56 open source projects written in Shell
Every Shell project in the registry, ranked by GitHub stars — license and last push on every entry, data pulled live from the GitHub API every night.
Mole ★ 74K Mac cleaner, app manager, and system monitor in one
vscodium ★ 34K binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
ProxmoxVE ★ 30K Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition)
agency-agents-zh ★ 22K 🎭 277 个即插即用的 AI 专家角色 — 支持 Claude Code/Cursor/Copilot 等 20 种工具，覆盖工程/设计/营销/金融等 20 个部门。含 64 个中国市场原创智能体（小红书/抖音/微信/飞书/钉钉/Qt 上位机/机械设计）。搭配编排器 agency-orchestrator，一句话即
lynis ★ 17K Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentles
openvpn-install ★ 16K Set up your own OpenVPN server on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Arch Linux and more
ralph-claude-code ★ 9.7K Autonomous AI development loop for Claude Code with intelligent exit detection
nb ★ 8.5K CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + mo
DevOps-Bash-tools ★ 8.4K 1200+ DevOps Bash Scripts - AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, APIs, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Hive, Impala, Kafka, Hadoop, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket,
ccpm ★ 8.4K Project management skill system for Agents that uses GitHub Issues and Git worktrees for parallel agent execution.
reconftw ★ 8.3K reconFTW is a tool designed to perform automated recon on a target domain by running the best set of tools to perform scanning and finding out vulnerabilities
pivpn ★ 8.1K The Simplest VPN installer, designed for Raspberry Pi
ONLYOFFICE Docs ★ 7.1K Complete office suite for documents, spreadsheets & more
AllHackingTools ★ 6.4K All-in-One Hacking Tools For Hackers! And more hacking tools! For termux.
LinuxGSM ★ 4.9K The command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers.
council-of-high-intelligence ★ 4.7K Structured multi-perspective deliberation for hard decisions. Run full councils, focused triads, or duo debates across Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and OpenC
hestiacp ★ 4.6K Hestia Control Panel | A lightweight and powerful control panel for the modern web.
dnmp ★ 4.1K Docker LNMP (Nginx, PHP7/PHP5, MySQL, Redis)
linux-android ★ 3.8K Turn an old Android phone into a GPU-accelerated Linux desktop (XFCE4 / KDE Plasma / LXQt / MATE) or a Home Assistant smart home server — using Termux. No root,
emba ★ 3.7K EMBA - The firmware security analyzer
arscontexta ★ 3.5K Claude Code plugin that generates individualized knowledge systems from conversation. You describe how you think and work, have a conversation and get a complet
sh ★ 3.5K KEJILION.SH 一款全功能的Linux管理脚本！An all-in-one Linux management script!
Collabora Online ★ 3.4K Open-source document editing suite for secure collaboration
vps-audit ★ 3.2K lightweight, dependency-free bash script for security, performance auditing and infrastructure monitoring of Linux servers.
wireguard-install ★ 3.2K WireGuard VPN server installer for Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE and Raspberry Pi OS. Includes interactive setup and client m
android-titanium-browser ★ 3.1K Secure open-source Android browser with support for extensions
just-the-browser ★ 3.1K Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
docker-homebridge ★ 2.7K Homebridge Docker. HomeKit support for the impatient using Docker on x86_64, Raspberry Pi (ARM64). Includes ffmpeg + libfdk-aac.
hassio-addons ★ 2.6K My homeassistant addons
pentest-ai-agents ★ 2.4K Turn Claude Code into your offensive security research assistant. Specialized AI subagents for authorized penetration testing plan engagements, analyze recon, r
clangd ★ 2.3K clangd language server
linWinPwn ★ 2.2K linWinPwn is a bash script that streamlines the use of a number of Active Directory tools
helm-secrets ★ 2.0K A helm plugin that help manage secrets with Git workflow and store them anywhere
hassio-zigbee2mqtt ★ 2.0K Official Zigbee2MQTT Home Assistant add-on
devops-basics ★ 1.9K 🚀 Practical and document place for DevOps toolchain
dreamfactory ★ 1.8K DreamFactory is a secure, self-hosted enterprise data access platform that provides governed API access to any data source, connecting enterprise applications a
uusec-waf ★ 1.7K Industry-leading free, high-performance, AI and semantic technology Web Application Firewall and API Security Gateway (WAAP) - UUSEC WAF.
