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Table of Contents - Entertainment (#entertainment)  - Music (#music)  - Social Media (#social-media)  - Video (#video)  - Movies (#movies)  - Games (#games)  - Books (#books) - Development (#development)  - Text Editors (#text-editors)  - Frontend Development (#frontend-development)  - Mobile Development (#mobile-development)  - Database (#database)  - Devops (#devops)  - Docker (#docker)  - Release (#release)  - Npm (#npm)  - Boilerplate (#boilerplate)  - HTTP Server (#http-server)  - HTTP Client (#http-client) - Productivity (#productivity)  - Time Tracking (#time-tracking)  - Note Taking and Lists (#note-taking-and-lists)  - Finance (#finance)  - Presentations (#presentations)  - Calendars (#calendars) - Utilities (#utilities)  - macOS (#macos)  - Terminal Sharing Utilities (#terminal-sharing-utilities)  - Network Utilities (#network-utilities)  - Theming and Customization (#theming-and-customization)  - Shell Utilities (#shell-utilities)  - System Interaction Utilities (#system-interaction-utilities)  - Markdown (#markdown)  - Security (#security)  - Math (#math)  - Weather (#weather)  - Browser Replacement (#browser-replacement)  - Internet Speedtest (#internet-speedtest) - Command Line Learning (#command-line-learning) - Data Manipulation (#data-manipulation)  - Processors (#processors)  - JSON (#json)  - YAML (#yaml)  - Columns (#columns)  - Text (#text) - Files and Directories (#files-and-directories)  - File Managers (#file-managers)  - Deleting, Copying, and Renaming (#deleting-copying-and-renaming)  - Files (#files)  - File Sync/Sharing (#file-syncsharing)  - Directory Listing (#directory-listing)  - Directory Navigation (#directory-navigation)  - Search (#search) - Version Control (#version-control)  - Git (#git)  - GitHub (#github)  - Emoji (#emoji) - Images (#images)  - Gif Creation (#gif-creation)  - Image Conversion (#image-conversion) - Screensavers (#screensavers) - Graphics (#graphics) - Just for Fun (#just-for-fun)  - Emoji (#emoji-1) - Other Awesome Lists (#other-awesome-lists) - License (#license) ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― Entertainment - newsboat (https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat) - An extendable RSS feed reader for text terminals. Music - cmus (https://github.com/cmus/cmus) - Small, fast and powerful console music player. - Instant-Music-Downloader (https://github.com/yask123/Instant-Music-Downloader) - Instant music downloader. - itunes-remote (https://github.com/mischah/itunes-remote) - Control iTunes via CLI. - pianobar (https://6xq.net/pianobar/) - Pandora client. - somafm-cli (https://github.com/rockymadden/somafm-cli) - Listen to SomaFM in your terminal. - mpd (https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD) - Music Player Daemon. - ncmpcpp (https://github.com/arybczak/ncmpcpp) - mpd client. - moc (http://moc.daper.net/) - Console audio player for Linux/UNIX. - musikcube (https://github.com/clangen/musikcube) - Cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server. - beets (https://github.com/beetbox/beets) - Music library manager and tagger. - spotify-tui (https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui) - Spotify client. - swaglyrics-for-spotify (https://github.com/SwagLyrics/SwagLyrics-For-Spotify) - Spotify lyrics. - dzr (https://github.com/yne/dzr) - deezer.com player. - radio-active (https://github.com/deep5050/radio-active) - Internet radio player with 40k+ stations. - mpvc (https://github.com/gmt4/mpvc) - Music player interfacing mpv. Video - youtube-dl (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) - Download videos from YouTube.com and many other video sites. - streamlink (https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink) - Extract streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing. - mps-youtube (https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube) - Youtube player. - mpv (https://mpv.io) - Superior video player. - editly (https://github.com/mifi/editly) - Declarative video editing. - yt-dlp (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) - A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes. Movies - moviemon (https://github.com/iCHAIT/moviemon) - Everything about your movies. - movie (https://github.com/mayankchd/movie) - Get movie info or compare movies. Games - Dwarf Fortress (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/) - Roguelike construction and management simulation. - Cataclysm-DDA (https://cataclysmdda.org) - Turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. - Pokete (https://github.com/lxgr-linux/Pokete) - Pokemon-like. Books - epr (https://github.com/wustho/epr) - epub reader. - Bible.Js CLI (https://github.com/BibleJS/BibleApp) - Bible. - SpeedRead (https://github.com/sunsations/speed_read) - Spritz-alike speedreader. - medium-cli (https://github.com/djadmin/medium-cli) - Read medium.com (https://medium.com/) stories. Chat - WeeChat (https://weechat.org/) - Fast, light and extensible chat client. - irssi (https://github.com/irssi/irssi) - IRC chat client. - kirc (https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc) - Tiny IRC client. Development - legit (https://github.com/captainsafia/legit) - Generate Open Source licences as files or file headers. - mklicense (https://github.com/cezaraugusto/mklicense) - Create a custom LICENSE file painlessly with customized info. - rebound (https://github.com/shobrook/rebound) - Fetch Stack Overflow results on compiler error. - foy (https://github.com/zaaack/foy) - Lightweight general purpose task runner/build tool. - just (https://github.com/casey/just) - Modern make-like command runner. - bcal (https://github.com/jarun/bcal) - Byte CALculator for storage conversions and calculations. - bitwise (https://github.com/mellowcandle/bitwise) - Base conversion and bit manipulation. - cgasm (https://github.com/bnagy/cgasm) - x86 assembly documentation. - grex (https://github.com/pemistahl/grex) - Generate regular expressions from user-provided test cases. - gdb-dashboard (https://github.com/cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard) - Modular visual interface for GDB. - iola (https://github.com/pvarentsov/iola) - Socket client with REST API. - add-gitignore (https://github.com/TejasQ/add-gitignore) - Interactively generate a .gitignore for your project based on your needs. - is-up-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-up-cli) - Check if a domain is up. - reachable (https://github.com/italolelis/reachable) - Check if a domain is up. - loadtest (https://github.com/alexfernandez/loadtest) - Run load tests. - diff2html-cli (https://github.com/rtfpessoa/diff2html-cli) - Create pretty HTML from diffs. Text Editors - emacs (https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs) - An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more. - vim (https://github.com/vim/vim) - Vim - the ubiquitous text editor. - neovim (https://github.com/neovim/neovim) - Modern vim. - kakoune (https://github.com/mawww/kakoune) - Modal editor inspired by vim. - micro (https://github.com/zyedidia/micro) - A simple and intuitive editor. - o (https://github.com/xyproto/o) - Configuration-free text editor and IDE. - helix (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix) - Modal editor inspired by kakoune. Frontend Development - caniuse-cmd (https://github.com/sgentle/caniuse-cmd) - Search caniuse.com (https://caniuse.com) about browser support of features. - strip-css-comments-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments-cli) - Strip comments from CSS. - viewport-list-cli (https://github.com/kevva/viewport-list-cli) - Return a list of devices and their viewports. - surge (https://surge.sh) - Publish static websites for free. Mobile Development - mobicon-cli (https://github.com/SamVerschueren/mobicon-cli) - Mobile app icon generator. - mobisplash-cli (https://github.com/SamVerschueren/mobisplash-cli) - Mobile app splash screen generator. - deviceframe (https://github.com/c0bra/deviceframe) - Put device frames around your mobile/web/progressive app screenshots. Database - mycli (https://github.com/dbcli/mycli) - MySQL client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. - pgcli (https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli) - Postgres client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. - sqlline (https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline) - Shell for issuing SQL via JDBC. - iredis (https://github.com/laixintao/iredis) - Redis client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. - usql (https://github.com/xo/usql) - Universal SQL client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. Devops - htconvert (https://github.com/lukechilds/htconvert) - Convert .htaccess redirects to nginx.conf redirects. - SAWS (https://github.com/donnemartin/saws) - Supercharged AWS CLI. - s3cmd (https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd) - Fully-Featured S3 client. - pm2 (https://github.com/Unitech/pm2) - Production Process Manager for Node.js. - ops (https://github.com/nanovms/ops) - Unikernel compilation and orchestration tool. - flog (https://github.com/mingrammer/flog) - A fake log generator for log formats such as apache-common, apache error and RFC3164 syslog. - k9s (https://github.com/derailed/k9s) - Manage Kubernetes Clusters. - PingMe (https://github.com/kha7iq/pingme) - Send messages/alerts to multiple messaging platforms & email. - ipfs-deploy (https://github.com/agentofuser/ipfs-deploy) - Deploy static websites to IPFS (https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs#overviewhttps://github.com/ipfs/ipfs#overview). - Discharge (https://github.com/brandonweiss/discharge) - Deploy static websites to Amazon S3. - updatecli (https://github.com/updatecli/updatecli) - A declarative dependency management tool. Docker - lstags (https://github.com/ivanilves/lstags) - Synchronize images across registries. - dockly (https://github.com/lirantal/dockly) - Interactively manage containers. - lazydocker (https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) - Simple docker/docker-compose interface. - docker-pushrm (https://github.com/christian-korneck/docker-pushrm) - Push a readme to container registries. Release - release-it (https://github.com/webpro/release-it) - Automate releases for Git repositories and/or npm packages. Changelog generation, GitHub/GitLab releases, etc. - clog (https://github.com/clog-tool/clog-cli) - A conventional changelog for the rest of us. - np (https://github.com/sindresorhus/np) - A better npm publish. - release (https://github.com/vercel/release) - Generate changelogs with a single command. - semantic-release (https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release) - Fully automated version management and package publishing. Npm - npm-name-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-name-cli) - Check whether a package name is available on npm. - npm-user-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-user-cli) - Get user info of a npm user. - npm-home (https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-home) - Open the npm page of the package in the current directory. - pkg-dir-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/pkg-dir-cli) - Find the root directory of a npm package. - npm-check-updates (https://github.com/tjunnone/npm-check-updates) - Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows. - updates (https://github.com/silverwind/updates) - Flexible npm dependency update tool. - wipe-modules (https://github.com/bntzio/wipe-modules) - Remove node_modules of inactive projects. Boilerplate - yo (https://github.com/yeoman/yo) - Scaffolding tool for running Yeoman generators. - boilr (https://github.com/tmrts/boilr) - Create projects from boilerplate templates. - cookiecutter (https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter) - Create projects from templates. - mevn-cli (https://github.com/madlabsinc/mevn-cli) - Light speed setup for MEVN (Mongo Express Vue Node) Apps. - scaffold-static (https://github.com/jamesgeorge007/scaffold-static) - Scaffolding utility for vanilla JS. HTTP Server - serve (https://github.com/vercel/serve) - Serve static files (https, CORS, GZIP compression, etc). - simplehttp (https://github.com/snwfdhmp/simplehttp) - Easily serve a local directory over HTTP. - shell2http (https://github.com/msoap/shell2http) - Shell script based HTTP server. HTTP Client - HTTPie (https://github.com/httpie/httpie) - A user-friendly HTTP client. - HTTP Prompt (https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt) - Interactive HTTP client featuring autocomplete and syntax highlighting. - ain (https://github.com/jonaslu/ain) - HTTP client with a simple format to organize API endpoints. - curlie (https://github.com/rs/curlie) - A curl frontend with the ease of use of HTTPie. Productivity - doing (https://github.com/ttscoff/doing/) - Keep track of what you’re doing and track what you’ve done. - ffscreencast (https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast) - A ffmpeg screencast with video overlay and multi monitor support. - meetup-cli (https://github.com/specious/meetup-cli) - Meetup.com client. - NeoMutt (https://neomutt.org) - Email client. - terjira (https://github.com/keepcosmos/terjira) - Jira client. - ipt (https://github.com/drselump14/ipt) - Pivotal Tracker client. - uber-cli (https://github.com/jaebradley/uber-cli) - Uber client. - Buku (https://github.com/jarun/Buku) - Browser-independent bookmark manager. - papis (https://github.com/papis/papis) - Extensible document and bibliography manager. - pubs (https://github.com/pubs/pubs) - Scientific bibliography manager. - fjira (https://github.com/mk-5/fjira) - Fuzzy finder and TUI application for Jira. Time Tracking - Timetrap (https://github.com/samg/timetrap) - Simple timetracker. - moro (https://github.com/omidfi/moro) - Simple tool for tracking work hours. - Timewarrior (https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/timewarrior) - Utility with simple stopwatch, calendar-based backfill and flexible reporting. - Watson (https://github.com/TailorDev/Watson) - Generate reports for clients and manage your time. - utt (https://github.com/larose/utt) - Simple time tracking tool. - Bartib (https://github.com/nikolassv/bartib) - Easy to use time tracking tool. - arttime (https://github.com/reportaman/arttime) - Featureful timer with native desktop notifications and curated ASCII art. Note Taking and Lists - idea (https://github.com/IonicaBizau/idea) - A lightweight tool for keeping ideas in a safe place quick and easy. - geeknote (https://github.com/vitaly-zdanevich/geeknote) - Evernote client. - Taskwarrior (https://taskwarrior.org/) - Manage your TODO list. - Terminal velocity (https://vhp.github.io/terminal_velocity/) - A