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Bash Line Editor―a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc. for Bash interactive sessions.

23 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 11 stories, 12 comments · first 2020-03-25 · latest 2026-06-24

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  1. Adopted: https://atuin.sh/ https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh https://starship.rs/ These three have made my shell game so much more enjoyable.
    comment by latchkey · 2025-09-01 · in Bash Prompts Collection
  2. …and think here is a place where it would be better to pick one FOSS solution and contribute. [1] https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh [2] https://github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash [3] https://atuin.sh/
    comment by emptysongglass · 2024-05-10 · in Elvish, expressive programming language and a versatile interactive shell
  3. https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh This revolutionizes Bash's user experience.
    comment by pulpfictional · 2024-04-11 · in Bash's sadly flawed smart (programmable) completion
  4. …And I have never seen bash completion provide descriptions alongside subcommands or CLI options. > https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh ble.sh is impressive work, but it's a hack that won't be as reliable or compatible without built-in…
    comment by soraminazuki · 2022-11-23 · in Sweet Shell: With Oh-My-Zsh, SpaceVim, Starship, True Color, and Demo Mode
  5. …indispensable in an interactive shell because that's where you write convoluted one-off one-liners. https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh > In general, zsh is extensible and offers more capabilities than bash. Nobody ever could show me even…
    comment by still_grokking · 2022-11-23 · in Sweet Shell: With Oh-My-Zsh, SpaceVim, Starship, True Color, and Demo Mode
  6. …has implemented 2 features I've requested in a matter of hours. If you want to check it out: https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh (Still, I personally believe these features are overrated and don't actually bring in more usability or…
    comment by gogoyubari · 2022-09-27 · in Bash 5.2
  7. I stay with bash due to its 100% availability on all systems I use, with https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh I got all the auto-complete I need too.
    comment by synergy20 · 2022-03-19 · in Fish 3.4.0
  8. Many of the features are also achievable with pure bash with ble.sh ( https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh ).
    comment by sprash · 2021-11-25 · in The fish shell is amazing
  9. …completion with pure bash without the need for reimplementing a whole shell from the ground up. 1.: https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh
    comment by sprash · 2021-10-23 · in Nsh: A fish/bash-like Posix shell in Rust
  10. ble.sh[0] is also good autocompletion and syntax highlighting solution for bash. [0]: https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh
    comment by oddmiral · 2021-05-26 · in Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
  11. …https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/d68f2b8681f8eeb6b... https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/commit/47c0d2038807757207cd... https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Modifier-Keys#extended-
    comment by drran · 2021-05-20 · in Raw keyboard handling in Unix terminals
  12. …rendering library, utf-8 decoder, terminal decoder, bash parser with an AST, etc. all in bash. https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh Some details from the author on this wiki page: https://github.com/oilshell/oil/wiki/How-Interactive-Shells-…
    comment by chubot · 2020-04-21 · in Show HN: Desed – Debugger for Sed