# ohmybash/oh-my-bash

A delightful community-driven framework for managing your bash configuration, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

Repository: https://github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/oh-my-bash
Homepage: https://ohmybash.github.io
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: shell, bash-configuration, theme, terminal, productivity, oh-my-bash
Last push: 2026-08-21T14:03:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3454, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7665, forks 782 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.283793+00:00)

## What it is
Oh My Bash is a community-driven framework for managing bash shell configuration, bundling plugins, themes, and helpers, with an auto-update tool. It is a bash port of Oh My Zsh.

## Use cases
- customize my bash prompt with themes
- manage bash plugins and aliases
- make my terminal more productive
- set up git shortcuts in bash
- keep my bash config up to date automatically

## When to choose
- you use bash daily on macOS or Linux and want a rich, community-maintained configuration
- you want themes and plugins without hand-writing shell config
- you liked Oh My Zsh but prefer bash

## When to avoid
- you use zsh or fish rather than bash
- you need a minimal, fully hand-controlled bashrc
- you work primarily on Windows without a Unix-like shell

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, theme, plugin-system, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: bash, shell-configuration, oh-my-zsh-fork, terminal-prompt, dotfiles, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ohmybash/oh-my-bash (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.283793+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 2026-08-29T17:36:04.791423+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.283793+00:00, sha 99ab0e087113)
  - homepage: https://ohmybash.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:45.735526+00:00, sha fa04b81ebc29)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.