Awesome PowerShell

A curated list of delightful PowerShell packages and resources.

Inspired by the awesome list thing.

Table of Content

• Modules
  • Frameworks
  • IDE
  • Package Managers
  • Security
  • Themes
  • SharePoint
  • Testing
  • Webserver
• Resources
  • Blogs
  • Videos

Modules

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

• 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.

Videos

• 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.
• 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.
• What's New in PowerShell v5 - A through description on some of the exciting new features in PowerShell version 5.0.
• PowerShell Open Source Project - A collection of videos thoroughly demonstrate how PowerShell open source project runs on Linux.
• PowerShell on Linux and Open Source - A brief introduction to PowerShell open source project and how it runs on linux.
• 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.