[PR #84] Add Bashmatic #3416

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GiteaMirror · 2026-06-17T22:11:34-05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-06-17 22:11:34 -05:00

Original Pull Request: https://github.com/awesome-lists/awesome-bash/pull/84

State: closed
Merged: Yes

New App Submission

I've read the contribution guidelines.

Repo or homepage link:

https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic

Description:

Bashmatic is a rich BASH library consisting of nearly 900 BASH functions, and yet it takes about 80ms to load all 900 of them. The library includes helpers covering a wide range of functionality, such as array functions, database, color, UI elements (try h1 "hello"), and many many more.

Bashmatic comes with easy-to-read PDF documentation. Please take a quick look.

Bashmatic's programming style is heavily influenced by the DSL languages that are similar to those of popular Ruby projects.

Why I think it's awesome:

When writing BASH-based installers or a glue script, one of the most frustrating experiences is not knowing what is running, where it broke, and so on. Bashmatic prints every command it runs, including the time it took and the exit code. This is called the "runtime" sub-system of Bashmastic.

Take a look at a couple of examples:

At least several dozen of dev-environment setup projects use Bashmatic with huge success.

**Original Pull Request:** https://github.com/awesome-lists/awesome-bash/pull/84 **State:** closed **Merged:** Yes --- #### New App Submission - [X] I've read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/awesome-lists/awesome-bash/blob/master/contributing.md). **Repo or homepage link:** [https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic](https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic) **Description:** Bashmatic is a rich BASH library consisting of nearly 900 BASH functions, and yet it takes about 80ms to load all 900 of them. The library includes helpers covering a wide range of functionality, such as array functions, database, color, UI elements (try `h1 "hello"`), and many many more. Bashmatic comes with easy-to-read [PDF documentation](https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic/blob/main/README.pdf). Please take a quick look. Bashmatic's programming style is heavily influenced by the DSL languages that are similar to those of popular Ruby projects. **Why I think it's awesome:** When writing BASH-based installers or a glue script, one of the most frustrating experiences is not knowing what is running, where it broke, and so on. Bashmatic prints every command it runs, including the time it took and the exit code. This is called the "runtime" sub-system of Bashmastic. Take a look at a couple of examples: 1. [A simple example that installs `minicube` and `k8s`](https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic#example-ii-download-and-install-binaries) 2. [A much more complete example is this one: `${BASHMATIC_HOME}/bin/dev-setup`](https://github.com/kigster/bashmatic#63-example-iii-developer-environment-bootstrap-script) At least several dozen of dev-environment setup projects use Bashmatic with huge success.

GiteaMirror added the pull-request label 2026-06-17 22:11:34 -05:00

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2026-06-17 22:11:36 -05:00

GiteaMirror changed title from ~~[PR #84] [MERGED] Add Bashmatic~~ to [PR #84] Add Bashmatic

2026-06-19 22:27:23 -05:00

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Reference: github-starred/awesome-bash#3416