Top Shell repositories on GitHub
POSIX shell scripts powering CLIs, dotfiles, and DevOps tooling.
Ranked by stars across 12,027 Shell repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.
- 1obra/superpowers★ 234,424 · ⑂ 20,807
An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.
- ai
- brainstorming
- coding
- obra
- sdlc
- skills
- 2ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh★ 188,157 · ⑂ 26,375
🙃 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
- 3mattpocock/skills★ 138,555 · ⑂ 12,022
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.
- 4msitarzewski/agency-agents★ 114,759 · ⑂ 18,748
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.
- 5d3/d3★ 113,109 · ⑂ 22,716
Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML. :bar_chart::chart_with_upwards_trend::tada:
- visualization
- data-visualization
- charts
- svg
- chart
- d3
- 6papers-we-love/papers-we-love★ 107,201 · ⑂ 6,376
Papers from the computer science community to read and discuss.
- computer-science
- read-papers
- meetup
- papers
- programming
- theory
- 7nvm-sh/nvm★ 93,886 · ⑂ 10,239
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
- nvm
- nodejs
- node
- node-js
- version-manager
- posix
- 8base/node★ 68,516 · ⑂ 3,248
Everything required to run your own Base node
- 9addyosmani/agent-skills★ 64,354 · ⑂ 6,950
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
- agent-skills
- antigravity
- antigravity-ide
- claude-code
- cursor
- skills
- 10youngyangyang04/leetcode-master★ 61,726 · ⑂ 12,333
《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
- 11pi-hole/pi-hole★ 59,387 · ⑂ 3,231
A black hole for Internet advertisements
- pi-hole
- ad-blocker
- shell
- blocker
- raspberry-pi
- cloud
- 12tw93/Mole★ 56,608 · ⑂ 1,991
🐹 Clean, uninstall, analyze, optimize, and monitor your Mac from the terminal.
- clean
- cleaner
- cleaner-script
- macos
- cleaner-cli
- mac
- 13
- 14sickcodes/Docker-OSX★ 52,600 · ⑂ 2,883
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
- 15dockur/windows★ 51,745 · ⑂ 4,374
Windows inside a Docker container.
- docker
- docker-container
- windows
- windows-virtual-machines
- windows-virtual-desktop
- windows-virtual-machine
- 16acmesh-official/acme.sh★ 46,947 · ⑂ 5,608
A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS certificate automation
- acme
- acme-protocol
- certbot
- shell
- ash
- bash
- 17
- 18dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible★ 41,655 · ⑂ 3,627
📖 A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.
- bash
- shell
- script
- guide
- list
- bible
- 19inkonchain/node★ 36,565 · ⑂ 635
How to run an Ink Node
- 20open-guides/og-aws★ 36,423 · ⑂ 3,894
📙 Amazon Web Services — a practical guide
- 21zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions★ 35,728 · ⑂ 1,934
Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
- shell
- autosuggest
- zsh
- zsh-autosuggestions
- fish
- autocomplete
- 22VSCodium/vscodium★ 32,048 · ⑂ 1,768
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
- vscode
- open-source-licensing
- floss
- ide
- editor
- 23dokku/dokku★ 31,950 · ⑂ 2,052
A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
- dokku
- paas
- heroku
- docker
- kubernetes
- nomad
- 24mathiasbynens/dotfiles★ 31,389 · ⑂ 8,503
:wrench: .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS
- dotfiles
- macos
- bash
- 25MichaelCade/90DaysOfDevOps★ 29,510 · ⑂ 6,738
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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