Ask HN: How to publish command line tools?

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  • fpm

    Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.

  • I wrote a shell script, I'd like to make available for others to use. Scripting language ideally shouldn't matter. Users should not have to care what I used. I'd like to target users who want to easily install a new command line tool on Linux/Mac and receive updates, but preferably without the need to install another package manager.

    There is the possibility to package it for many package managers, like https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm

    Other possibilities would be npm (most people have it already installed), zsh plugins (limited user base), deno (rewrite your shell script in typescript - which is probably a good thing).

    Any other ideas? What are you using?

  • I share my shell scripts via Git

    For example, https://gitlab.com/atsaloli/config-files/-/blob/master/scrip... lists AWS Support service codes, which are needed to open a support case via the Support API.

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