Awesome PowerShell

A curated list of delightful PowerShell packages and resources.

PowerShell is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation and configuration tool that is optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g. JSON, CSV, XML, etc.), REST APIs, and object models. It includes a command-line shell and an associated scripting language.

API Wrapper
Blogs
Books
Build Tools
Code and Package Repositories
Commandline Productivity
Communities
Data
Documentation Helper
Editors and IDEs
Frameworks
Interactive Learning
Logging
Module Development Templates
Package Managers
Parallel Processing
Podcasts
Security
SharePoint
SQL Server
Testing
Themes
UI
Videos
Webserver
Misc

API Wrapper

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
ConfluencePS	A module for interacting with Atlassian's Confluence in powershell (by using the API).
HipChatAdmin	A module for simple integration with Atlassian HipChat via the HipChat API.
JiraPS	A module for interacting with Atlassian's Jira in powershell (by using the API).
Posh-Gist	Cmdlets for interacting with GitHub Gist.
Posh-GitHub	Cmdlets that expose the GitHub API.
PSAppVeyor	A module to interact with the AppVeyor REST API.
PSGist	A module to work with GitHub Gists.
PSGitHub	A Module contains commands to manage GitHub through its REST API.
PSSlack	A Module for simple Slack integration.
PSTeams	A module for sending formatted messages to a Microsoft Teams Channel.
PSTelegramAPI	A Module for Telegram APIs
PSURLScanio	A module for urlscan.io that is a service to scan and analyze websites.

Blogs

Blog Link	Description
Adam the Automator	Engaging, technical content on all things automation, cloud computing and DevOps by Adam Bertram and friends.
Clear-Script	Personal blog of Joel (Sallow) Francis.
Doug Finke	Author of PowerShell for Developers.
Learn PowerShell - Achieve More	Personal blog of Boe Prox who moderated for the Scripting Guy.
Mike F. Robbins	Microsoft MVP. SAPIEN Tech MVP. Co-author of Windows PowerShell TFM 4th Edition.
PowerShellExplained	Personal blog of Kevin Marquette
PowerShellMagazine	Awesome magazine.
Windows PowerShell Blog	Official PowerShell Team Blog.

Books

Book Publisher Link	Description
Exploring PowerShell Automation	A free eBook sampler that gives you an overview of how to administer your environment.
Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches	Learn how to automate SQL Server with PowerShell and the awesome dbatools module.
Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition	A task-focused tutorial for administering Linux and macOS systems using Microsoft PowerShell.
Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches	A guide to the process of developing, testing, and deploying scripts, and the art of toolmaking.
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition	An innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. Just set aside one hour a day - lunchtime would be perfect - for a month, and you'll be automating Windows tasks faster than you ever thought possible.
PowerShell for SysAdmins: Workflow Automation Made Easy	Learn how to manage and automate your desktop and server environments.
PowerShell in Depth	The go-to reference for administrators. Every major shell technique, technology, and tactic is explained and demonstrated, providing a comprehensive reference to almost everything an admin would do in the shell.
PowerShell Notes for Professionals	Compilation of notes and snippets.
Practical Automation with PowerShell	Learn how to build, organize, and share useful automations with PowerShell.
Secrets of PowerShell Remoting	On all things remoting. Workflow, fan-out, etc.
The Big Book of PowerShell Error Handling - Dave Wyatt	Great reference for error handling techniques.
The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas - Don Jones	Excellent guide to avoiding common pitfalls.
The Monad Manifesto, Annotated - Jeffrey Snover	Design and theory behind the language from its creator.
Tiny PowerShell Projects	A hands-on tutorial for system administration with PowerShell.
Why PowerShell? - Warren Frame & Don Jones	Use cases for the language.
Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition	The latest revision of the comprehensive reference guide.
Windows PowerShell Networking Guide	Language specific guide to Windows networking.

Build Tools

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
BuildHelpers	Variety of helper functions for CI/CD scenarios.
Invoke-Build	Build and test automation tool inspired by psake.
psake	Build automation tool inspired by rake (aka make in Ruby) and bake (aka make in Boo).
PSDeploy	Module built for the purpose of simplifying multiple types of deployments.
YDeliver	Build and deployment framework aimed at .NET projects.

