shell2http ☆

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Description:
Executing shell commands via HTTP server

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: http-server cli automation api shell

Install: brew install shell2http

About:
shell2http is a command-line tool that exposes any shell command or script as a RESTful HTTP API endpoint. It listens for incoming HTTP requests and executes specified shell commands, returning their standard output as the response. This utility simplifies the creation of lightweight web services for system administration and automation tasks without writing boilerplate server code.

Key Features:

Exposes shell commands as HTTP endpoints
Supports GET and POST methods
Handles command arguments from URL query parameters
Lightweight and written in Go for single-binary deployment

Use Cases:

Creating quick internal APIs for system monitoring scripts
Automating local development environment tasks via HTTP calls
Building simple webhooks to trigger shell-based workflows

Alternatives:

webhook – webhook is more focused on executing predefined commands from incoming webhooks, while shell2http dynamically maps URL paths to commands.
Flask – Flask is a full Python web framework requiring code writing, whereas shell2http requires no coding, just shell commands.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 10:19am		0	VERSION_BUMP	e1ed7b35
Sep 14, 2024 6:41pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	54f3e922