Welcoming Repositories Index Shell Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Shell Repositories
Top welcoming Shell repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Wed, 14 Oct 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
6,091
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
84%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
73
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
49
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Shell Repositories
Showing top 50 of 6,091 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ROCm/ROCm6,814 AMD ROCm™ Software - GitHub Home | S•Elite | 73.6 | 90.8% | - |
| #2 | Overlay for Gentoo Users. | S•Elite | 73.5 | 88.0% | 1 |
| #3 | ivan-hc/AM1,411 AppImage Package Manager: AppImage sandboxing, local and system installation, update all AppImages, an extensible database of AppImages and portable apps, lists for AppImages and other GNU/Linux binaries, integrate AppImages by drag/drop or install unlisted AppImages, conversion of old AppImage types... and more! Manage AppImages like never before! | S•Elite | 71.7 | 83.2% | 1 |
| #4 | Software ports for the Haiku operating system. | S•Elite | 71.7 | 86.0% | - |
| #5 | aeonfun/aeon768 The most autonomous AI agent framework: runs unattended on GitHub Actions, self-healing skills, drives Claude Code, Grok, Codex & more. No approval loops. Configure once, forget forever. | S•Elite | 71.6 | 87.6% | - |
| #6 | High quality tv & radio logos for your channels, also known as picons. | S•Elite | 71.6 | 87.0% | - |
| #7 | Vibe-Coding is easy. DevOps is hard. OpenCode & Git token-efficient AI agent automation for your app, business, and personal development. Opinionated tools, services, CLI & API stack for speed, security, and 24/7 results. Open-source first. SOTA everything. The best AI harness for GitHub & teamwork. | S•Elite | 71.6 | 86.7% | - |
| #8 | Wazuh - Wazuh Kubernetes | S•Elite | 71.5 | 90.8% | - |
| #9 | msys2/MINGW-packages2,749 Package scripts for MinGW-w64 targets to build under MSYS2. | S•Elite | 70.8 | 88.7% | - |
| #10 | Docker packaging for Apache Flink | S•Elite | 70.6 | 89.3% | - |
| #11 | Wazuh - Ansible playbook | S•Elite | 70.6 | 87.8% | - |
| #12 | Primary source of truth for the Docker "Official Images" program | S•Elite | 70.5 | 89.3% | - |
| #13 | Helpful deployment scripts for Foreman and Katello | S•Elite | 70.2 | 94.3% | - |
| #14 | testssl/testssl.sh9,229 Testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port | A•Welcoming | 69.9 | 89.4% | - |
| #15 | ClickBench: a Benchmark For Analytical Databases | A•Welcoming | 69.9 | 73.8% | 1 |
| #16 | wimpysworld/deb-get1,767 apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦 | A•Welcoming | 69.7 | 74.6% | 25 |
| #17 | Pacstall's official program repository | A•Welcoming | 69.7 | 85.9% | - |
| #18 | Open-source cloud native platform that automates and simplifies the deployment of virtualization, Kubernetes, and OpenStack infrastructure. | S•Elite | 69.6 | 75.1% | 12 |
| #19 | risuorg/risu108 Automation Troubleshooting Framework to validate and report configuration, software installed, etc with bash, python, and your language of choice. | A•Welcoming | 69.6 | 95.6% | - |
| #20 | armbian/build5,462 The official build framework for the Armbian Linux distribution. This repository contains the complete toolchain and scripts required to compile custom OS images from source, including kernel configuration, U-Boot handling, and board-specific tweaks for various ARM and ARM64 single-board computers. | A•Welcoming | 69.4 | 78.4% | 13 |
| #21 | Meliox/PVE-mods1,966 Proxmox modifications | S•Elite | 69.3 | 83.3% | - |
| #22 | AppImages That Truly Work On Any Linux System (Even musl-libc and non-FHS systems) | S•Elite | 69.2 | 85.3% | 3 |
| #23 | Go client for OpenShift | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 83.3% | - |
| #24 | dockur/windows53,575 Windows inside a Docker container. | A•Welcoming | 68.9 | 92.7% | - |
| #25 | SteamOS-like ARM handheld distro | A•Welcoming | 68.8 | 57.4% | - |
| #26 | msys2/MSYS2-packages1,396 Package scripts for Cygwin targets to build under MSYS2. | S•Elite | 68.6 | 83.7% | - |
| #27 | ABBS/ACBS tree for AOSC OS package metadata, build configuration, scripts, and patches | S•Elite | 68.4 | 79.5% | - |
| #28 | Claude Desktop for Linux | A•Welcoming | 68.2 | 84.5% | - |
| #29 | writethedocs/www1,366 The main website for Write the Docs. | A•Welcoming | 68.2 | 80.6% | - |
| #30 | Official docker images for the influxdata stack | S•Elite | 68.1 | 94.3% | - |
| #31 | wazuh/wazuh-docker1,195 Wazuh - Docker containers | S•Elite | 68.1 | 80.7% | - |
| #32 | The ultimate productivity workstation | A•Welcoming | 68.1 | 83.2% | 1 |
| #33 | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 81.7% | - | |
| #34 | Official Rocky Linux documentation repository. | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 94.8% | - |
| #35 | Dockerfiles for Aerospike Server | A•Welcoming | 67.9 | 90.5% | - |
| #36 | A comprehensive system configuration utility for Armbian. Running in the terminal, this tool provides an interactive menu to manage system settings, such as software installation, network configuration, firewall setup, and system tweaking. | A•Welcoming | 67.7 | 79.2% | 6 |
| #37 | elementary/os1,190 The OS build system | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 72.5% | 1 |
| #38 | Docker image that provides a Minecraft Server for Java Edition that automatically installs/upgrades versions, modloaders, modpacks and more at startup | A•Welcoming | 67.4 | 83.3% | 7 |
| #39 | Official command-line tool for Reolink IP cameras, doorbells and NVRs — LAN only, no cloud. Snapshots, PTZ, RTSP/RTMP stream URLs, two-way audio (talkback/TTS), motion and AI detection, event monitoring, VOD download. JSON output and a built-in MCP server. Works with Home Assistant, Frigate and go2rtc. | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 94.1% | - |
| #40 | NGINX S3 Gateway | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 98.0% | - |
| #41 | Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition) | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 81.9% | - |
| #42 | A•Welcoming | 67.1 | 73.6% | 1 | |
| #43 | fujibee/agmsg1,543 Cross-vendor messaging for CLI AI coding agents — let Claude Code, Codex, Gemini & Copilot talk to each other in one team. Bash + SQLite, no daemon, no framework. | A•Welcoming | 66.9 | 74.0% | 1 |
| #44 | Scripts to automate development/test setup for openshift integration with https://github.com/metal3-io/ | A•Welcoming | 66.9 | 72.8% | - |
| #45 | 🎯 CKAD exam simulator: 20 themed dojos, 398 questions. Web interface with countdown timer, embedded terminal (ttyd) for kubectl/helm, automatic scoring on 400+ criteria, collapsible hints and dark/light themes. | A•Welcoming | 66.8 | 90.3% | - |
| #46 | Build scripts used for official Godot Engine builds with https://github.com/godotengine/build-containers | A•Welcoming | 66.6 | 93.3% | - |
| #47 | jfrog/charts288 JFrog official Helm Charts | A•Welcoming | 66.5 | 68.2% | - |
| #48 | Release tooling for OpenShift | A•Welcoming | 66.5 | 68.3% | - |
| #49 | CloudWatch Agent Dockerfile and K8s YAML templates for CloudWatch Container Insights. | B•Solid | 66.5 | 88.9% | - |
| #50 | termux/termux-packages17,143 A package build system for Termux. | A•Welcoming | 66.4 | 70.0% | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions: Shell Open Source
What is the most welcoming Shell open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Shell repository on GetMerged is currently ROCm/ROCm, with a C-Rank score of 73.6/100 and a 90.8% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Shell?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in Shell by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/shell.
What makes a Shell repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Shell repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.