Install bash-snippets with Homebrew, Nix, winget

Project links

• Homepage
• Upstream docs
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

• bak2dvd
• bash-snippets
• cloudup
• crypt
• cryptocurrency
• currency
• geo
• lyrics
• meme
• movies
• newton
• qrify
• short
• siteciphers
• stocks
• taste
• transfer
• ytview

Project history

The official README presents Bash-Snippets as a dependency-light collection of small Bash scripts tested on macOS and Linux, with some Windows 10 testing in the official developer Bash instance. The project ships many independent commands, including `crypt`, `currency`, `geo`, `gist`, `lyrics`, `meme`, `movies`, `newton`, `qrify`, `stocks`, `transfer`, and `ytview`.

The project is community-script shaped rather than framework shaped. The README includes per-tool sections, screenshots, author credits for individual tools, and a maintainer note asking for help, which is typical for a useful personal toolkit that grew into a packaged collection.

Adoption history

Adoption is visible mainly through packaging and the number of bundled commands. The batch input lists Homebrew and Nix packages, and also notes a Winget mapping for the `crypt` tool. That split reflects how individual snippets can become useful enough to travel separately from the original collection.

The repository's tag list shows a long v1.x series, indicating incremental releases rather than a single one-off script dump.

How it is used

Users install the package to put the bundled scripts on PATH, then call the individual commands directly. The README documents examples such as encrypting and decrypting files with `crypt`, converting currencies with `currency`, managing GitHub gists with `gist`, generating QR codes with `qrify`, and uploading files with `transfer`.

The `gist` tool is the notable credentials surface: its official guide uses `~/.config/gist.conf` for GitHub-related configuration, so that file is both configuration and credential-bearing state.

Why package nerds care

bash-snippets is not historically central like Bash itself, but it is package-nerd significant as a specimen of the shell-script bundle. Package managers turn a loose collection of personal productivity scripts into a repeatable installable toolset, while also surfacing the maintenance risk of API-backed scripts whose external services can change.

It also captures a particular era of command-line culture: small Bash wrappers over web APIs, clipboard-friendly transformations, and terminal toys packaged as serious conveniences.

Timeline

• 2010s: Bash-Snippets develops as a multi-command Bash toolkit for terminal users.
• 2010s: v1.0.0 and subsequent v1.x tags establish release packaging.
• 2020s: Homebrew and Nix package the collection; Winget maps the `crypt` tool separately.

Related projects

• Related projects are the tools and services wrapped by the snippets: OpenSSL for `crypt`, GitHub Gist for `gist`, transfer.sh-style upload workflows, QR generation services, and other small Unix command-line helpers.

Sources

• Official README describes Bash-Snippets as small Bash scripts for heavy terminal users with no dependencies.
• Official README documents macOS/Linux testing, partial Windows testing, bundled tools, examples, and maintainer note.
• Official gist README documents `~/.config/gist.conf` usage.
• Official tag list shows a v1.x release series.
• input.source_facts.package-manager lists Homebrew, Nix, and Winget package mappings.