A curated list of delightful [PowerShell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
* [ConfluencePS](https://atlassianps.org/module/ConfluencePS/) - A module for interacting with Atlassian's Confluence in powershell (by using the API).
* [JiraPS](https://atlassianps.org/module/JiraPS/) - A module for interacting with Atlassian's Jira in powershell (by using the API).
* [PSURLScanio](https://github.com/sysgoblin/PSURLScanio) - A module for [urlscan.io](https://urlscan.io/) that is a service to scan and analyze websites.
* [Adam the Automator](https://adamtheautomator.com/) - Engaging, technical content on all things automation, cloud computing and DevOps by Adam Bertram and friends.
* [Exploring PowerShell Automation](https://www.manning.com/books/exploring-powershell-automation) - a free eBook sampler that gives you an overview of how to administer your environment.
* [PowerShell in Depth](https://www.manning.com/books/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.
* [Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition](https://www.manning.com/books/windows-powershell-in-action-third-edition) - The latest revision of the comprehensive reference guide.
* [Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition](https://www.manning.com/books/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.
* [Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Linux and macOS Edition](https://www.manning.com/books/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](https://www.manning.com/books/learn-powershell-scripting-in-a-month-of-lunches) - A guide to the process of developing, testing, and deploying scripts, and the art of toolmaking.
* [The Monad Manifesto, Annotated - Jeffrey Snover](https://leanpub.com/s/4W-ob-YDw2LE2aSMyosCtA.pdf) - Design and theory behind the language from its creator.
* [Why PowerShell? - Warren Frame & Don Jones](https://leanpub.com/s/aQDRwmoOi940mX_EB6N7Yg.pdf) - Use cases for the language.
* [The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas - Don Jones](https://leanpub.com/s/lDl9ZV0QW7zaE4BpitXVig.pdf) - Excellent guide to avoiding common pitfalls.
* [The Big Book of PowerShell Error Handling - Dave Wyatt](https://leanpub.com/s/znHIFrvBAYRST5nFBiQU5g.pdf) - Great reference for error handling techniques.
* [Secrets of PowerShell Remoting](https://leanpub.com/s/DQLESXQ69TlVFQ9ogjrFLw.pdf) - On all things remoting. Workflow, fan-out, etc.
* [PowerShell Notes for Professionals](https://goalkicker.com/PowerShellBook/PowerShellNotesForProfessionals.pdf) - Compilation of notes and snippets.
* [PowerShell for SysAdmins: Workflow Automation Made Easy](https://nostarch.com/powershellsysadmins) - Learn how to manage and automate your desktop and server environments.
* [GitHub](https://github.com/search?l=powershell&q=stars%3A%3E1&s=stars&type=Repositories) - Looking for an Open Source PowerShell project? It's probably here.
* [posh-git](https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git) - Set of PowerShell scripts which provide Git/PowerShell integration.
* [PSReadLine](https://github.com/lzybkr/PSReadLine) - Bash inspired readline implementation for PowerShell. Keeps history between sessions, adds reverse-history search and makes the commandline experience much better overall.
* [TabExpansionPlusPlus](https://github.com/lzybkr/TabExpansionPlusPlus) - PowerShell module to make customizing tab completion easier and add a library of custom argument completers.
* [Jump-Location](https://github.com/tkellogg/Jump-Location) - PowerShell `cd` that reads your mind. [Autojump](https://github.com/wting/autojump) implementation for PowerShell. **`UNMAINTAINED`**
* [PSDirTag](https://github.com/wtjones/PSDirTag) - DirTags are relative paths that appear as variables in the PowerShell prompt that update as you navigate. Saves keystrokes when navigating folder structures.
* [PSUtil](https://github.com/PowershellFrameworkCollective/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.
* [Microsoft.PowerShell.UnixCompleters](https://github.com/PowerShell/Modules/tree/master/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.UnixCompleters) - Get parameter completion for native Unix utilities. Requires zsh or bash.
* [PSScriptTools](https://github.com/jdhitsolutions/PSScriptTools) - A set of of PowerShell functions you might use to enhance your own functions and scripts or to facilitate working in the console.
* [Twitter #PowerShell](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PowerShell&src=hash) - Vibrant PowerShell community; great way to keep up with news and blog content.
* [Research Triangle PowerShell User Group](https://www.meetup.com/Research-Triangle-PowerShell-Users-Group/) - Very active PowerShell and automation user group. Meets on first and third Wednesdays. All skill levels welcome.
* [hjson-powershell](https://github.com/TomasBouda/hjson-powershell) - Simple powershell module for conversion between [HJSON](https://hjson.github.io/) and JSON.
