# wagoodman/bashful

Use a yaml file to stitch together commands and bash snippits and run them with a bit of style.  Why? Because your bash script should be quiet and shy-like (...and not such a loud mouth).

Repository: https://github.com/wagoodman/bashful
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bashful
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bash, yaml, golang, parallel-processing, pretty, progress-bar, build-tool, installer
Last push: 2022-03-20T17:08:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3272, "days_push": 1627, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1163, forks 44 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.659845+00:00)

## What it is
A Go CLI tool that runs bash commands and snippets defined in a YAML file, with parallel execution, progress bars, and tidy logging. It turns noisy shell scripts into styled, controllable task pipelines.

## Use cases
- run bash tasks from a yaml file
- run shell commands in parallel with a progress bar
- replace messy bash scripts with a yaml task runner
- build and deploy steps defined in yaml
- bundle scripts and executables into a portable installer
- log stdout and stderr of scripted commands

## When to choose
- you want pretty, quiet output from multi-step shell scripts
- you need serial or parallel task execution with progress and ETA
- you want a self-contained installer built from scripts and resources

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, actively maintained tool (beta quality, last release 2022)
- you need full CI/CD pipeline features beyond simple task running
- you prefer standard bash or a full workflow engine like Airflow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, workflow-automation, build-tool, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: go, cli
- tags: bash-runner, yaml-tasks, progress-bar, parallel-execution, task-runner, command-line, automation, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- wagoodman/bashful (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.659845+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 2026-08-30T06:31:35.341360+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wagoodman/bashful (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.659845+00:00, sha 7c43b942ba7a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.