Awesome PowerShell

A curated list of delightful PowerShell packages and resources.

Inspired by the awesome list thing.

Table of Content

• Modules
  • Frameworks
  • Editors and IDEs
  • Package Managers
  • Build Tools
  • Security
  • Themes
  • SharePoint
  • SQL Server
  • Testing
  • Webserver
  • Misc
• Resources
  • Blogs
  • Videos
  • Communities
  • Code and Package Repositories

Modules

Frameworks

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

Editors and IDEs

• PowerShell Studio - A powerful PowerShell IDE with module, help, and user interface development tools, high DPI support and regular updates.
• PowerShell for Visual Studio Code - Provides IntelliSense, code navigations, script analysis, script debugging, and more for the Visual Studio Code editor.
• PoshTools for Visual Studio - Provides IntelliSense, script debugging, and Pester testing support for PowerShell to Visual Studio.
• PowerShell ISE - An official PowerShell development environment included with Microsoft Windows.
• ISE Steroids - An add-on for the PowerShell ISE which provides a rich set of additional features to complete the ISE development experience.
• PowerGui - A powerful IDE for editing and executing scripts locally and remotely.
• PowerShell Plus - An all in one IDE.

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.

Build Tools

• psake - A build automation tool inspired by rake (aka make in Ruby) and bake (aka make in Boo).
• Invoke-Build - A build and test automation tool inspired by psake
• PSDeploy - A module built for the purpose of simplifying multiple types of deployments
• BuildHelpers - A variety of helper functions for CI/CD scenarios

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.

SQL Server

• dbareports - Gather, store and display your SQL Server estate data.
• dbatools - Instance migrations and best practice implementations.

Testing

• Pester - Powershell BDD style testing framework.

Webserver

• Flancy - A web microframework for Windows PowerShell
• NancyPS - Nancy, self-hosted in PowerShell, with script method handlers
• PoSH Server - Secure, flexible and lightweight web server to meet your requirements.
• WebCommander - Run scripts and view results, in a friendly web GUI or via a web service

Commandline Productivity

• posh-git - A set of PowerShell scripts which provide Git/PowerShell integration.
• 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).

Misc

• poke - crazy cool reflection module for powershell. Explore and invoke private APIs like nobody is watching. Useful for security research, testing and quick hacks.

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.

Communities

• PowerShell.com - Forums, blog posts, and more
• PowerShell.org - Forums, summits, community blog posts, and more
• /r/PowerShell - Reddit PowerShell community
• Slack PowerShell team - Large chat room dedicated to PowerShell. Bridged with #PowerShell on irc.freenode.net.
• Twitter #PowerShell - Vibrant PowerShell community; great way to keep up with news and blog content.

Code and Package Repositories

• GitHub - Looking for an Open Source PowerShell project? It's probably here.
• PowerShell Code Repository - Wide variety of PowerShell code from snippets to modules
• PowerShell Gallery - Offical PowerShell package repository, used by PowerShellGet
• TechNet Gallery - Wide variety of PowerShell code from snippets to modules