# amber-lang/amber

💎 Amber the programming language compiled to Bash/Ksh/Zsh

Repository: https://github.com/amber-lang/amber
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amber
Homepage: https://amber-lang.com
Language: Rust
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bash-scripting, bash, compilers, hacktoberfest, ksh, zsh
Last push: 2026-08-25T15:30:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 57, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1505, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 128, "gap_med": 127.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5210, forks 141 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:13.021176+00:00)

## What it is
Amber is a high-level, type-safe programming language written in Rust that compiles to Bash, Ksh, or Zsh scripts. It provides modern ECMA-style syntax, compile-time type checking, and error handling while remaining fully interoperable with existing shell scripts.

## Use cases
- write shell scripts with type safety
- compile a modern language to bash
- replace fragile bash scripting
- add error handling to shell scripts
- create cloud service shell scripts
- learn shell scripting with modern syntax

## When to choose
- you need shell scripts but want type safety and modern syntax
- you maintain complex bash scripts that are hard to manage
- you want compile-time error catching for shell automation

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade stability - the project warns it is not ready for extended usage
- you only need simple one-liner shell scripts
- you need a language with a large ecosystem and mature tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: compiler, programming-language, cli, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli, rust
- tags: bash, shell-scripting, zsh, ksh, type-safety, transpiler, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- amber-lang/amber (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.021176+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:00:12.460955+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/amber-lang/amber (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.021176+00:00, sha c391f2a3a97d)
  - homepage: https://amber-lang.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:55:19.342944+00:00, sha e15ac2e53fa8)
  - site_page: https://docs.amber-lang.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:55:19.351992+00:00, sha 8a4820eabf6c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.