* [ImportExcel](https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel) - Module to import/export Excel spreadsheets, without Excel.
* [powershell-yaml](https://github.com/cloudbase/powershell-yaml) - PowerShell CmdLets for YAML format manipulation.
* [PSWriteHTML](https://github.com/EvotecIT/PSWriteHTML) - PSWriteHTML is a PowerShell module allowing you to create HTML easily.
* [PSWritePDF](https://github.com/EvotecIT/PSWritePDF) - Module to create, edit, split, merge PDF files on Windows / Linux and MacOS.
* [PSWriteWord](https://github.com/EvotecIT/PSWriteWord) - Module to create Microsoft Word documents without Microsoft Word installed.
* [platyPS](https://github.com/PowerShell/platyPS) - Write PowerShell External Help in Markdown.
* [Invoke-CreateModuleHelpFile](https://github.com/gravejester/Invoke-CreateModuleHelpFile) - PowerShell function to create a HTML help file for a module and all it's commands.
* [PScribo](https://github.com/iainbrighton/PScribo) - PowerShell documentation framework what can create HTML, Word, text files based on PowerShell-based DSL (domain specific language).
* [PowerShell Studio](https://www.sapien.com/software/powershell_studio) - Powerful PowerShell IDE with module, help, and user interface development tools, high DPI support and regular updates.
* [PowerShell for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.PowerShell) - Provides IntelliSense, code navigations, script analysis, script debugging, and more for the [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) editor.
* [PoshTools for Visual Studio](https://ironmansoftware.com/powershell-tools-for-visual-studio/) - Provides IntelliSense, script debugging, and Pester testing support for PowerShell to Visual Studio.
* [PowerShell ISE](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/components/ise/introducing-the-windows-powershell-ise) - Official PowerShell development environment included with Microsoft Windows.
* [ISE Steroids](http://www.powertheshell.com/isesteroids/) - Add-on for the PowerShell ISE which provides a rich set of additional features to complete the ISE development experience.
* [PowerShell Plus](https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/freetools/powershellplus) - All in one IDE.
* [SublimeText package](https://github.com/SublimeText/PowerShell) - PowerShell language support for Sublime Text.
* [Atom package](https://github.com/jugglingnutcase/language-powershell) - PowerShell language support for Atom.
* [PSCX](https://github.com/Pscx/Pscx) - PowerShell Community Extensions - Useful set of additional cmdlets.
* [PSFramework](https://github.com/PowershellFrameworkCollective/psframework) - Easily add configurations, logging and more to your own PowerShell module.
* [Plaster](https://github.com/PowerShell/Plaster) - Plaster is a template-based file and project generator written in PowerShell.
* [PSModuleDevelopment](https://github.com/PowershellFrameworkCollective/PSModuleDevelopment) - Get started using module templates in 2 minutes with this module's low entry barrier and casual convenience.
* [Catesta](https://github.com/techthoughts2/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.
* [PowerShellGet](https://github.com/powershell/powershellget) - PowerShellGet is the Package Manager for PowerShell. Packages are available on [PowerShellGallery](https://www.PowerShellGallery.com).
* [PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit](https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/) - Provides a set of functions to perform common application deployment tasks and to interact with the user during a deployment.
* [PoshRSJob](https://github.com/proxb/PoshRSJob) - Provides an alternative to PSJobs with greater performance and less overhead to run commands in the background.
* [Invoke-Parallel](https://github.com/RamblingCookieMonster/Invoke-Parallel) - This function will take in a script or scriptblock, and run it against specified objects(s) in parallel.
* [File System Security](https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/1abd77a5-9c0b-4a2b-acef-90dbb2b84e85) - Allows a much easier management of permissions on files and folders.
* [PowerShellArsenal](https://github.com/mattifestation/PowerShellArsenal) - Module used to aid a reverse engineer.
* [PowerTools](https://github.com/Veil-Framework/PowerTools) - Collection of projects with a focus on offensive operations.
* [PowerForensics](https://github.com/Invoke-IR/PowerForensics) - Popular live disk forensics platform for windows.
* [PSReflect](https://github.com/mattifestation/PSReflect) - Easily define in-memory enums, structs, and Win32 functions in PowerShell. Useful for attacks, [example](https://github.com/FuzzySecurity/PowerShell-Suite/tree/master/Bypass-UAC).
* [BloodHound](https://github.com/BloodHoundAD/BloodHound) - Easily identify highly complex attack paths that would otherwise be impossible to quickly identify.
* [p0wnedShell](https://github.com/Cn33liz/p0wnedShell) - PowerShell Runspace Post Exploitation Toolkit.
