Top Shell repositories on GitHub
POSIX shell scripts powering CLIs, dotfiles, and DevOps tooling.
Ranked by stars across 11,822 Shell repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.
- 1ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh★ 186,776 · ⑂ 26,356
🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,500+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.
- shell
- zsh-configuration
- theme
- terminal
- productivity
- zsh
- 2obra/superpowers★ 180,968 · ⑂ 16,079
An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.
- 3anthropics/claude-code★ 121,080 · ⑂ 20,033
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows - all through natural language commands.
- 4d3/d3★ 112,849 · ⑂ 22,748
Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML. :bar_chart::chart_with_upwards_trend::tada:
- visualization
- data-visualization
- charts
- svg
- chart
- d3
- 5papers-we-love/papers-we-love★ 105,936 · ⑂ 6,339
Papers from the computer science community to read and discuss.
- computer-science
- read-papers
- meetup
- papers
- programming
- theory
- 6msitarzewski/agency-agents★ 94,472 · ⑂ 15,564
A complete AI agency at your fingertips - From frontend wizards to Reddit community ninjas, from whimsy injectors to reality checkers. Each agent is a specialized expert with personality, processes, and proven deliverables.
- 7nvm-sh/nvm★ 93,243 · ⑂ 10,157
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
- nvm
- nodejs
- node
- node-js
- version-manager
- posix
- 8mattpocock/skills★ 63,466 · ⑂ 5,493
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.
- 9youngyangyang04/leetcode-master★ 61,312 · ⑂ 12,331
《代码随想录》LeetCode 刷题攻略:200道经典题目刷题顺序,共60w字的详细图解,视频难点剖析,50余张思维导图,支持C++,Java,Python,Go,JavaScript等多语言版本,从此算法学习不再迷茫!🔥🔥 来看看,你会发现相见恨晚!🚀
- leetcode
- programmer
- interview
- offer
- algorithm
- cpp
- 10pi-hole/pi-hole★ 58,468 · ⑂ 3,147
A black hole for Internet advertisements
- pi-hole
- ad-blocker
- shell
- blocker
- raspberry-pi
- cloud
- 11
- 12sickcodes/Docker-OSX★ 52,470 · ⑂ 2,889
Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
- docker
- osx
- macos
- x11
- container
- kvm
- 13dockur/windows★ 51,236 · ⑂ 4,271
Windows inside a Docker container.
- docker
- docker-container
- windows
- windows-virtual-machines
- windows-virtual-desktop
- windows-virtual-machine
- 14tw93/Mole★ 50,318 · ⑂ 1,568
🐹 Deep clean and optimize your Mac.
- clean
- cleaner
- cleaner-script
- macos
- cleaner-cli
- mac
- 15acmesh-official/acme.sh★ 46,476 · ⑂ 5,564
A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS certificate automation
- acme
- acme-protocol
- certbot
- shell
- ash
- bash
- 16
- 17dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible★ 41,544 · ⑂ 3,638
📖 A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.
- bash
- shell
- script
- guide
- list
- bible
- 18inkonchain/node★ 36,633 · ⑂ 635
How to run an Ink Node
- 19open-guides/og-aws★ 36,412 · ⑂ 3,906
📙 Amazon Web Services — a practical guide
- 20zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions★ 35,438 · ⑂ 1,928
Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
- shell
- autosuggest
- zsh
- zsh-autosuggestions
- fish
- autocomplete
- 21dokku/dokku★ 31,859 · ⑂ 2,029
A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
- dokku
- paas
- heroku
- docker
- kubernetes
- nomad
- 22mathiasbynens/dotfiles★ 31,331 · ⑂ 8,533
:wrench: .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS
- dotfiles
- macos
- bash
- 23VSCodium/vscodium★ 31,277 · ⑂ 1,689
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
- vscode
- open-source-licensing
- floss
- ide
- editor
- 24addyosmani/agent-skills★ 31,240 · ⑂ 3,678
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
- agent-skills
- antigravity
- antigravity-ide
- claude-code
- cursor
- skills
- 25MichaelCade/90DaysOfDevOps★ 29,448 · ⑂ 6,728
This repository started out as a learning in public project for myself and has now become a structured learning map for many in the community. We have 3 years under our belt covering all things DevOps, including Principles, Processes, Tooling and Use Cases surrounding this vast topic.
- devops
- kubernetes
- containers
- iac
- terraform
- ansible
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