pi-powershell

PowerShell extension for pi - the terminal coding harness.

Features

• Replaces bash with PowerShell on Windows
• Auto-translates bash commands to PowerShell equivalents
• Preserves native PowerShell cmdlets

Auto-Translation Support

Bash	PowerShell
ls, ll, la	Get-ChildItem
pwd	Get-Location
cat file	Get-Content file
echo "text"	Write-Output "text"
mkdir dir	New-Item -ItemType Directory
touch file	New-Item -ItemType File
rm -rf dir	Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
grep pattern file	Select-String -Pattern
ps	Get-Process
which cmd	Get-Command | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source
ls | grep pattern	Get-ChildItem | Where-Object
ls | wc -l	Get-ChildItem | Measure-Object -Line
ls | head -n	Get-ChildItem | Select-Object -First
$HOME, $PATH	$env:HOME, $env:PATH
export VAR=value	$env:VAR=value

Native PowerShell cmdlets pass through unchanged:

!Get-Process | Select-Object -First 5
!Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq 'Running'}

Installation

npm install -g pi-powershell

Or in pi:

pi install pi-powershell

Requirements

• Windows (PowerShell 7+ or Windows PowerShell)
• Node.js 18+

Scripts (Windows)

Command	Description
npm run serve	Start static server (foreground)
npm run serve:bg	Start server in new window
npm run dev:bg	Start dev server in new window
npm run http	Simple HTTP server (port 8080)
npm run http:bg	HTTP server in new window
npm run run -- "cmd"	Run any command in background
npm run kill	Kill all node processes

Examples

# Start server in new window
npm run serve:bg

# Run any command in background
npm run run -- "npm run dev"
npm run run -- "node server.js --port 3000"
npm run run -- "npx next dev"

# Stop all node processes
npm run kill

License

MIT