Awesome PowerShell

A curated list of delightful PowerShell packages and resources.

Inspired by the awesome list thing.

Modules

• Frameworks
• IDE
• Package Managers
• Security
• Themes
• SharePoint
• Testing
• Webserver

Frameworks

• Carbon - DevOps for automating the configuration of Windows computers.
• PowerShell PowerUp - A powerfull server management framework.
• PSCX - Useful set of additional cmdlets

IDE

• PowerGui - Powerfull IDE to execute scripts local and remote.
• PowerShell Plus - An all in one IDE.
• Powershell Studio - Probably the most powerful and most expensive powershell IDE, with high DPI support and updates regularly

Package Managers

• PsGet - Set of commands to install modules from central directory, local file or from the web.
• chocolatey - The package manager for Windows. The sane way to manage software on Windows.

Security

• File System Security - Allows a much easier management of permissions on files and folders.
• PowerShellArsenal - A module used to aid a reverse engineer.
• PowerTools - Collection of projects with a focus on offensive operations.

Themes

• oh-my-posh - tons of beautiful theme that can be enabled by one single command (includes many awesome powerline theme)
• Powerline - PowerShell Classes for richer output and prompts

SharePoint

• AutoSPInstaller - Automated SharePoint 2010/2013 installation script.
• Client-side SharePoint - API for SharePoint 2010, 2013 and Online.

Testing

• Pester - Powershell BDD style testing framework

Webserver

• PoSH Server - Secure, flexible and lightweight web server to meet your requirements.

Commandline productivity

• PSReadLine - A bash inspired readline implementation for PowerShell. Keeps history between sessions, adds reverse-history search and makes the commandline experience much better overall.
• Jump-Location - Powershell cd that reads your mind. Autojump implementation for powershell.
• Zlocation - z.sh implementation for PowerShell. Similar to Jump-Location.
• thefuck - Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command (by typing fuck).

Resources

• Blogs

Blogs

• Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog - Popular Microsoft blog.
• Learn Powershell | Achieve More - Personal blog of Boe Prox who moderated for the Scripting Guy.
• PowerShellMagazine - Awesome magazine.