codeskyblue/go-sh

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1129 stars · 137 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Go library modeled after Python's sh and os/exec that makes calling shell commands easy, with support for pipes, sessions, environment variables, aliases, timeouts, and shell built-ins. It provides a fluent API for composing command pipelines in Go code.

Use cases

• run shell commands from go
• pipe shell commands in golang
• execute subprocess with timeout in go
• keep environment variables across shell commands in go
• replace bash scripts with go programs
• capture command output in go

When to choose

• you want a Python-sh-like ergonomic wrapper around os/exec
• you need command pipelines, sessions, aliases, or timeouts in Go
• you're porting shell scripts to Go

When to avoid

• you only need simple one-off command execution - os/exec suffices
• you need a full shell interpreter or cross-platform shell abstraction
• your project is not in Go

Facets

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developer-tools cli concurrency developer-tools go windows cross-platform shell-wrapper os-exec pipe session subprocess command-line automation linux macos

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