Gum Interactive Shell Script Toolkit

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name: "Gum Interactive Shell Script Toolkit"
slug: "gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit"
description: "Gum by Charmbracelet is a tool for building glamorous shell scripts. It provides configurable terminal UI components (choose, confirm, input, filter, spin, table, format) that can be used directly from bash to create interactive, visually polished CLI experiences."
github_stars: 23196
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "charmbracelet/gum"
  github_stars: 23196
---

# Gum Interactive Shell Script Toolkit

Gum by Charmbracelet is a tool for building glamorous shell scripts. It provides configurable terminal UI components (choose, confirm, input, filter, spin, table, format) that can be used directly from bash to create interactive, visually polished CLI experiences.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install gum
- go install github.com/charmbracelet/gum@latest
- brew list | gum choose --no-limit | xargs brew uninstall

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- The above example is running from a single shell script ([source](./examples/demo.sh)).
- Check out the [complete example](https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum/blob/main/examples/commit.sh) for combining these commands in a single script.
- Use a package manager:

- Source: https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charmbracelet/gum/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit/)