graudit ★ 1.7K grep rough audit - source code auditing tool
tagreader ★ 1.6K Simple to build/use NFC tag reader, specially created for Home Assistant
GooFuzz ★ 1.6K GooFuzz is a tool to perform fuzzing with an OSINT approach, managing to enumerate directories, files, subdomains or parameters without leaving evidence on the
app-cloudflared ★ 1.6K Connect remotely to your Home Assistant instance without opening any ports using Cloudflared.
pwd.sh ★ 1.6K Manage secrets with Bash and GnuPG symmetric encryption
amneziawg-installer ★ 1.4K Install your own AmneziaWG 3.1 VPN server on a fresh Ubuntu or Debian VPS with one command. Made for networks that block WireGuard. No Docker, QR-code import, 2
docker-nginx-certbot ★ 1.2K Automatically create and renew website certificates for free using the Let's Encrypt certificate authority.
geodesic ★ 1.1K 🚀 Geodesic is a DevOps Linux Toolbox in Docker
selfhost-ai ★ 953 🚀 Self-hosted AI automation platform. Deploy n8n, Ollama, Flowise, RAG, Supabase & 30+ tools with one command. Auto HTTPS. Free Zapier/Make alternative.
claude-forge ★ 868 oh-my-zsh for Claude Code — 16 agents, 35 commands, 32 skills, 21 safety hooks in one install. v4.0 adds an adversarial review loop: a second agent that never s
sno-station-skills ★ 861 Sno Station Skills: 31 tested skills that turn Claude Code and Codex into one working team. Cross-vendor peer review, automatic handoff when an agent hits its q
Publish-Docker-Github-Action ★ 797 A Github Action used to build and publish Docker images
chart-releaser-action ★ 667 A GitHub Action to turn a GitHub project into a self-hosted Helm chart repo, using helm/chart-releaser CLI tool
grimoirelab ★ 639 GrimoireLab: platform for software development analytics and insights
Purse ★ 616 Manage secrets with Bash and GnuPG asymmetric encryption (YubiKey)
claude-code-skills ★ 586 Help your AI agent finish the job: solve the right problem, keep changes focused, and show what was verified. For Claude Code and Codex.
linshare ★ 581 LinShare - Secure File Sharing
claude-ops ★ 547 Business operating system for Claude Code — 57 skills, 21 agents, smart daemon. Unified inbox (WhatsApp/Email/Slack/Telegram), autonomous PR merge, full-AWS mon
webinoly ★ 519 Production NGINX made simple: secure defaults, terminal‑first, performance‑obsessed. The production standard for modern PHP and Web developers. Elevating the ec
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source projects are written in Shell?
This registry tracks 56 Shell projects, with 346,989 GitHub stars between them and a median of 2,639 stars. The most-adopted is Mole at 73,568 stars.
Which Shell projects are most actively maintained?
53 of the 56 projects were pushed in the last 90 days. Each entry above shows its exact last-push date, so you can filter out dormant projects before committing to one.
What licence are Shell projects usually under?
55 of the 56 carry an explicit open-source licence across 7 distinct licences, and the licence is shown on every card. Permissive licences (MIT, Apache-2.0) are the safest default for commercial use; check the copyleft ones individually.
Should I use Shell or Python for my project?
Both are viable. Shell is the better default if your team already knows it or the libraries you need are written in it; Python may suit you better if you need the ecosystem, tooling or performance profile it is known for. The registry lists 56 Shell projects to work from.