r/shell
ActiveNews, articles, tips and tools covering shell scripting and command-line interfaces of all flavors.
News, articles, tips and tools covering shell scripting and command-line interfaces of all flavors.
Members
5,322
as of February 2025
Last post
2 days ago
October 12, 2026
Posts (30 days)
5
Created
2008
February 13, 2008
Total posts
1.0K
archived
Total comments
1.7K
archived
Is r/shell dead? Active community.
r/shell is posting regularly — the latest post was 2 days ago. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/shell have?
r/shell had 5,322 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/shell dead?
No. r/shell is active — the most recent post was 2 days ago, with 5 posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/shell created?
r/shell was created on February 13, 2008.
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