Code and Package Repositories

Site Link	Description
GitHub	Looking for an Open Source PowerShell project? It's probably here.
PowerShell Gallery	Official PowerShell package repository, used by PowerShellGet.
PowerShell Test Gallery	A test version of the PowerShell Gallery. Useful when developing new modules.

Commandline Productivity

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Dotenv	Provides directory specific environments through .env files, similar to direnv.
Jump-Location	PowerShell `cd` that reads your mind. Autojump implementation for PowerShell. `UNMAINTAINED`
Microsoft.PowerShell.UnixCompleters	Get parameter completion for native Unix utilities. Requires zsh or bash.
poco	peco implementation. Interactive filtering tool.
posh-git	Set of PowerShell scripts which provide Git/PowerShell integration.
posh-with	Command prefixing for continuous workflow using a single tool.
PSDepend	PowerShell Dependency Handler
PSDirTag	DirTags are relative paths that appear as variables in the PowerShell prompt that update as you navigate. Saves keystrokes when navigating folder structures.
PSFzf	A PowerShell module that wraps fzf, a fuzzy file finder for the command line.
pslinq	LINQ (LINQ2Objects) for PowerShell.
PSReadLine	Bash inspired readline implementation for PowerShell. Keeps history between sessions, adds reverse-history search and makes the commandline experience much better overall.
PSScriptTools	A set of of PowerShell functions you might use to enhance your own functions and scripts or to facilitate working in the console.
PSUtil	Designed to make the user's console life more convenient. It includes shortcuts, aliases, key bindings and convenience functions geared towards greater efficiency and less typing.
TabExpansionPlusPlus	PowerShell module to make customizing tab completion easier and add a library of custom argument completers.
thefuck	Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command (by typing `fuck`).
Zlocation	z.sh implementation for PowerShell. Similar to Jump-Location.
zoxide	A better way to navigate your filesystem. Written in Rust, cross-shell, and much faster than other autojumpers.

Communities

Community Link	Description
/r/PowerShell	Reddit PowerShell community.
PowerShell.org	Forums, summits, community blog posts, and more.
Research Triangle PowerShell User Group	Very active PowerShell and automation user group. Meets on first and third Wednesdays. All skill levels welcome.
Slack PowerShell team	Large chat room dedicated to PowerShell. Bridged with `#PowerShell` on irc.freenode.net.

Data

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
hjson-powershell	Simple powershell module for conversion between HJSON and JSON.
ImportExcel	Module to import/export Excel spreadsheets, without Excel.
powershell-yaml	PowerShell CmdLets for YAML format manipulation.
PSWriteHTML	PSWriteHTML is a PowerShell module allowing you to create HTML easily.
PSWritePDF	Module to create, edit, split, merge PDF files on Windows / Linux and MacOS.
PSWriteWord	Module to create Microsoft Word documents without Microsoft Word installed.

Documentation Helper

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Invoke-CreateModuleHelpFile	PowerShell function to create a HTML help file for a module and all it's commands.
platyPS	Write PowerShell External Help in Markdown.
PScribo	PowerShell documentation framework what can create HTML, Word, text files based on PowerShell-based DSL (domain specific language).

Editors and IDEs

Project Link	Description
Atom package	PowerShell language support for Atom.
ISE Steroids	Add-on for the PowerShell ISE which provides a rich set of additional features to complete the ISE development experience.
PoshTools for Visual Studio	Provides IntelliSense, script debugging, and Pester testing support for PowerShell to Visual Studio.
PowerShell for Visual Studio Code	Provides IntelliSense, code navigations, script analysis, script debugging, and more for the Visual Studio Code editor.
PowerShell ISE	Official PowerShell development environment included with Microsoft Windows.
PowerShell Plus	All in one IDE.
PowerShell Studio	Powerful PowerShell IDE with module, help, and user interface development tools, high DPI support and regular updates.
SublimeText package	PowerShell language support for Sublime Text.

