amber-lang/amber

💎 Amber the programming language compiled to Bash/Ksh/Zsh

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updated Oct 12, 2026

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Amber

Programming language that compiles to Bash. It's a high level programming language that makes it easy to create shell scripts. It's particularly well suited for cloud services.

[!Warning] This software is not ready for extended usage.

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Install

You can find an installation guide on the documentation website.

Contributing

Contributing guide can be found on the documentation website.

bash

bash-scripting

compilers

hacktoberfest

ksh

zsh

Significant stargazers

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Markus Unterwaditzer

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