qrush/sub

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1761 stars · 143 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Sub is a bash-based convention for building command-line programs with git-style subcommands, where each subcommand is a standalone executable in any scripting language. It provides built-in commands, shell completions, and self-documenting subcommands via magic comments.

Use cases

• organize shell scripts into a single command with subcommands
• build a CLI tool like git or rbenv in bash
• create subcommands in any scripting language
• add bash/zsh autocompletion to a custom CLI
• share team automation scripts under one command

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, convention-based way to build multi-command CLI tools
• you prefer writing subcommands in any language rather than a single monolithic script
• you want built-in help, command listing, and shell completions for free

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured CLI framework with argument parsing and rich help output
• your project requires cross-platform support beyond Unix shells
• you need an actively maintained project with recent releases

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

cli developer-tools workflow-automation developer-tools cli shell-scripts subcommands bash convention-over-configuration cli-framework command-line automation linux macos

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