# Awesome Shell
A curated list of awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos. Inspired by awesome-php.
- [Awesome Bash](#awesome-bash)
	- [Networking and Servers](#networking-and-servers)
	- [Customization](#customization)
	- [Package Management and Frameworks](#package-management-and-frameworks)
	- [Writing and Testing Scripts](#writing-and-testing-scripts)
	- [Multimedia](#multimedia)
	- [Games](#games)
	- [Utilities and Tools](#utilities-and-tools)
- [Guides](#guides)
- [Other Awesome Lists](#other-awesome-lists)

## Networking and Servers

*Self-hosted, lightweight servers and networking tools written in shell scripts.*

* [balls](https://github.com/jneen/balls) - Bash on Balls
* [bashblog](https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog) - A Bash script that handles blog posting
* [bashttpd](https://github.com/avleen/bashttpd) - A web server written in bash
* [bitpocket](https://github.com/sickill/bitpocket) - "DIY Dropbox" or "2-way directory (r)sync with proper deletion"
* [dokku](https://github.com/progrium/dokku) - Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash
* [Dropbox-Uploader](https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader) - Dropbox Uploader is a BASH script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox
* [ngincat](https://github.com/jaburns/ngincat) - Tiny bash HTTP server using netcat
* [pushblast](https://github.com/alebcay/pushblast) - Get PushBullet notifications when a shell program exits
* [pushbullet-bash](https://github.com/Red5d/pushbullet-bash) - Bash interface to the PushBullet API
* [resty](https://github.com/micha/resty) - Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines

## Customization

*Custom prompts, color themes, etc.*

* [base16-shell](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell) - Base16 for Shells
* [bash-git-prompt](https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt) - An informative and fancy bash prompt for Git users
* [bash-powerline](https://github.com/riobard/bash-powerline) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script
* [bashstrap](https://github.com/barryclark/bashstrap) - A quick way to spruce up OSX terminal
* [liquidprompt](https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt) - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
* [powerline-zsh](https://github.com/carlcarl/powerline-zsh) - Powerline for Zsh
* [pure](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure) - Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt
* [sexy-bash-prompt](https://github.com/twolfson/sexy-bash-prompt) - Bash prompt with colors, git statuses, and git branches
* [zsh-git-prompt](https://github.com/olivierverdier/zsh-git-prompt) - Informative git prompt for zsh
* [zsh-prompt-powerline](https://github.com/Valodim/zsh-prompt-powerline) - A ZSH prompt based on the powerline font from the popular vim plugin
* [zsh-syntax-highlighting](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting) - Fish shell like syntax highlighting for zsh
* [zsh-history-substring-search](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search) - An implementation of the Fish shell's history search feature for zsh.

## Package Management and Frameworks

*Tools for managing multiple shell configurations.*

* [antigen](https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen) - A plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle
* [bash-it](https://github.com/revans/bash-it) - A community bash framework
* [bpkg](http://www.bpkg.io/) - JavaScript has npm, Ruby has Gems, Python has pip and now Shell has bpkg
* [fresh](https://github.com/freshshell/fresh) - Keep your dotfiles fresh
* [homeshick](https://github.com/andsens/homeshick) - git dotfile synchronizer written in bash
* [oh-my-fish](https://github.com/bpinto/oh-my-fish) - Framework for managing your fish shell configuration inspired by Oh My ZSH
* [oh-my-zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) - A community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration
* [prezto](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto) - The configuration framework for Zsh
* [vcsh](https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh) - config manager based on Git

## Writing and Testing Scripts

*Boilerplate-like templates and systems to jump-start whatever script you are writing.*

* [bashful](https://github.com/jmcantrell/bashful) - A collection of libraries to simplify writing bash scripts
* [bats](https://github.com/sstephenson/bats) - Bash Automated Testing System
* [composure](https://github.com/erichs/composure) - Compose, document, version and organize your shell functions
* [dispatch](https://github.com/Mosai/workshop/blob/master/doc/dispatch.md) - A command line argument parser in 50 lines of portable shell script.
* [shpec](https://github.com/rylnd/shpec) - A shell testing framework
* [sub](https://github.com/basecamp/sub) - a delicious way to organize programs
* [ts](https://github.com/thinkerbot/ts) - a shell test script
 
