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rbenv/rbenv

Manage your app's Ruby environment

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #ruby #ruby-installation #ruby-versions #shell

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-08-01
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

16,736

stars

Forks: 1,429
Commits: 855 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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faressoft/terminalizer

🦄 Record your terminal and generate animated gif images or share a web player

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#animated #bash #bash-profile #capture #colors #command-line

Updated: 2024-08-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-07-22
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 108 open

16,161

stars

Forks: 520
Commits: 222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Bash-it/bash-it

A community Bash framework.

AI dev

Stack

Shell pip

GitHub topics

#bash #bash-alias #bash-completion #bash-configuration #bash-hacks #bash-prompt

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-02
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

15,276

stars

Forks: 2,314
Commits: 4,610 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sqshq/sampler

Tool for shell commands execution, visualization and alerting. Configured with a simple YAML file.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#alerting #charts #cmd #command-line #command-line-tool #dashbord

Updated: 2024-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-25
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 62 open

14,802

stars

Forks: 667
Commits: 276 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shelljs/shelljs

:shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#bash #javascript #node #nodejs #shell #shelljs

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-02
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 116 open

14,398

stars

Forks: 762
Commits: 903 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jessfraz/dockerfiles

Various Dockerfiles I use on the desktop and on servers.

Stack

Dockerfile

GitHub topics

#bash #containers #docker #dockerfile #dockerfiles #linux

Updated: 2024-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-11
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 76 open

13,940

stars

Forks: 2,500
Commits: 1,596 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

orf/gping

Ping, but with a graph

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #graph #linux #network-monitoring #ping

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-17
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 40 open

12,682

stars

Forks: 366
Commits: 767 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TheR1D/shell_gpt

A command-line productivity tool powered by AI large language models like GPT-5, will help you accomplish your tasks faster and more efficiently.

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#chatgpt #cheat-sheet #cli #commands #gpt-3 #gpt-4

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-18
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 121 open

12,276

stars

Forks: 977
Commits: 130 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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adnanh/webhook

webhook is a lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#automate #automation #ci #deploy #devops #execute

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-12
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 127 open

12,185

stars

Forks: 877
Commits: 553 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish

The Fish Shell Framework

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#fish #fishshell #fishshell-framework #hacktoberfest #oh-my-fish #oh-my-zsh

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-23
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

11,394

stars

Forks: 806
Commits: 1,817 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

sigoden/aichat

All-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-agents #chatbot #claude #cli #function-calling

Updated: 2026-02-23
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-03-02
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 103 open

10,433

stars

Forks: 743
Commits: 989 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

bobthecow/psysh

A REPL for PHP

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer

GitHub topics

#cli #php #psysh #repl #shell

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-13
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

9,830

stars

Forks: 318
Commits: 2,593 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

httpie/http-prompt

An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#api #api-cli #api-testing #autocomplete #cli #developer-tools

Updated: 2024-05-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-06
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 56 open

9,110

stars

Forks: 345
Commits: 391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

n1nj4sec/pupy

Pupy is an opensource, cross-platform (Windows, Linux, OSX, Android) C2 and post-exploitation framework written in python and C

Archived

Stack

Python Tornado pip

GitHub topics

#android #backdoor #linux #mac-os #meterpreter #payload

Updated: 2024-03-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-21
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

8,999

stars

Forks: 1,853
Commits: 3,542 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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xwmx/nb

CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.

Stack

Shell Bundler Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#archiving #bash #bookmark-manager #bookmarks #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-13
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 153 open

8,420

stars

Forks: 255
Commits: 7,852 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

holman/dotfiles

@holman does dotfiles

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#dotfiles #shell #zsh

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2010-04-15
History: 40 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 33 open

7,772

stars

Forks: 3,212
Commits: 705 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dylanaraps/pure-sh-bible

📖 A collection of pure POSIX sh alternatives to external processes.

Archived

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bible #book #guide #handbook #how-to #learning

Updated: 2023-12-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-19
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

7,727

stars

Forks: 371
Commits: 88 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

tailcallhq/forgecode

AI enabled pair programmer for Claude, GPT, O Series, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini and 300+ models

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Rocket Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#ai-pair-programming #ai-workflows #artifical-intelligense #claude-3-7-sonnet #claude-4 #claude-4-sonnet

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2024-12-08
History: 13 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 43 open

7,637

stars

Forks: 1,466
Commits: 3,065 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/execa

Process execution for humans

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#binary #child-process #exec #execute #javascript #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-05
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

7,616

stars

Forks: 2,595
Commits: 877 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

oldratlee/useful-scripts

🐌 useful scripts for making developer's everyday life easier and happier, involved java, shell etc.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #developers-everyday-life #java #option-parser #python #script

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-12
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 15 open

7,522

stars

Forks: 2,794
Commits: 574 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

MichaIng/DietPi

Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #debian #dietpi #lightweight #nanopi #odroid

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-14
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 445 open

6,329

stars

Forks: 569
Commits: 14,569 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bats-core/bats-core

Bash Automated Testing System

Stack

Shell npm pip

GitHub topics

#bash #bats #junit #shell #tap #testing

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-12-28
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 128 open

6,315

stars

Forks: 496
Commits: 2,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

denysdovhan/bash-handbook

:book: For those who wanna learn Bash

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#bash #book #guide #handbook #how-to #learning

Updated: 2024-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-30
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 30 open

6,079

stars

Forks: 758
Commits: 256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Slackadays/Clipboard

😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #clipboard #clipboard-manager #cmd #collaborate

Updated: 2026-05-06
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2022-11-20
History: 14 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 26 open

5,917

stars

Forks: 176
Commits: 1,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

agent-infra/sandbox

All-in-One Sandbox for AI Agents that combines Browser, Shell, File, MCP and VSCode Server in a single Docker container.

AI dev

Stack

Python LangChain React Starlette Tailwind CSS npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#agent #all-in-one #browser #filesystem #mcp #sandbox

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-09-10
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 70 open

5,861

stars

Forks: 520
Commits: 125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

donnemartin/saws

A supercharged AWS command line interface (CLI).

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#aws #aws-cli #cli #client #cloud #cloud-management

Updated: 2024-04-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-24
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 39 open

5,302

stars

Forks: 279
Commits: 1,037 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM

The command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers.

AI dev

Stack

Shell npm

GitHub topics

#bash #dedicated-game-servers #game #game-server #game-servers #gameserver

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-09
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 386 open

4,914

stars

Forks: 863
Commits: 6,853 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

x-cmd/x-cmd

Shell Superpowers for AI Agents.

AI dev

Stack

Awk

GitHub topics

#agent #ai #bash #cli #cloud #shell

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-10-01
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 106 open

4,653

stars

Forks: 165
Commits: 681 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lwch/natpass

🔥居家办公，远程开发神器

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#code-server #golang #protobuf #shell #tls #vnc

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

4,444

stars

Forks: 487
Commits: 763 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pantsbuild/pants

The Pants Build System

AI dev

Stack

Python Axum FastAPI pytest React Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#aws-lambda #build #build-system #build-tool #build-tools #docker

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-16
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,087 open

3,842

stars

Forks: 728
Commits: 15,430 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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