amterp/rad
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Modern CLI scripts made easy.
13 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 2 stories, 11 comments · first 2025-06-30 · latest 2026-08-17
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…a ton at work. [0] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron [1] https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide [2] https://github.com/amterp/rad
comment by amterp · 2026-08-17 -
…files on your machine, and is designed to be Git friendly so you can check it into your repo. [1] https://github.com/amterp/rad https://amterp.dev/rad [2] https://github.com/amterp/kan https://amterp.dev/kan
comment by amterp · 2026-06-14 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) -
…to roll your own arg parsing and help strings each time). [0] https://github.com/amterp/kan [1] https://github.com/amterp/rad
comment by amterp · 2026-03-09 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) -
…all, give it a go! We have docs and a guide [1] for getting started, feedback very welcome :) [0] https://github.com/amterp/rad [1] https://amterp.github.io/rad/guide/getting-started/
comment by amterp · 2025-11-10 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) -
…I'll be stealing :) Folks interested in scripting like this might like this tool I'm working on https://github.com/amterp/rad Rad is built specifically for writing CLI scripts and is perfect for these sorts of small to medium scripts,…
comment by amterp · 2025-10-22 · in Scripts I wrote that I use all the time -
…syntax! Very keen for feedback so if any of that sounds interesting, feel free to give it a go! https://github.com/amterp/rad
comment by amterp · 2025-10-13 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025) -
…features in mind, such as commands, I suspect I'm still only at the beginning at this journey! [0] https://github.com/amterp/rad
comment by amterp · 2025-09-30 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025) -
…you, you can just write the rest of your script assuming the constraints you declared are met. [0]: https://github.com/amterp/rad
comment by amterp · 2025-09-08 · in Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time -
…I want to get as far away from writing control flow, loops, etc in Bash as I can. I'm working on https://github.com/amterp/rad which is a CLI scripting language that takes a more Python-like approach, which people here might find…
comment by amterp · 2025-07-25 · in Modernish – A library for writing programs for POSIX-based shells and utilities -
Been working on https://github.com/amterp/rad for almost a year now. It's a programming language designed for writing good CLI scripts, so it's aiming to replace Bash but is much more Python-like, and offers unique syntax and a bunch of…
comment by amterp · 2025-06-30 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)