Frameworks

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Carbon	DevOps for automating the configuration of Windows computers.
Kansa	Incident response framework.
PowerShell PowerUp	Powerful server management framework.
PSCX	PowerShell Community Extensions - Useful set of additional cmdlets.
PSFramework	Easily add configurations, logging and more to your own PowerShell module.

Interactive Learning

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Jupyter-PowerShell	Jupyter Kernel for PowerShell.
PSKoans	A simple, fun, and interactive way to learn the PowerShell language through Pester unit testing.

Logging

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
PoShLog	Cross-platform, extensible logging module built upon Serilog.

Module Development Templates

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Catesta	Catesta is a PowerShell module project generator. It uses templates to rapidly scaffold test and build integration for a variety of CI/CD platforms.
Plaster	Plaster is a template-based file and project generator written in PowerShell.
PSModuleDevelopment	Get started using module templates in 2 minutes with this module's low entry barrier and casual convenience.

Package Managers

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Chocolatey	The package manager for Windows. The sane way to manage software on Windows.
GitLab	Use a GitLab server as Package Provider.
PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit	Provides a set of functions to perform common application deployment tasks and to interact with the user during a deployment.
PowerShellGet	PowerShellGet is the Package Manager for PowerShell. Packages are available on PowerShellGallery.
Scoop	A command-line installer for Windows.

Parallel Processing

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Invoke-Parallel	This function will take in a script or scriptblock, and run it against specified objects(s) in parallel.
PoshRSJob	Provides an alternative to PSJobs with greater performance and less overhead to run commands in the background.
PSThreadJob	Module for running concurrent jobs based on threads rather than processes.

Podcasts

Podcast Link	Description
PowerScripting	Weekly show run by Jon Walz and Hal Rottenberg.
The PowerShell News Podcast	This podcast is the latest news on PowerShell.

Security

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
BloodHound	Easily identify highly complex attack paths that would otherwise be impossible to quickly identify.
File System Security	Allows a much easier management of permissions on files and folders.
Harness	Interactive remote PowerShell Payload.
Invoke-Obfuscation	PowerShell Obfuscator.
Nishang	Enables scripting for red team, penetration testing, and offensive security.
p0wnedShell	PowerShell Runspace Post Exploitation Toolkit.
PESecurity	Module to check if a Windows binary (EXE/DLL) has been compiled with ASLR, DEP, SafeSEH, StrongNaming, and Authenticode.
PowerForensics	Popular live disk forensics platform for windows.
PowerShellArsenal	Module used to aid a reverse engineer.
PowerShellEmpire	Post-exploitation agent.
Powershellery	Powershell scripts used for general hackery.
PowerSploit	Post-exploitation framework.
PowerTools	Collection of projects with a focus on offensive operations.
PowerUpSQL	Toolkit for Attacking SQL Server.
PSReflect	Easily define in-memory enums, structs, and Win32 functions in PowerShell. Useful for attacks, example.

SharePoint

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
AutoSPInstaller	Automated SharePoint 2010-2019 installation script.
Client-side SharePoint	API for SharePoint 2010, 2013 and Online.
SharePoint2019Commands	PowerShell module to help you auto-load all SharePoint 2019 cmdlets.
SPReplicator	SPReplicator helps replicate SharePoint list data to/from CSV, SQL Server, SharePoint itself and more.

SQL Server

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
dbatools	Helps SQL Server Pros be more productive with instance migrations and much more.
SimplySql	SimplySql is a module that provides an intuitive set of cmdlets for talking to databases that abstracts the vendor specifics. The basic pattern is to connect to a database, execute one or more sql.

Testing

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Format-Pester	PowerShell module for documenting Pester's results - exports Pester results to HTML, Word, text files using PScribo.
Pester	PowerShell BDD style testing framework.
PSScriptAnalyzer	PSScriptAnalyzer provides script analysis and checks for potential code defects in the scripts by applying a group of built-in or customized rules on the scripts being analyzed.
Selenium	PowerShell module to run a Selenium WebDriver.

