Top Productivity CLI Tools I Use on Linux

1. fish-shell

   1 347 29,564 9.9 Rust

   The user-friendly command line shell.

   

   Fish is a acronyn for friendly interactive shell. It is a smart and user friendly shell for Unix-like operating systems like Linux. There are a lot of features that make it stand out from other shells like bash. It has a lot of features like autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, tab completions and a lot more. You can read more about it in the documentation. I have been using it for a while now and I it configured to my liking. In terms of plugins I use fisher to manage my plugins. I have a couple of plugins that I use on a daily basis. I have listed them below:

2. CodeRabbit

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3. bat

   2 207 52,228 9.3 Rust

   A cat(1) clone with wings.

   

   Bat is a cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. It has helped me iimmensely when I want to view the contents of a file. It is a drop in replacement for cat and it has syntax highlighting for a lot of languages. It also has a pager mode which is enabled by default when output is piped to another command. It also has a lot of other features which you can read about in the documentation. In my case I have aliased it to cat in my .fish config file.

4. fisher

   3 36 8,259 4.1 Shell

   A plugin manager for Fish

   

   Fish is a acronyn for friendly interactive shell. It is a smart and user friendly shell for Unix-like operating systems like Linux. There are a lot of features that make it stand out from other shells like bash. It has a lot of features like autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, tab completions and a lot more. You can read more about it in the documentation. I have been using it for a while now and I it configured to my liking. In terms of plugins I use fisher to manage my plugins. I have a couple of plugins that I use on a daily basis. I have listed them below:

5. z

   4 15 1,333 0.0 Shell

   Pure-fish z directory jumping (by jethrokuan)

   

   z

6. fzf

   5 427 69,469 9.7 Go

   :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

   

   3. Fzf

7. zoxide

   6 104 25,966 8.1 Rust

   A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

   

   4. Zoxide

8. exa

   7 131 23,897 3.0 Rust

   A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

   

   5. Exa

9. InfluxDB

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10. tide

    8 27 3,363 6.6 Shell

    🌊 The ultimate Fish prompt. (by IlanCosman)

    

    tide theme

11. nvm.fish

    9 10 2,299 5.4 Shell

    The Node.js version manager you'll adore, crafted just for Fish

    

    nvm

12. bpytop

    10 74 10,519 0.0 Python

    Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor

    

    Bpytop is a powerful and visually appealing resource monitor for the command-line interface. You can find the bpytop project on GitHub. The repository provides detailed information about bpytop, including installation instructions, usage examples, and documentation.

13. neofetch

    11 202 20,522 0.0 Shell

    Discontinued 🖼️ A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+

    8. Neofetch

14. fd

    12 190 37,552 8.6 Rust

    A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

    

    Fd, the efficient and user-friendly filesystem search tool that offers a simple and fast alternative to the traditional "find" command. Designed to provide a streamlined search experience, fd prioritizes speed and ease of use while offering sensible defaults for most common use cases. While it may not encompass all the advanced features of "find," fd's optimized approach delivers quick and intuitive file searching. Discover fd on GitHub and enhance your filesystem search capabilities with this lightweight and versatile tool that meets the majority of user requirements.

15. lazydocker

    13 84 43,529 7.6 Go

    The lazier way to manage everything docker

    

    10. lazydocker

16. act

    14 155 59,814 9.1 Go

    Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀

    

    11. act

17. lazygit

    15 173 58,931 9.8 Go

    simple terminal UI for git commands

    

    lazygit - A simple terminal UI for git commands, written in Go with the gocui library.

18. yay

    16 127 11,776 8.4 Go

    Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go

    

    yay is a robust and user-friendly AUR (Arch User Repository) helper for Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions written in Go.

19. ytop

    17 9 2,016 7.0 Rust

    Discontinued A TUI system monitor written in Rust

    ytop - A TUI system monitor written in Rust.

20. bottom

    18 84 11,171 9.2 Rust

    Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

    

    bottom - A cross-platform graphical process/system monitor with a customizable interface and a multitude of features.

21. neovim

    19 1,427 88,702 10.0 Vim Script

    Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

    

    Neovim: Modern version of the Vim text editor.

22. taskwarrior

    20 103 4,822 9.3 C++

    Taskwarrior - Command line Task Management

    

    taskwarrior: Feature-rich command-line task manager.

23. tmux

    21 228 37,188 9.0 C

    tmux source code

    

    tmux: Terminal multiplexer for managing multiple terminal sessions.

24. SaaSHub

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