r/bash↗

#!/bin/bash

A place for learners, experts, enthusiasts and maintainers of all things related to BASH.

105k subscribers92 posts / mo in Sep 202685 authors / mosince 2008

r/bash has 105k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 92 posts a month from 85 people. Top topics: Shell Scripting and Prompts, Terminal Commands and Vim Navigation Tips.

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Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +2.8% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month

Oct 2026105k

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Monthly activity

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+1.1%vs Sep 2025 · −1.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before

Sep 202692

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GNU Project
Wooledge
Stack Overflow
The Linux Documentation Project
ShellCheck

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