* [PESecurity](https://github.com/NetSPI/PESecurity) - Module to check if a Windows binary (EXE/DLL) has been compiled with ASLR, DEP, SafeSEH, StrongNaming, and Authenticode.
* [Powershellery](https://github.com/nullbind/Powershellery) - Powershell scripts used for general hackery.
* [PowerUpSQL](https://github.com/NetSPI/PowerUpSQL) - Toolkit for Attacking SQL Server.
* [Client-side SharePoint](https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/) - API for SharePoint 2010, 2013 and Online.
* [SPReplicator](https://github.com/potatoqualitee/SPReplicator) - SPReplicator helps replicate SharePoint list data to/from CSV, SQL Server, SharePoint itself and more.
## SQL Server
* [dbatools](https://dbachecks.io) - Helps SQL Server Pros be more productive with instance migrations and much more.
* [SimplySql](https://github.com/mithrandyr/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.
* [Format-Pester](https://github.com/equelin/format-pester) - PowerShell module for documenting Pester's results - exports Pester results to HTML, Word, text files using [PScribo](https://github.com/iainbrighton/PScribo).
* [Selenium](https://github.com/adamdriscoll/selenium-powershell) - PowerShell module to run a Selenium WebDriver.
* [PSScriptAnalyzer](https://github.com/PowerShell/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.
* [Oh-My-Posh](https://github.com/JanJoris/oh-my-posh) - Tons of beautiful theme that can be enabled by one single command (includes many awesome powerline theme).
* [PSWriteColor](https://github.com/EvotecIT/PSWriteColor) - Write-Color is a wrapper around Write-Host allowing you to create nice looking scripts, with colorized output.
* [PowerShell Unplugged with Jeffrey Snover and Don Jones Ignite 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D15vh-ryJGk) - 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.
* [Getting Started With PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start](https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-30-jump-start-8276) - Jump starts series are for IT professionals with no previous experience with PowerShell, and want to learn it fast.
* [Advanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0](https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/advpowershell3) - 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.
* [What's New in PowerShell v5](https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/whats-new-in-powershell-v5-16434) - Through description on some of the exciting new features in PowerShell version 5.0.
* [PowerShell Open Source Project](https://channel9.msdn.com/series/PowerShell-Open-Source-Project) - Collection of videos thoroughly demonstrate how PowerShell open source project runs on Linux.
* [PowerShell on Linux and OpenSource](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/hybrid-it-management/PowerShell-on-Linux-and-Open-Source) - Brief introduction to PowerShell open source project and how it runs on Linux.
* [PowerShell](https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/MsftPowerShell) - 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.
* [Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches - Don Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CRTahGYnws&list=PL6D474E721138865A) - Video companion to the book of the same title.
* [Best Practices for Script Design - Don Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lni4KjGMgu4) - Don Jones discusses script design principles and best practices.
* [PowerShell Toolmaking (1 of 3) - Don Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KprrLkjPq_c) - Toolmaking (1 of 3) - Don Jones.
* [PowerShell Toolmaking (2 of 3) - Don Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U849a17G7Ro) - Toolmaking (2 of 3) - Don Jones.
* [PowerShell Toolmaking (3 of 3) - Don Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdmjCPYYNM) - Toolmaking (3 of 3) - Don Jones.
* [Sophisticated Techniques of Plain Text Parsing - Tobias Weltner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkzd8spCfCU) - Great reference for text parsing.
* [Monad Manifesto Revisited - Jeffrey Snover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0EX5R2nnRI) - Jeffrey Snover reflects on the beginnings of the language and where it's going.
* [AD Forensics with PowerShell - Ashley McGlone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrDjiVbZZE8) - A lot of AD related scripting and analysis techniques.
* [Windows PowerShell What's New in V2 - SAPIEN](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Yrs5ezxHE&list=PL6ue9e1DXqDv74YTX91gYonfFsweNmrDK) - Old but gold. Most of this is still very relevant.
* [All Things Microsoft PowerShell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrGresKu2w&list=PLCGGtLsUjhm2k22nFHHdupAK0hSNZVfXi) - Another general language reference.
* [Research Triangle PowerShell User Group YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/rtpsug/) - large catalog of user group meetings and demos by community members. 150+ hours of content.
* [Flancy](https://github.com/toenuff/flancy) - Web microframework for Windows PowerShell.
* [Pode](https://github.com/Badgerati/Pode) - Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell framework for creating web servers to host REST APIs, Web Sites, and TCP/SMTP Servers.
* [Polaris](https://github.com/PowerShell/Polaris) - A cross-platform, minimalist web framework for PowerShell.
* [WebCommander](https://github.com/vmware/webcommander) - Run scripts and view results, in a friendly web GUI or via a web service.