fast note-taking app. - eureka (https://github.com/simeg/eureka) - Input and store your ideas. - sncli (https://github.com/insanum/sncli) - Simplenote client. - td-cli (https://github.com/darrikonn/td-cli) - A TODO manager to organize and manage your TODO's across multiple projects. - taskbook (https://github.com/klaussinani/taskbook) - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat. - dnote (https://github.com/dnote/dnote) - A interactive, multi-device notebook. - nb (https://github.com/xwmx/nb) - A note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application. - obs (https://github.com/Yakitrak/obsidian-cli) - Interact with your Obsidian vault. Finance See plaintextaccounting.org (https://plaintextaccounting.org) for a great overview of relevant tools. - ledger (https://ledger-cli.org/) - Powerful, double-entry accounting system. - hledger (https://hledger.org/) - Robust, fast, intuitive plain text accounting tool with CLI, TUI and web interfaces. - moeda (https://github.com/thompsonemerson/moeda) - Foreign exchange rates and currency conversion. - cash-cli (https://github.com/xxczaki/cash-cli) - Convert Currency Rates. - cointop (https://github.com/miguelmota/cointop) - Track cryptocurrencies. - ticker (https://github.com/achannarasappa/ticker) - Stock ticker. Presentations - WOPR (https://github.com/yaronn/wopr) - A simple markup language for creating rich terminal reports, presentations and infographics. - decktape (https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape) - PDF exporter for HTML presentations. - mdp (https://github.com/visit1985/mdp) - A markdown presentation tool. - sent (https://tools.suckless.org/sent/) - Simple plaintext presentation tool. - slides (https://github.com/maaslalani/slides) - A markdown presentation tool. Calendars - calcurse (https://calcurse.org/) - Calendar and scheduling. - gcalcli (https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli) - Google calendar client. - khal (https://github.com/pimutils/khal) - CalDAV ready CLI and TUI calendar. - vdirsyncer (https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer) - CalDAV sync. - remind (https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/) - A sophisticated calendar and alarm program. - birthday (https://github.com/IonicaBizau/birthday) - Know when a friend's birthday is coming. Utilities - aria2 (https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/aria2) - HTTP, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink download utility. - bitly-client (https://github.com/specious/bitly-client) - Bitly client. - deadlink (https://github.com/nschloe/deadlink) - Find dead links in files. - crawley (https://github.com/s0rg/crawley) - Unix-way web crawler. - kill-tabs (https://github.com/sindresorhus/kill-tabs) - Kill all Chrome tabs. - alex (https://github.com/get-alex/alex) - Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing. - clevercli (https://github.com/clevercli/clevercli) - Collection of ChatGPT powered utilities. macOS - open-pip-cli (https://github.com/albinekb/open-pip-cli) - Watch videos in picture-in-picture player. - osx-wifi-cli (https://github.com/danyshaanan/osx-wifi-cli) - Manage wifi connections. - active-win-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/active-win-cli) - Get the title/id/etc of the active window. - stronghold (https://github.com/alichtman/stronghold) - Configure security settings from the terminal. - dark-mode (https://github.com/sindresorhus/dark-mode) - Toggle dark mode. Terminal Sharing Utilities - gotty (https://github.com/yudai/gotty) - Share your terminal as a web application. - localtunnel (https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel) - Expose your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing. - mosh (https://mosh.org/) - Remote SSH client that allows roaming with intermittent connectivity. - ngrok (https://ngrok.com/) - Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost. - tmate (https://tmate.io/) - Instant terminal (tmux) sharing. - warp (https://github.com/spolu/warp) - Secure and simple terminal sharing. - OverTime (https://github.com/diit/overtime-cli) - Time-overlap tables for remote teams. Network Utilities - get-port-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/get-port-cli) - Get an available port. - is-reachable-cli (https://github.com/beatfreaker/is-reachable-cli) - Check if hostnames are reachable or not. - acmetool (https://github.com/hlandau/acmetool) - Automatic certificate acquisition for ACME (Let's Encrypt). - certificate-ripper (https://github.com/Hakky54/certificate-ripper) - Extract server certificates. - neoss (https://github.com/PabloLec/neoss) - User-friendly and detailed socket statistics. Theming and Customization - splash-cli (https://github.com/splash-cli/splash-cli) - Beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash. - wallpaper-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/wallpaper-cli) - Get