Awesome Shell

A curated list of awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos. Inspired by awesome-php.

Networking and Servers

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

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

Custom prompts, color themes, etc.

base16-shell - Base16 for Shells
bash-git-prompt - An informative and fancy bash prompt for Git users
bash-powerline - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script
bashstrap - A quick way to spruce up OSX terminal
liquidprompt - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
powerline-zsh - Powerline for Zsh
pure - Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt
sexy-bash-prompt - Bash prompt with colors, git statuses, and git branches.
zsh-git-prompt - Informative git prompt for zsh
zsh-prompt-powerline - A ZSH prompt based on the powerline font from the popular vim plugin

Tools for managing multiple shell configurations.

antigen - A plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle
bash-it - A community bash framework
bpkg - JavaScript has npm, Ruby has Gems, Python has pip and now Shell has bpkg
fresh - Keep your dotfiles fresh
homeshick - git dotfile synchronizer written in bash
oh-my-fish - Framework for managing your fish shell configuration inspired by Oh My ZSH
oh-my-zsh - A community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration
prezto - The configuration framework for Zsh
vcsh - config manager based on Git

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

Tools for handling video and audio files.

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

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

Android-Kitchen - A text-based kitchen for Android ROM customization. Uses shell scripts and works with Cygwin/OS X/Linux
ansiweather - Weather in your terminal, with ANSI colors and Unicode symbols
autoenv - Directory-based environments
autojump - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
bash-slugify - Command that converts filenames and directories to a web friendly format
bashmarks - Directory bookmarks for the shell
cv - Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, ...
fasd - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories
git-sh - A customized bash environment suitable for git work
hr - <hr /> for your terminal
hstr - BASH History Suggest Box
jrnl - A simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file
semver_bash - Semantic Versioning in Bash
shellcheck - Static analysis tool for shell scripts
slap - Sublime-like terminal-based text editor
spark - ▁▂▃▅▂▇ in your shell
spot - Tiny file search utility
wemux - Multi-User Tmux Made Easy
z - z is the new j, yo
zsh-notify - Desktop notifications for long running commands in zsh
zshmarks - A port of Bashmarks (simple bookmarking plugin by Todd Werth) for oh-my-zsh

Other amazingly awesome lists can be found in awesome-awesome and awesome-awesomeness.