Underwhelmed by Bash functions? Maybe you're using them wrong. I was.

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  • acme.sh

    A pure Unix shell script implementing ACME client protocol

  • Automatic DNS API integration If your DNS provider supports API access, we can use that API to automatically issue the certs. You don't have to do anything manually! Currently acme.sh supports most of the dns providers: https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/dnsapi

  • nushell

    A new type of shell

  • I like PS better. I just never do any kind of Ops on Windows, so it's generally irrelevant which I prefer. That said, I occassionally check in on nushell, which as they mention in the readme, draws inspiration heavily from powershell. I tried it out a while ago, and didn't quite feel it was ready, but I've seen quite a lot of people over at /r/rust say they use it as their default shell.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • oil

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

  • Shout-out to Oil Shell for attempting to build this. It’s still got some way to go, but I really like what it has done so far. Feels much nicer to use than bash, both as a shell and a scripting language.

  • xonsh

    :shell: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell.

  • Not entirely true. Check out xonsh... "The unholy union of Bash and Python"

  • zx

    A tool for writing better scripts

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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