## Multimedia

*Tools for handling video and audio files.*

* [PiCAST](https://github.com/lanceseidman/PiCAST) - PiCAST turns your $35 Raspberry Pi in to a Chromecast like Device

## Games

*All work and no play is a cruddy way to spend your day.*

* [bash2048](https://github.com/mydzor/bash2048) - Bash implementation of 2048 game
* [minesweeper](https://github.com/feherke/Bash-script/blob/master/minesweeper/minesweeper.sh) - Bash implementation of minesweeper
* [sedtris](https://github.com/uuner/sedtris) - Tetris in sed
* [sed-scripts](https://github.com/aureliojargas/sed-scripts) - Arkanoid and Sokoban written using sed

## Utilities and Tools

*Other various neat gizmos to make your terminal experience more enjoyable.*

* [Android-Kitchen](https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen) - A text-based kitchen for Android ROM customization. Uses shell scripts and works with Cygwin/OS X/Linux
* [ansiweather](https://github.com/fcambus/ansiweather) - Weather in your terminal, with ANSI colors and Unicode symbols
* [autoenv](https://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv) - Directory-based environments
* [autojump](https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump) - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
* [bash-slugify](https://github.com/benlinton/bash-slugify) - Command that converts filenames and directories to a web friendly format
* [bashmarks](https://github.com/huyng/bashmarks) - Directory bookmarks for the shell
* [cv](https://github.com/Xfennec/cv) - Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, ...
* [fasd](https://github.com/clvv/fasd) - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories
* [git-extras](https://github.com/visionmedia/git-extras) - GIT utilities -- repo summary, repl, changelog population, author commit percentages and more
* [git-sh](https://github.com/rtomayko/git-sh) - A customized bash environment suitable for git work
* [hr](https://github.com/LuRsT/hr) - `<hr />` for your terminal
* [hstr](https://github.com/dvorka/hstr) - BASH History Suggest Box
* [jrnl](https://github.com/maebert/jrnl) - A simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file
* [ledger](https://github.com/ledger/ledger) - Command line accounting
* [lsp](https://github.com/dborzov/lsp) - An improved `ls`, with file descriptions in plain language and intelligent file grouping
* [pretty-time-zsh](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pretty-time-zsh) - Convert seconds to a human readable string: `165392` → `1d 21h 56m 32s`
* [semver_bash](https://github.com/cloudflare/semver_bash) - Semantic Versioning in Bash
* [shellcheck](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck) - Static analysis tool for shell scripts
* [slap](https://github.com/slap-editor/slap) - Sublime-like terminal-based text editor that runs on Node.js
* [spark](https://github.com/holman/spark) - ▁▂▃▅▂▇ in your shell
* [spot](https://github.com/guille/spot) - Tiny file search utility
* [sshrc](https://github.com/Russell91/sshrc) - bring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you ssh
* [transfert.sh](https://transfer.sh/) — Quickly upload and share files from your shell
* [v](https://github.com/rupa/v) - z for vim.
* [wemux](https://github.com/zolrath/wemux) - Multi-User Tmux Made Easy
* [z](https://github.com/rupa/z) - z is the new j, yo
* [zsh-notify](https://github.com/marzocchi/zsh-notify) - Desktop notifications for long running commands in zsh
* [zshmarks](https://github.com/jocelynmallon/zshmarks) - A port of Bashmarks (simple bookmarking plugin by Todd Werth) for oh-my-zsh

# Guides
* [Bash Hackers Wiki](http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/)
* [Greg Wooledge's (aka "greycat") wiki](http://mywiki.wooledge.org).
  Specifically [Bash Guide](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide), [Bash FAQ](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ) and [Bash Pitfalls](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls)
* [Google's Shell Style Guide](https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/shell.xml)
* [The Linux Documentation Project: Bash Programming - Intro/How-to](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html#toc)
* [The Linux Documentation Project: Advanced Bash Scripting Guide](http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/)
* [WikiBooks: Bash Shell Scripting](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bash_Shell_Scripting)
* [Use the Unofficial Bash Strict Mode (Unless You Looove Debugging)](http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/)

# Other Awesome Lists
Other amazingly awesome lists can be found in [awesome-awesome](https://github.com/emijrp/awesome-awesome) and [awesome-awesomeness](https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness).