What "nice-to-have" CLI tools do you know?

1. age

   1 230 18,867 5.2 Go

   A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

   

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. modern-unix

   2 58 31,927 4.1

   A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.

   

   Modern Unix

4. duf

   3 27 13,326 0.9 Go

   Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative

   

   duf

5. hyperfine

   4 83 24,931 7.6 Rust

   A command-line benchmarking tool

   

   hyperfine

6. chezmoi

   5 60 14,950 9.8 Go

   Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.

   

   chezmoi

7. rclone

   6 981 50,285 9.8 Go

   "rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files

   

   rclone

8. tokei

   7 35 12,378 8.6 Rust

   Count your code, quickly.

   

   tokei

9. SaaSHub

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10. watchexec

    8 21 5,973 9.1 Rust

    Executes commands in response to file modifications

    

    watchexec

11. ripgrep

    9 366 52,344 7.6 Rust

    ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

    

    How has ripgrep not been mentioned yet?

12. cb

    10 7 128 3.0 Shell

    📋 Universal command-line clipboard with automatic copy and paste detection. Eg, `cb|sort|cb`. The missing link between GUIs and CLIs!

    

13. nnn

    11 202 20,068 8.6 C

    n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

    

    nnnfile manager

14. gitui

    12 84 19,568 9.4 Rust

    Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀

    

    gitui -- git tui

15. zellij

    13 96 24,138 9.5 Rust

    A terminal workspace with batteries included

    

    zellij -- terminal multiplexor

16. exa

    14 131 23,936 3.0 Rust

    A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

    

    exa -- a better ls

17. pueue

    15 37 5,592 9.4 Rust

    :stars: Manage your shell commands.

    

    pueue -- a queue for tasks, running in background

18. dotter

    16 8 1,076 6.6 Rust

    A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀

    

    dotter-rs -- config manager with templates

19. onefetch

    17 37 10,931 9.3 Rust

    Command-line Git information tool

    

    onefetch -- info about git repo

20. tldr

    18 4 1,391 4.7 Go

    fast and interactive tldr client written with go (by isacikgoz)

    

    tldr++ is interactive tldr aur/tldr++ 1.0.0.alpha-5

21. z

    19 46 16,636 3.1 Shell

    z - jump around

    

    z

22. moreutils

    20 19 14 5.0 Shell

    moreutils is a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write long ago when unix was young. Read-only version of `git://git.joeyh.name/moreutils`

    

    vidir and a few others from moreutils

23. lnav

    21 85 8,724 9.8 C++

    Log file navigator

    

    Can't believe nobody mentioned lnav

24. SpeedTest

    22 6 349 2.3 C++

    Yet another unofficial speedtest.net client cli interface (by taganaka)

    

25. buku

    23 48 6,704 8.3 Python

    :bookmark: Personal mini-web in text

    

    buku bookmark manager. Gets more useful as you age.

26. bash-git-prompt

    24 2 6,799 3.4 Shell

    An informative and fancy bash prompt for Git users

    

    bash-git-prompt ncduhttps://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt podman - latest deb build cscope+vim kpartx zerofree - zeros unlinked file data, better compression for disk and vbox image copies. yt-dlp

27. clifm

    25 90 1,421 9.9 C

    💾 The shell-like, command line terminal file manager

    

    Clifm file manager.

28. ytp

    26 1 - -

    I use this script almost daily to easily search youtube from the terminal and watch videos without having to open a browser. It can stream just audio if you just want something to listen to in the background too. I think it's broken in with newer versions of python tho.

29. fasd

    27 18 5,736 0.0 Shell

    Discontinued Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v.

30. julia

    28 368 47,025 10.0 Julia

    The Julia Programming Language

    

    Or Julia!

31. magic-wormhole

    29 84 21,138 9.7 Python

    get things from one computer to another, safely

    

    magic wormhole

32. dust

    30 52 9,694 8.1 Rust

    A more intuitive version of du in rust

    

    dust is also really nice.

33. gum

    31 48 19,621 9.3 Go

    A tool for glamorous shell scripts 🎀

    

    I sometime use gum , A tool for glamorous shell scripts, prompts, loadings, checkboxes...

34. SaaSHub

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