# ExplainShell API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/shell-scripting/explainshell-api/  
**Provider:** Shell Scripting — https://apis.io/providers/shell-scripting/

ExplainShell API is one of 5 APIs that [Shell Scripting](https://apis.io/providers/shell-scripting/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Documentation, Education, Parsing, and Shell Commands. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

API for parsing and explaining shell commands in natural language.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://explainshell.com/about
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/idank/explainshell
- **API Endpoint** — https://api.explainshell.com/v1/explain

## Other Shell Scripting APIs (4)

- [ShellCheck API](https://apis.io/apis/shell-scripting/shellcheck-api/)
- [Bash Snippets API](https://apis.io/apis/shell-scripting/bash-snippets-api/)
- [Shell Script Compiler API](https://apis.io/apis/shell-scripting/shell-script-compiler-api/)
- [Shellharden API](https://apis.io/apis/shell-scripting/shellharden-api/)

## Tags

Documentation, Education, Parsing, Shell Commands

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