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  • bat

    A cat(1) clone with wings.

  • bat: A cat(1) clone with wings. It offers Syntax highlighting and Git integration

  • Bandwhich

    Terminal bandwidth utilization tool

  • bandwhich: A terminal bandwidth utilization tool. This CLI utility displays current network utilization by process, connection and remote IP/hostname.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • bottom

    Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

  • bottom: A customizable cross-platform graphical process/system monitor for the terminal.

  • delta

    A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output

  • delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output.

  • dust

    A more intuitive version of du in rust

  • dust: A more intuitive version of du in Rust.

  • fd

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

  • fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.

  • hyperfine

    A command-line benchmarking tool

  • hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • procs

    A modern replacement for ps written in Rust

  • prox: A modern replacement for ps written in Rust.

  • ripgrep

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

  • ripgrep: ripgrep recursively searches directories for a RegEx pattern while respecting your .gitignore. Similar to popular search tools like The Silver Searcher, ack and grep.

  • sd

    Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative)

  • sd: Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative).

  • tealdeer

    A very fast implementation of tldr in Rust.

  • tealdeer: A very fast implementation of tldr in Rust. A more approachable complement to traditional man pages.

  • tldr

    📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands

  • tealdeer: A very fast implementation of tldr in Rust. A more approachable complement to traditional man pages.

  • rust

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

  • Rust is a programming language I want to get involved with. I came up with the idea of integrating some Command Line tools written in Rust in my day-to-day could be an excellent opportunity to get in touch with them as a user and, from there, maybe get involved in opening a new issue or drafting a Pull Request. Why not!

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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