or set the desktop wallpaper. - themer (https://github.com/mjswensen/themer) - Generate personalized themes for your editor, terminal, wallpaper, Slack, and more. - JackPaper (https://github.com/jackel27/jackpaper) - Set images from Unsplash as wallpaper. - QuickWall (https://github.com/deepjyoti30/QuickWall) - Directly set wallpapers from Unsplash. - oh-my-posh (https://ohmyposh.dev) - Prompt theme engine. Shell Utilities - has (https://github.com/kdabir/has) - Checks for the presence of various commands and their versions on the path. - Ultimate Plumber (https://github.com/akavel/up) - Write Linux pipes with live previews. - fkill-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/fkill-cli) - Simple cross-platform process killer. - task-spooler (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/task-spooler) - Queue jobs for linear execution. - undollar (https://github.com/ImFeelingDucky/undollar) - Strip the '$' preceding copy-pasted terminal commands. - pipe_exec (https://github.com/koraa/pipe_exec) - Run executables from stdin, pipes and ttys without creating a temporary file. System Interaction Utilities - fastfetch (https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch) - System information tool. - battery-level-cli (https://github.com/gillstrom/battery-level-cli) - Get current battery level. - brightness-cli (https://github.com/kevva/brightness-cli) - Change screen brightness (windows (https://github.com/sondreb/win-brightness)). - yank (https://github.com/mptre/yank) - Yank terminal output to clipboard. - screensaver (https://github.com/gillstrom/screensaver) - Start the screensaver. - google-font-installer (https://github.com/lordgiotto/google-font-installer) - Download and install Google Web Fonts on your local machine. - glances (https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/) - System monitoring tool. - tiptop (https://github.com/nschloe/tiptop) - System monitor. - gzip-size-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/gzip-size-cli) - Get the gzipped size of a file. Markdown - DocToc (https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc) - Generates table of contents for markdown files. - grip (https://github.com/joeyespo/grip) - Preview markdown files as GitHub would render them. - mdv (https://github.com/axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer) - Styled terminal markdown viewer. - glow (https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow) - Styled markdown rendering. - gtree (https://github.com/ddddddO/gtree) - Use markdown to generate directory trees and the directories itself. Security - pass (https://www.passwordstore.org) - Password manager. - gopass (https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass) - Fully-featured password manager. - xiringuito (https://github.com/ivanilves/xiringuito) - SSH-based VPN. - hasha-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/hasha-cli) - Get the hash of text or stdin. - ots (https://github.com/sniptt-official/ots) - Share secrets with others via a one-time URL. Math - mdlt (https://github.com/metadelta/mdlt) - Do quick math right from the command line. - Qalculate (https://github.com/Qalculate/libqalculate) - Calculate non-trivial math expressions. Unit conversions, symbolic calculations and more. Weather - wttr.in (https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in) - wego (https://github.com/schachmat/wego) - weather-cli (https://github.com/riyadhalnur/weather-cli) Browser Replacement - s (https://github.com/zquestz/s) - Open a web search in your terminal. - hget (https://github.com/bevacqua/hget) - Render websites in plain text from your terminal. - mapscii (https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii) - Terminal Map Viewer. - nasa-cli (https://github.com/xxczaki/nasa-cli) - Download NASA Picture of the Day. - getnews.tech (https://github.com/omgimanerd/getnews.tech) - Fetch news headlines from various news outlets. - trino (https://github.com/eneserdogan/trino) - Translation of words and phrases. - translate-shell (https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell) - Google Translate interface. Internet Speedtest - speedtest-net (https://github.com/ddsol/speedtest.net) - Test internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net. - speed-test (https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test) - speedtest-net wrapper with different UI. - speedtest-cli (https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli) - Test internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. - bandwhich (https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich) - Track bandwidth utilization by process. Command Line Learning - cmdchallenge (https://cmdchallenge.com) - Presents small shell challenge with user submitted solutions. - explainshell (https://www.explainshell.com/) - Type a snippet to see the help text for each argument. - howdoi (https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi) - Instant coding answers. - how2 (https://github.com/santinic/how2) - Node.js implementation of howdoi. - The Fuck (https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck) - Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command. - tldr (https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr) - Simplified and community-driven man pages. - Wat (https://github.com/dthree/wat) - Instant, central, community-built docs. - teachcode (https://github.com/madlabsinc/teachcode) - Guide for the earliest lessons of coding. - navi (https://github.com/denisidoro/navi) - Interactive cheatsheet tool. - yai (https://github.com/ekkinox/yai) - AI powered terminal assistant. Data Manipulation - visidata (https://github.com/saulpw/visidata) - Spreadsheet multitool for data discovery and arrangement. Processors - jq (https://github.com/stedolan/jq) - JSON processor. - yq (https://github.com/kislyuk/yq) - YAML processor. - dasel (https://github.com/tomwright/dasel) - JSON/YAML/TOML/XML processor (like jq/yq). - yaml-cli (https://github.com/pandastrike/yaml-cli) - Query/update YAML. - ramda-cli (https://github.com/raine/ramda-cli) - Process data with functional pipelines. - xq (https://github.com/sibprogrammer/xq) - XML and HTML beautifier and content extractor. JSON - jp (https://github.com/therealklanni/jp) - JSON parser. - fx (https://github.com/antonmedv/fx) - Command-line JSON viewer. - vj (https://github.com/busyloop/vj) - Makes JSON human readable. - underscore-cli (https://github.com/ddopson/underscore-cli) - Utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript. - strip-json-comments-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - Strip comments from JSON. - GROQ (https://github.com/sanity-io/groq-cli) – JSON processor with queries and projections. - gron (https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron) - Make JSON greppable. YAML - dyff (https://github.com/homeport/dyff) - YAML diff tool. Columns - parse-columns-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-columns-cli) - Parse text columns to JSON. - q (http://harelba.github.io/q/) - Execution of SQL-like queries on CSV/TSV/tabular text file. Text - figlet (http://www.figlet.org/) - Creates large text out of ASCII characters. - stegcloak (https://github.com/kurolabs/stegcloak) - Hide secrets with invisible characters in plain text securely. Files and Directories File Managers - ranger (https://github.com/ranger/ranger) - A console file manager with VI key bindings. - midnight-commander (https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc) - A feature rich visual file manager. - Vifm (https://vifm.info/) - VI influenced file manager. - nnn (https://github.com/jarun/nnn) - File browser and disk usage analyzer with excellent desktop integration. - lf (https://github.com/gokcehan/lf) - Fast, extensively customizable file manager. - clifm (https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm) - The command line file manager. - far2l (https://github.com/elfmz/far2l) - Orthodox file manager. - yazi (https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi) - Blazing fast file manager. Deleting, Copying, and Renaming - trash-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash-cli) - Move files and directories to the trash. - empty-trash-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/empty-trash-cli) - Empty the trash. - del-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/del-cli) - Delete files and folders. - cpy-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy-cli) - Copies files. - rename-cli (https://github.com/jhotmann/node-rename-cli) - Rename files quickly. - renameutils (https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils/) - Mass renaming in your editor. - diskonaut (https://github.com/imsnif/diskonaut) - Disk space navigator. Files - chokidar-cli (https://github.com/open-cli-tools/chokidar-cli) - CLI to watch file system changes. - file-type-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type-cli) - Detect the file type of a file or stdin. - bat (https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) - A cat clone with syntax highlighting. - NCDu (https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) - A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface. - unix-permissions (https://github.com/ehmicky/unix-permissions) - Swiss Army knife for Unix permissions. - transmission-cli (https://transmissionbt.com) - Torrent client for your command line. - webtorrent-cli (https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-cli) – Streaming torrent client. - entr (https://github.com/eradman/entr) - Run an arbitrary command when files change. - organize-cli (https://github.com/ManrajGrover/organize-cli) - Organize your files automatically. - organize-rt (https://gitlab.com/foxido/organize-rt) - organize-cli in Rust with more customization. - RecoverPy (https://github.com/PabloLec/RecoverPy) - Recover overwritten or deleted files. File Sync/Sharing - rclone (https://github.com/ncw/rclone) - Sync files with various cloud providers. - ffsend (https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend) - Quick file share. - share-cli (https://github.com/marionebl/share-cli) - Share files with your local network. - google-drive-upload (https://github.com/labbots/google-drive-upload) - Upload/sync with Google Drive. - gdrive-downloader (https://github.com/Akianonymus/gdrive-downloader) - Download files/folders from Google Drive. - portal (https://github.com/ZinoKader/portal) - Send files between computers. - shbin (https://github.com/Shiphero/shbin/) - Turn a Github repo into a pastebin. - sharing (https://github.com/parvardegr/sharing) - Send and receive files on your mobile device. - ncp (https://github.com/kha7iq/ncp) - Transfer files and folders, to and from NFS servers. Directory Listing - alder (https://github.com/aweary/alder) - Minimal tree with colors. - eza (https://github.com/eza-community/eza) - Improved version of ls. - tre (https://github.com/dduan/tre) - tree with git awareness, editor aliasing, and more. - ll (https://github.com/antonmedv/ll) - ls with git status. - lsd (https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd) - ls with many extra features. Directory Navigation - autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line. - pm (https://github.com/Angelmmiguel/pm) - The easy way to switch to your projects on the shell. - z (https://github.com/rupa/z) - z is the new j, yo. - PathPicker (https://github.com/facebook/pathpicker/) - After parsing the output from a command, PathPicker presents you with a nice UI to select which files you're interested in. - fz (https://github.com/changyuheng/fz.sh) - Seamless fuzzy tab completion for z. - goto (https://github.com/iridakos/goto) - Directory aliases for the shell with autocomplete. - z.lua (https://github.com/skywind3000/z.lua) - cd command that learns your habits. - zoxide (https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide) - Fast directory jumper in Rust. - tere (https://github.com/mgunyho/tere) - A faster alternative to using cd and ls. Search - happyfinder (https://github.com/hugows/hf) - (another) Fuzzy file finder for the command line. - find-up-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/find-up-cli) - Find a file by walking up parent directories. - ripgrep (https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) - A line-oriented search tool that recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern. - fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) - A general purpose command-line fuzzy finder, can be used with any list: files/directories, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc. - fselect (https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect) - Find files with SQL-like queries. - fd (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find. - broot (https://github.com/Canop/broot) - Fuzzy finder similar to fzf, but with space usage visualization. - rare (https://github.com/zix99/rare) - Real-time regex aggregation and analysis. - skim (https://github.com/lotabout/skim) - A general fuzzy finder written in rust, similar to fzf. - ast-grep (https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep) - A tool for code structural search, linting and rewriting. Version Control - SnowFS (https://github.com/snowtrack/snowfs) - A fast, scalable version control system for binaries. Git - git commander (https://github.com/golbin/git-commander) - Interactive git tool. - git-stats (https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-stats) - A local GitHub-like contributions calendar. - dev-time (https://github.com/samverschueren/dev-time-cli) - Get the current local time of a GitHub user. - tig (https://github.com/jonas/tig) - Text-mode interface for git. - grv (https://github.com/rgburke/grv) - Text-mode interface for git with customisable vi bindings. - git-standup (https://github.com/kamranahmedse/git-standup) - Recall what you did on the last working day. - git-secret (https://github.com/sobolevn/git-secret) - Store your private data inside a git repository. - gitlab-cli (https://github.com/vishwanatharondekar/gitlab-cli) - Create GitLab merge requests. - git-extras (https://github.com/tj/git-extras) - Git utilities. - gita (https://github.com/nosarthur/gita) - Manage multiple git repos side by side. - readme-md-generator (https://github.com/kefranabg/readme-md-generator) - Interactively generate README.md files. - semantic-git-commit-cli (https://github.com/JPeer264/node-semantic-git-commit-cli) - Ensure semantic commits messages. - import-github-labels-cli (https://github.com/abhijithvijayan/import-github-labels-cli) - Sync labels between Github repos. - git-all-branches (https://github.com/zacanger/git-all-branches) - Improved git branch -a. - czg (https://github.com/Zhengqbbb/cz-git/tree/main/packages/cli) - Interactively