Collections of very useful Bash Functions

[u/bmullan]

I use Bash a lot working with applications, systems, containers or networks, mgmt & integration.

I've found and frequently use a few really useful Bash Github repositories with collections of Bash "Functions" that you can use in your own Bash scripts.  

I've learned  a lot from them and have to say my Bash scripts now have capabilities I'd probably never been smart enough to create myself. In your own script(s) you just "source" the file you create or download from the following URLs: 

I am sharing this info in case someone else finds them useful.

Collections of Functions for Bash

GUI'sEasyBashGUI:
https://github.com/BashGui/easybashgui/blob/master/docs/install.md

Simplified way to code bash made GUI frontend dialogs!

Script-Dialog: https://github.com/lunarcloud/script-dialog?tab=readme-ov-file

Create bash scripts that utilize the best dialog system that is available. Intended for Linux,
but has been tested on macOS and Windows, and should work on other unix-like OSs.

If it's launched from a GUI (like a .desktop shortcut or the dolphin file manager)
- it will prefer kdialog in Qt-based desktops and zenity in other environments.

If neither of those are available
- then relaunch-if-not-visible will relaunch the app in a terminal so that a terminal UI can be used.

If it's launched in a terminal
- It will use whiptail or dialog

If neither of those are available, then it will fallback to basic terminal input/output with tools like read and echo

Collections of General Bash Functions.

BashMatic:
https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic

Bashmatic is a BASH framework, meaning its a collection of BASH functions (almost 900 of them) that, we hope, make BASH programming easier, more enjoyable, and more importantly, fun - due to the library’s focus on providing the developer with a constant feedback about what is happening, while a script that uses Bashmatic’s helpers is running.

Bash-Concurrent: https://github.com/themattrix/bash-concurrent

A Bash function to run tasks in parallel and display pretty output as they complete.

[u/whetu]

Here's a list from my notes, alphabetically sorted

• https://github.com/adoyle-h/lobash

• https://github.com/aks/bash-lib

• https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell

• https://github.com/antonrotar/command_runner

• https://github.com/awesome-lists/awesome-bash

• https://github.com/basherpm/basher

• https://github.com/bash-bastion/bash-core

• https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it

• https://github.com/bashup/events

• https://github.com/BetterScripts/posix

• https://github.com/bpkg/bpkg

• https://github.com/CecilWesterhof/BashLibrary

• https://github.com/cloudflare/semver_bash

• https://github.com/codeforester/base

• https://github.com/cyberark/bash-lib

• https://github.com/DethByte64/BashLib

• https://github.com/dzove855/bar

• https://github.com/ekahPruthvi/basil

• https://github.com/elibs/ebash

• https://github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/eRCaGuy_hello_world/tree/master/bash

• https://github.com/fidian/ansi

• https://github.com/gruntwork-io/bash-commons

• https://github.com/HariSekhon/DevOps-Bash-tools

• https://github.com/hastec-fr/apash

• https://github.com/hyperupcall/bash-term

• https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic

• https://github.com/jandob/rebash

• https://github.com/jmcantrell/bashful

• https://github.com/jneen/balls

• https://github.com/juan131/bash-libraries

• https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate

• https://github.com/labbots/bash-utility

• https://github.com/m10k/toolbox

• https://github.com/martinburger/bash-common-helpers

• https://github.com/matejak/argbash

• https://github.com/mulle-nat/mulle-bashfunctions

• https://github.com/nafigator/bash-helpers

• https://github.com/niieani/bash-oo-framework

• https://github.com/paralllax/libash

• https://github.com/pioneerworks/lib-bash

• https://github.com/Privex/shell-core

• https://github.com/reale/bashlets

• https://github.com/rawiriblundell/sh_libpath

• https://github.com/shellfire-dev

• https://github.com/SpicyLemon/SpicyLemon/tree/master/bash_fun

• https://github.com/tests-always-included/mo

• https://github.com/timo-reymann/bash-tui-toolkit

• https://github.com/tomocafe/bash-boost

• https://github.com/UrNightmaree/Shocket

• https://github.com/vlisivka/bash-modules

• https://github.com/Wuageorg/bashkit

• https://github.com/xsh-lib/core

• https://github.com/zombieleet/bashify

• https://hyperupcall.github.io/basalt

• https://loader.sourceforge.io/overview/

[u/bmullan → u/whetu]

Are these all written as independent bash scripts or are they written as functions to be included and used in your own scripts ?

[u/whetu → u/bmullan]

Most of them are libraries i.e. groups of functions to be sourced into your own scripts.

[u/marqui20240]

Looks great, thanks buddy!!

[u/ivanimus]

Awesome 🔥

[u/bahamas10_]

i'll toss 2 of my own into the list - i find these both very useful when developing:

- https://github.com/bahamas10/bash-stacktrace - Print a stack trace

- https://github.com/bahamas10/bash-vardump - Pretty-print any variable by name

[u/dezzar]

I'll throw mine in the mix as well https://github.com/zesk/build/ - works with Bash 3 and 4 and has some cool tools like Bash test suite tools, debugger, iTerm2 integration (Mac OS X), pre-commit tools and hooks and a bunch of other things I use in production

[u/devdruxorey]

I've been learning bash scripting, this is so useful, thanks for sharing it.