17 Essential CLI Tools to Boost Developer Productivity

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  1. tldr

    📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands

    Description: The tldr-pages project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools, that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages. https://tldr.sh/

  2. Nutrient

    Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK Library. Bad PDFs = bad UX. Slow load times, broken annotations, clunky UX frustrates users. Nutrient’s PDF SDKs gives seamless document experiences, fast rendering, annotations, real-time collaboration, 100+ features. Used by 10K+ devs, serving ~half a billion users worldwide. Explore the SDK for free.

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  3. zoxide

    A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

    zoxide

  4. bat

    A cat(1) clone with wings.

    bat

  5. fzf

    :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

    fzf

  6. dust

    A more intuitive version of du in rust

    dust

  7. eza

    A modern alternative to ls

    eza

  8. fd

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

    fd

  9. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  10. duf

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

    duf

  11. procs

    A modern replacement for ps written in Rust

    procs

  12. ripgrep

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

    ripgrep

  13. jq

    Command-line JSON processor

    jq

  14. thefuck

    Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.

    the fuck

  15. lazydocker

    The lazier way to manage everything docker

    lazydocker

  16. lazygit

    simple terminal UI for git commands

    lazygit

  17. speedtest-cli

    Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net

    speedtest-cli

  18. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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