generate standardized commit messages. - shallow-backup (https://github.com/alichtman/shallow-backup) - Git integrated backup tool. - Lazygit (https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit) - Simple TUI for git commands. GitHub - CLI GitHub (https://github.com/IonicaBizau/cli-github) - Fancy GitHub client. - hub (https://github.com/github/hub) - Make git easier to use with GitHub. - git-labelmaker (https://github.com/himynameisdave/git-labelmaker) - Edit GitHub labels. Emoji - gitmoji-cli (https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji-cli) - Use emoji in commit messages. - gitmoji-changelog (https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog) - Generate gitmoji changelogs. Images - SVGO (https://github.com/svg/svgo) - Optimize SVG files. - carbon-now-cli (https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli) - Generate beautiful images of your code. - imgur-uploader-cli (https://github.com/kevva/imgur-uploader-cli) - Upload images to imgur. - pageres-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/pageres-cli) - Capture website screenshots. Gif Creation - gifgen (https://github.com/lukechilds/gifgen) - Simple high quality GIF encoding. - gifsicle (https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle) - Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations. - ttygif (https://github.com/icholy/ttygif) - Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs. - ttygif (https://github.com/sugyan/ttygif) - ttyrec to gif. - ttystudio (https://github.com/chjj/ttystudio) - A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches. - asciinema (https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema) - Terminal session recorder and companion app for asciinema.org. - givegif (https://github.com/passy/givegif) - GIFs on the command line. Image Conversion - imagemagick (https://imagemagick.org) - Gold standard for anything images. - imgp (https://github.com/jarun/imgp) - Blazing fast batch image resizer and rotator. - korkut (https://github.com/oguzhaninan/korkut) - Quick and simple image processing. Screensavers - cmatrix (https://github.com/Treri/cmatrix) - Scrolling 'Matrix'-like screen. - pipes.sh (https://github.com/pipeseroni/pipes.sh) - Random pipes that grow across the screen. - YuleLog (https://github.com/Duroktar/YuleLog) - Christmas Yule Log fireplace. - cli-fireplace (https://github.com/dolsup/cli-fireplace) - Digital fireplace. Graphics - cli-mandelbrot (https://github.com/danyshaanan/cli-mandelbrot) - Traverse the Mandelbrot fractal. - sparkly-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/sparkly-cli) - Generate sparklines ▁▂▃▅▂▇.. - pastel (https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel) - Generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. - lowcharts (https://github.com/juan-leon/lowcharts) - Draw low-resolution graphs. Just for Fun - quote-cli (https://github.com/riyadhalnur/quote-cli) - Get a random quote or the quote of the day in your CLI. - fortune (https://github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod) - Shows a random fortune. - ponysay (https://github.com/erkin/ponysay) - Pony rewrite of cowsay. - yosay (https://github.com/yeoman/yosay) - Like cowsay, but for yeoman. - lolcat (https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat) - Outputs text in rainbow colors. - text-meme (https://github.com/beatfreaker/text-meme-cli) - Generate text memes. - dankcli (https://github.com/sggts04/dankcli) - Add text to meme image templates. - ricksay (https://github.com/roma-guru/ricksay) - Quotes from Rick and Morty. Emoji - emoj (https://github.com/sindresorhus/emoj) - Find relevant emoji from text on the command-line. - emoji-finder (https://github.com/dematerializer/emoji-finder) - Quickly find and copy emoji to the clipboard via the command-line. - oji (https://github.com/xxczaki/oji) - Interactive text emoji maker. Other Awesome Lists - awesome-git-addons (https://github.com/stevemao/awesome-git-addons#readme) - Addons that extend git cli. - awesome-shell (https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell#readme) – Command-line utilities and frameworks. - terminals-are-sexy (https://github.com/k4m4/terminals-are-sexy#readme) – Terminal frameworks, plugins & resources. - awesome-zsh-plugins (https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins#readme) – ZSH frameworks, plugins, tutorials & themes. - awesome-nodejs clis (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs#command-line-apps) – Node.js modules and resources. License !CC0 (https://licensebuttons.net/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png) (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) To the extent possible under law, Adam Garrett-Harris (https://twitter.com/agarrharr) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. cliapps Github: https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps