimate vimrc

  6. repo

  7. bpkg

    Lightweight bash package manager

  8. basher

    A package manager for shell scripts.

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  10. vimv

    Batch-rename files using Vim

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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