Themes

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Oh-My-Posh	Tons of beautiful theme that can be enabled by one single command (includes many awesome powerline theme).
PoshColor	Colour output from common commands with support for custom themes.
Powerline	PowerShell Classes for richer output and prompts.
Starship	The minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell.

UI

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
AnyBox	Designed to facilitate script input/output with an easily customizable WPF window.
BurntToast	A module for creating and displaying Toast Notifications on Microsoft Windows 10.
GraphicalTools	A module that mixes PowerShell and GUIs! - built on Avalonia and gui.cs.
Graphical	A module to plot colorful console 2D Graphs (Scatter, Bar, Line).
PS-Menu	A module to render interactive console menu.
psInlineProgress	Write inline progress bars in PowerShell.
PSWriteColor	Write-Color is a wrapper around Write-Host allowing you to create nice looking scripts, with colorized output.
Terminal-Icons	A module to show file and folder icons in the terminal.

Videos

Video Link	Description
AD Forensics with PowerShell - Ashley McGlone	A lot of AD related scripting and analysis techniques.
Advanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0	IT pros, take this advanced PowerShell course to find out how to turn your real time management and automation scripts into useful reusable tools and cmdlets.
All Things Microsoft PowerShell	Another general language reference.
Best Practices for Script Design - Don Jones	Don Jones discusses script design principles and best practices.
Getting Started With PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start	Jump starts series are for IT professionals with no previous experience with PowerShell, and want to learn it fast.
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches - Don Jones	Video companion to the book of the same title.
Monad Manifesto Revisited - Jeffrey Snover	Jeffrey Snover reflects on the beginnings of the language and where it's going.
PowerShell on Linux and Open Source	Brief introduction to PowerShell open source project and how it runs on Linux.
PowerShell Open Source Project	Collection of videos thoroughly demonstrate how PowerShell open source project runs on Linux.
PowerShell Toolmaking (1 of 3) - Don Jones	Toolmaking (1 of 3) - Don Jones.
PowerShell Toolmaking (2 of 3) - Don Jones	Toolmaking (2 of 3) - Don Jones.
PowerShell Toolmaking (3 of 3) - Don Jones	Toolmaking (3 of 3) - Don Jones.
PowerShell Unplugged with Jeffrey Snover and Don Jones Ignite 2017	The inventor of PowerShell talking about "the latest and coolest PowerShell features to help you automate and manage the hybrid cloud". Focused on the PowerShell Community.
PowerShell	This show will include videos talking about the PowerShell automation platform, Desired State Configuration (DSC), infrastructure as code, and related concepts!! These videos are created by Trevor Sullivan, a Microsoft MVP for Windows PowerShell.
Research Triangle PowerShell User Group YouTube Channel	large catalog of user group meetings and demos by community members. 150+ hours of content.
Sophisticated Techniques of Plain Text Parsing - Tobias Weltner	Great reference for text parsing.
The anatomy of the Get-Help command in PowerShell	Software Engineer Tyler Leonhardt introduces the Powershell help system.
What's New in PowerShell v5	Through description on some of the exciting new features in PowerShell version 5.0.
Windows PowerShell What's New in V2 - SAPIEN	Old but gold. Most of this is still very relevant.

Webserver

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
Flancy	Web microframework for Windows PowerShell.
Pode	Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell framework for creating web servers to host REST APIs, Web Sites, and TCP/SMTP Servers.
Polaris	A cross-platform, minimalist web framework for PowerShell.
Universal Dashboard	Cross-platform module for developing websites and REST APIs.
WebCommander	Run scripts and view results, in a friendly web GUI or via a web service.

Misc

Project Link	Description	Last Updated
DbgShell	A PowerShell front-end for the Windows debugger engine.
m2cgen	A CLI tool to transpile trained classic ML models into a native PowerShell code with zero dependencies.
poke	Crazy cool reflection module for PowerShell. Explore and invoke private APIs like nobody is watching. Useful for security research, testing and quick hacks.
PoshBot	Powershell-based bot framework.
PoShKeePass	Module for working with KeePass databases.
WSLab	Windows Server rapid lab deployment scripts.

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