edc/bass
Make Bash utilities usable in Fish shell observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4188
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 991
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2460 stars · 76 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Bass is a Fish shell plugin that lets users run Bash utilities that modify the shell environment (like nvm or virtualenv) directly in Fish. It works by capturing environment variable changes made in a nested Bash process and replaying them in the Fish session.
Use cases
- use nvm in fish shell
- source bash setup scripts from fish
- run bash utilities that export environment variables in fish
- activate python virtualenv written for bash while using fish
- port bash environment changes to fish without rewriting scripts
When to choose
- you use fish shell but need bash-only tools like nvm that must be sourced
- you want to reuse bash environment setup scripts without porting them to fish syntax
When to avoid
- you only need to run standalone bash scripts, which fish already supports via shebangs
- a native fish alternative like virtualfish already exists for your tool
- a simple `exec bash -c 'source ...; exec fish'` workflow is sufficient
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
developer-tools cli developer-tools cli fish-shell bash-compatibility shell-environment oh-my-fish fisher command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/edc/bass · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4b62a407c60a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| edc/bass | main | 23 |
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