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Top 23 Shell Command Line Tool Projects
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AppSignal
AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.
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zsh-z
Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features.
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jj-fzf
Text UI for Jujutsu based on fzf, centering around the jj log with key bindings for common operations
I find JJ to make things much easier for me than Git:
- No staging needed, edit your commit directly in your working directory
- Rebasing is automatic, I regularly edit historic commits and the messages
- jj absorb will automatically split and merge hunks into related ancestry commits
- Defer conflict resolution; many conflicts are resolved later by splitting/squashing/moving commits/hunks further (possible only for first-class conflicts)
- No interactive rebase needed, since jj commands automatically rebase while editing historic commits, it feels like constantly living within an interactive rebase
- Easily refer to the same revision (change) across rebase commands by using a jj change_id, without scribbling down Git commit hashes that change across a rebase
- Easily undo (+redo) your last commands through the jj operation log without having to backup the entire git repo at each step
And jj-fzf (https://github.com/tim-janik/jj-fzf/) gives me every useful jj command with a single hotkey (e.g. Ctrl-P for push, Ctrl-N for a new commit with 1+ parents, Alt-B to edit bookmarks/tags, Alt-R to rebase, Alt-Z for undo, …) while browsing the log with commit+diff preview.
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Apple-Music-CLI-Player
A simple command-line Apple Music controller script which includes a "Now Playing" widget function, a playback function, and a list-out function for your Mac's Music.app library, written in sh.
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Project mention: Show HN: Aliasme – A shell script to memorize your commands | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-24
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inmanage
Invoice Ninja CLI: Install, configure, update, backup, monitor, and receive notifications for your self-hosted ...
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transcript-critic
Claude Code skill that transcribes audio/video with whisper.cpp to get structured critical analysis including timestamped summaries, evidence notes, logical fallacies, and underdeveloped areas
Project mention: Show HN: Transcript-critic, Claude Code skill: transcribe and critically analyze | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-18 -
navita
A command-line tool for fast directory navigation in Bash & Zsh, ranking directories by frequency and recency. It enables quick fuzzy searches, recent history access, and smooth directory switching for efficient terminal workflows. (by CodesOfRishi)
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bash-toolkit
Could be my ever-growing, ever-improving, Swiss Army Toolkit of functions-as-cmd-line-tools and useful-to-me patterns.
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Command Line Tool projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | zsh-vi-mode | 4,459 |
| 2 | enhancd | 2,704 |
| 3 | WoeUSB | 2,626 |
| 4 | zsh-z | 2,456 |
| 5 | vcsh | 2,280 |
| 6 | theme.sh | 958 |
| 7 | dotbare | 728 |
| 8 | git-duet | 431 |
| 9 | jj-fzf | 255 |
| 10 | fla.sh | 186 |
| 11 | Apple-Music-CLI-Player | 179 |
| 12 | coinbash | 141 |
| 13 | kube-aliases | 128 |
| 14 | aliasme | 122 |
| 15 | to-fish | 115 |
| 16 | rofi-screenshot | 85 |
| 17 | inmanage | 75 |
| 18 | note-keeper | 67 |
| 19 | magento2-installer-bash-script | 52 |
| 20 | transcript-critic | 46 |
| 21 | navita | 44 |
| 22 | bash-toolkit | 40 |
| 23 | manpdf | 36 |
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