Amber is a modern programming language designed to compile to Bash, enabling developers to write type-safe, robust shell scripts. It features ECMA Script-like syntax, compile-time error checking, and a standard library for common scripting tasks. Ideal for developers seeking safer and more maintainable shell automation.
In the Frameworks & SDKs space, Amber takes a focused approach. It focuses on writing robust, type-safe shell scripts without common Bash pitfalls or runtime errors. Amber is an open-source project aimed at developers. The project is open source (LGPL-3.0). The product ships for the command line.
It is developed by Paweł Karaś (Poland), and the product first shipped in 2022. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 4.7k stars and 36 commits in the last 90 days. Across PulseGate's embedding index, Amber has few near neighbours, marking it as relatively distinct. Among its 7 catalogued features are type safety, compile to Bash, and modern syntax.
Latest indexed changes and source events
amber-lang.com discovered by the PulseGate indexer
Other apps tracked under the same category.
