# Install bash-snippets with Homebrew, Nix, winget Collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users. Version 1.23.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bash-snippets ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bash-snippets ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#bash-snippets ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/bash-snippets/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id TheCryptTeam.Crypt -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: TheCryptTeam.Crypt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bash-snippets - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.23.0 - **Source summary:** Collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - bak2dvd (cli) - bash-snippets (cli) - cloudup (cli) - crypt (cli) - cryptocurrency (cli) - currency (cli) - geo (cli) - lyrics (cli) - meme (cli) - movies (cli) - newton (cli) - qrify (cli) - short (cli) - siteciphers (cli) - stocks (cli) - taste (cli) - transfer (cli) - ytview (cli) - bak2dvd (alias) - bash-snippets (alias) - cloudup (alias) - crypt (alias) - cryptocurrency (alias) - currency (alias) - geo (alias) - lyrics (alias) - meme (alias) - movies (alias) - newton (alias) - qrify (alias) - short (alias) - siteciphers (alias) - stocks (alias) - taste (alias) - transfer (alias) - ytview (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.23.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/alexanderepstein/Bash-Snippets - Upstream latest detected: v1.23.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage bash-snippets is a collection of small Bash scripts for terminal-heavy users. Its package-manager identity is a grab bag of shell conveniences: install once, get many tiny commands for weather-like lookups, media, crypto, QR codes, GitHub gists, file transfer, and other everyday terminal tasks. ### 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. ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/gist.conf ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/gist.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** bash-snippets - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** cheat, expect, pwned, todoman - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - bash-snippets: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/bash-snippets/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Nix - geo: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/geo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - TheCryptTeam.Crypt: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: TheCryptTeam.Crypt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [bashish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bashish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bash, cli, system. - [bork](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bork/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bash, cli, system. - [format-udf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/format-udf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bash, cli, system. - [hstr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hstr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bash, cli, system. - [screenfetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/screenfetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bash, cli, system. - [xcv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xcv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bash, cli, system. - [abduco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abduco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [acl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bash-snippets.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bash-snippets.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph