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2 | awesome cli apps 3 |

4 | 5 | --- 6 | 7 | [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) 8 | 9 | > A curated list of command line apps. 10 | 11 | Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing. 12 | 13 | ## Table of Contents 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | - [Entertainment](#entertainment) 20 | - [Music](#music) 21 | - [Social Media](#social-media) 22 | - [Video](#video) 23 | - [Movies](#movies) 24 | - [Games](#games) 25 | - [Books](#books) 26 | - [Development](#development) 27 | - [Text Editors](#text-editors) 28 | - [Web Development](#web-development) 29 | - [Mobile Development](#mobile-development) 30 | - [Database](#database) 31 | - [Devops](#devops) 32 | - [Release](#release) 33 | - [Npm](#npm) 34 | - [Boilerplate](#boilerplate) 35 | - [Productivity](#productivity) 36 | - [Time Tracking](#time-tracking) 37 | - [Note Taking and Lists](#note-taking-and-lists) 38 | - [Finance](#finance) 39 | - [Presentations](#presentations) 40 | - [Utilities](#utilities) 41 | - [macOS](#macos) 42 | - [Terminal Sharing Utilities](#terminal-sharing-utilities) 43 | - [Network Utilities](#network-utilities) 44 | - [Theming and Customization](#theming-and-customization) 45 | - [Shell Utilities](#shell-utilities) 46 | - [System Interaction Utilities](#system-interaction-utilities) 47 | - [Command Line Learning](#command-line-learning) 48 | - [Data Manipulation](#data-manipulation) 49 | - [JSON](#json) 50 | - [Text](#text) 51 | - [Files and Directories](#files-and-directories) 52 | - [File Managers](#file-managers) 53 | - [Deleting, Copying, and Renaming](#deleting-copying-and-renaming) 54 | - [Files](#files) 55 | - [Directory Listing](#directory-listing) 56 | - [Directory Navigation](#directory-navigation) 57 | - [Search](#search) 58 | - [Version Control](#version-control) 59 | - [Git](#git) 60 | - [Images](#images) 61 | - [Gif Creation](#gif-creation) 62 | - [Image Conversion](#image-conversion) 63 | - [SVG](#svg) 64 | - [Screensavers](#screensavers) 65 | - [Graphics](#graphics) 66 | - [Just for Fun](#just-for-fun) 67 | - [Other](#other) 68 | - [Emoji](#emoji) 69 | - [Other Awesome Lists](#other-awesome-lists) 70 | - [License](#license) 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | --- 75 | 76 | ## Entertainment 77 | 78 | - [football-cli](https://github.com/ManrajGrover/football-cli) - Get live scores, fixtures, standings of almost every football competition/league. 79 | - [pockyt](https://github.com/arvindch/pockyt) - Read, Manage, and Automate your [Pocket](https://getpocket.com) collection. 80 | - [newsboat](https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat) - An extendable RSS feed reader for text terminals. 81 | 82 | ### Music 83 | 84 | - [cmus](https://github.com/cmus/cmus) - Small, fast and powerful console music player. 85 | - [Instant-Music-Downloader](https://github.com/yask123/Instant-Music-Downloader) - Instant music downloader. 86 | - [itunes-remote](https://github.com/mischah/itunes-remote) - Control iTunes via CLI. 87 | - [pianobar](https://6xq.net/pianobar/) - Pandora client. 88 | - [somafm-cli](https://github.com/rockymadden/somafm-cli) - Listen to SomaFM in your terminal. 89 | - [nehm](https://github.com/bogem/nehm) - Download tracks from SoundCloud. 90 | - [mpd](https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD) - Music Player Daemon. 91 | - [ncmpcpp](https://github.com/arybczak/ncmpcpp) - mpd client. 92 | - [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) - Console audio player for Linux/UNIX. 93 | - [musikcube](https://github.com/clangen/musikcube) - Cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server. 94 | - [beets](https://github.com/beetbox/beets) - Music library manager and tagger. 95 | - [playx](https://github.com/NISH1001/playx) - Stream songs/playlists from various sources. 96 | - [spotify-tui](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui) - Spotify client. 97 | 98 | ### Social Media 99 | 100 | - [facebook-cli](https://github.com/specious/facebook-cli) - Facebook command line interface. 101 | - [TTYtter](https://github.com/oysttyer/oysttyer) - Twitter client. 102 | - [Rainbowstream](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream) - A smart and nice Twitter client on the terminal. 103 | - [tuir](https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir) - Reddit TUI. 104 | - [WeeChat](https://weechat.org/) - Fast, light and extensible chat client. 105 | - [irssi](https://github.com/irssi/irssi) - IRC chat client. 106 | 107 | ### Video 108 | 109 | - [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) - Download videos from YouTube.com and many other video sites. 110 | - [streamlink](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink) - Extract streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing. 111 | - [mps-youtube](https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube) - Youtube player. 112 | - [mpv](https://mpv.io) - Superior video player. 113 | 114 | ### Movies 115 | 116 | - [moviemon](https://github.com/iCHAIT/moviemon) - Everything about your movies. 117 | - [movie](https://github.com/mayankchd/movie) - Get movie info or compare movies. 118 | 119 | ### Games 120 | 121 | - [Dwarf Fortress](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves) - Roguelike construction and management simulation. 122 | - [Cataclysm-DDA](https://cataclysmdda.org) - Turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. 123 | 124 | ### Books 125 | 126 | - [epr](https://github.com/wustho/epr) - epub reader. 127 | - [Bible.Js CLI](https://github.com/BibleJS/BibleApp) - Bible. 128 | - [SpeedRead](https://github.com/sunsations/speed_read) - Spritz-alike speedreader. 129 | 130 | ## Development 131 | 132 | - [bcal](https://github.com/jarun/bcal) - Byte CALculator for storage conversions and calculations. 133 | - [cgasm](https://github.com/bnagy/cgasm) - Gives x86 assembly documentation. 134 | - [legit](https://github.com/captainsafia/legit) - Generate Open Source licences as files or file headers. 135 | - [mklicense](https://github.com/cezaraugusto/mklicense) - Create a custom LICENSE file painlessly with customized info. 136 | - [rebound](https://github.com/shobrook/rebound) - Fetch Stack Overflow results in your terminal when you get a compiler error. 137 | - [grip](https://github.com/joeyespo/grip) - Preview markdown files with GitHub styles before committing them. 138 | - [bitwise](https://github.com/mellowcandle/bitwise) - Base convertion and bit manipulator in ncurses. 139 | - [foy](https://github.com/zaaack/foy) - Lightweight general purpose task runner/build tool. 140 | 141 | ### Text Editors 142 | 143 | - [emacs](https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs) - An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more. 144 | - [vim](https://github.com/vim/vim) - Vim - the ubiquitous text editor. 145 | - [neovim](https://github.com/neovim/neovim) - Vim fork focused on extensibility and usability. 146 | - [kakoune](https://github.com/mawww/kakoune) - Modal editor inspired by vim. 147 | - [micro](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro) - A simple and intuitive editor. 148 | 149 | ### Web Development 150 | 151 | - [caniuse-cmd](https://github.com/sgentle/caniuse-cmd) - Search [caniuse.com](caniuse.com) about browser support of feature. 152 | - [is-up-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-up-cli) - Check whether a website is up. 153 | - [pageres-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pageres-cli) - Capture website screenshots. 154 | - [strip-css-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments-cli) - Strip comments from CSS. 155 | - [viewport-list-cli](https://github.com/kevva/viewport-list-cli) - Return a list of devices and their viewports. 156 | - [surge](https://surge.sh) - Deploy a directory to the web. 157 | - [acmetool](https://github.com/hlandau/acme) - An automatic certificate acquisition tool for ACME (Let's Encrypt). 158 | - [loadtest](https://github.com/alexfernandez/loadtest) - Runs a load test on the selected URL. Easy to extend minimally for your own ends. 159 | - [wp-cli](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli) - Manage WordPress installations, update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more. 160 | - [diff2html-cli](https://github.com/rtfpessoa/diff2html-cli) - Parse git diffs as JSON and generate pretty HTML. 161 | - [HTTPie](https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie) - A user-friendly HTTP client. 162 | - [serve](https://github.com/zeit/serve) - Easy to use static file server with features like https, CORS and GZIP compression. 163 | - [add-gitignore](https://github.com/TejasQ/add-gitignore) - Interactively generate a .gitignore for your project based on your needs. 164 | - [Discharge](https://github.com/brandonweiss/discharge) - Deploy static websites to Amazon S3. 165 | - [reachable](https://github.com/italolelis/reachable) - Check if a domain is up. 166 | - [simplehttp](https://github.com/snwfdhmp/simplehttp) - Easily serve a local directory over http. 167 | - [shell2http](https://github.com/msoap/shell2http) - Execute shell commands via HTTP server. 168 | - [HTTP Prompt](https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt) - Interactive HTTP client featuring autocomplete and syntax highlighting. 169 | - [ipfs-deploy](https://github.com/agentofuser/ipfs-deploy) - Deploy static websites to [IPFS](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs#overviewhttps://github.com/ipfs/ipfs#overview). 170 | 171 | ### Mobile Development 172 | 173 | - [mobicon-cli](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/mobicon-cli) - Mobile app icon generator. 174 | - [mobisplash-cli](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/mobisplash-cli) - Mobile app splash screen generator. 175 | - [deviceframe](https://github.com/c0bra/deviceframe) - Put device frames around your mobile/web/progressive app screenshots. 176 | 177 | ### Database 178 | 179 | - [mycli](https://github.com/dbcli/mycli) - MySQL client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. 180 | - [pgcli](https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli) - Postgres client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. 181 | - [sqlline](https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline) - Shell for issuing SQL via JDBC. 182 | 183 | ### Devops 184 | 185 | - [htconvert](https://github.com/lukechilds/htconvert) - Convert .htaccess redirects to nginx.conf redirects. 186 | - [aws-cli](https://github.com/aws/aws-cli) - Universal Interface for Amazon Web Services. 187 | - [azure-cli](https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli) - Command-line tools for Azure. 188 | - [SAWS](https://github.com/donnemartin/saws) - Supercharged AWS CLI. 189 | - [s3cmd](https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd) - Fully-Featured S3 client. 190 | - [lstags](https://github.com/ivanilves/lstags) - Synchronize Docker images across different registries. 191 | - [pm2](https://pm2.io/runtime/) - Production Process Manager for Node.js. 192 | - [dockly](https://github.com/lirantal/dockly) - Interactively manage Docker containers. 193 | - [ops](https://github.com/nanovms/ops) - Unikernel compilation and orchestration tool. 194 | - [lazydocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) - Simple docker/docker-compose interface. 195 | - [flog](http://github.com/mingrammer/flog) - A fake log generator for log formats such as apache-common, apache error and RFC3164 syslog. 196 | - [isitfit](http://github.com/autofitcloud/isitfit) - Manage AWS EC2 rightsizing. 197 | 198 | ### Release 199 | 200 | - [release-it](https://github.com/webpro/release-it) - Automate releases for Git repositories and/or npm packages. Changelog generation, GitHub/GitLab releases, etc. 201 | - [clog](https://github.com/clog-tool/clog-cli) - A conventional changelog for the rest of us. 202 | - [np](https://github.com/sindresorhus/np) - A better `npm publish`. 203 | - [release](https://github.com/zeit/release) - Generate changelogs with a single command. 204 | 205 | ### Npm 206 | 207 | - [npm-name-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-name-cli) - Check whether a package name is available on npm. 208 | - [npm-user-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-user-cli) - Get user info of a npm user. 209 | - [npm-home](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-home) - Open the npm page of the package in the current directory. 210 | - [pkg-dir-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pkg-dir-cli) - Find the root directory of a npm package. 211 | - [npm-check-updates](https://github.com/tjunnone/npm-check-updates) - Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows. 212 | - [updates](https://github.com/silverwind/updates) - Flexible npm dependency update tool. 213 | 214 | ### Boilerplate 215 | 216 | - [yo](https://github.com/yeoman/yo) - Scaffolding tool for running Yeoman generators. 217 | - [boilr](https://github.com/tmrts/boilr) - Create projects from boilerplate templates. 218 | - [cookiecutter](https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter) - Create projects from templates. 219 | - [mevn-cli](http://github.com/madlabsinc/mevn-cli) - Light speed setup for MEVN (Mongo Express Vue Node) Apps. 220 | - [scaffold-static](https://github.com/jamesgeorge007/scaffold-static) - Scaffolding utility for vanilla JS. 221 | 222 | ## Productivity 223 | 224 | - [AutoScreenshotUploader](https://github.com/yask123/AutoScreenshotUploader) - Capture and upload screenshots to imgur. 225 | - [bitly-client](https://github.com/specious/bitly-client) - Bitly client. 226 | - [doing](https://github.com/ttscoff/doing/) - Keep track of what you’re doing and track what you’ve done. 227 | - [ffscreencast](https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast) - A ffmpeg screencast with video overlay and multi monitor support. 228 | - [imgur-uploader-cli](https://github.com/kevva/imgur-uploader-cli) - Upload images to imgur. 229 | - [meetup-cli](https://github.com/specious/meetup-cli) - Meetup.com client. 230 | - [NeoMutt](https://neomutt.org) - Email client. 231 | - [terjira](https://github.com/keepcosmos/terjira) - Jira client. 232 | - [ipt](https://github.com/drselump14/ipt) - Pivotal Tracker client. 233 | - [g3l](https://github.com/svtek/g3l) - Easiest git cli in the w0rld! 234 | - [uber-cli](https://github.com/jaebradley/uber-cli) - Uber client. 235 | - [Buku](https://github.com/jarun/Buku) - Browser-independent bookmark manager. 236 | - [googler](https://github.com/jarun/googler) - Google from the terminal. 237 | - [calcurse](http://calcurse.org/) - A calendar and scheduling application for the command-line. 238 | - [gcalcli](https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli) - Access Google calendar from the terminal. 239 | - [papis](http://github.com/alejandrogallo/papis) - Extensible document and bibliography manager. 240 | 241 | ### Time Tracking 242 | 243 | - [Timetrap](https://github.com/samg/timetrap) - Simple command-line timetracker. 244 | - [moro](https://github.com/omidfi/moro) - Simple tool for tracking work hours. 245 | - [Timewarrior](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/timewarrior) - Utility with simple stopwatch, calendar-based backfill and flexible reporting. 246 | - [Watson](https://github.com/TailorDev/Watson) - Generate reports for clients and manage your time. 247 | 248 | ### Note Taking and Lists 249 | 250 | - [idea](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/idea) - A lightweight tool for keeping ideas in a safe place quick and easy. 251 | - [geeknote](https://github.com/VitaliyRodnenko/geeknote) - Evernote client. 252 | - [Taskwarrior](http://taskwarrior.org) - Manage your TODO list from your command-line. 253 | - [Terminal velocity](https://vhp.github.io/terminal_velocity/) - A fast note-taking app for the terminal. 254 | - [eureka](https://github.com/simeg/eureka) - Store your ideas without leaving the terminal. 255 | - [sncli](https://github.com/insanum/sncli) - Simplenote client. 256 | - [td-cli](https://github.com/darrikonn/td-cli) - A TODO manager to organize and manage your TODO's across multiple projects. 257 | - [taskell](https://github.com/smallhadroncollider/taskell) - Interactive kanban board/task manager. 258 | - [taskbook](https://github.com/klaussinani/taskbook) - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat. 259 | - [dnote](https://github.com/dnote/dnote) - A simple, interactive notebook. 260 | 261 | ### Finance 262 | 263 | - [ledger](http://ledger-cli.org) - Powerful, double-entry accounting system on the terminal 264 | - [moeda](https://github.com/thompsonemerson/moeda) - Foreign exchange rates and currency conversion. 265 | - [cash-cli](https://github.com/xxczaki/cash-cli) - Convert Currency Rates. 266 | - [cointop](https://github.com/miguelmota/cointop) - Track cryptocurrencies. 267 | 268 | ### Presentations 269 | 270 | - [WOPR](https://github.com/yaronn/wopr) - A simple markup language for creating rich terminal reports, presentations and infographics. 271 | - [decktape](https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape) - PDF exporter for HTML presentations. 272 | - [mdp](https://github.com/visit1985/mdp) - A command-line based markdown presentation tool. 273 | - [sent](https://tools.suckless.org/sent/) - Simple plaintext presentation tool. 274 | 275 | ## Utilities 276 | 277 | - [archive-type-cli](https://github.com/kevva/archive-type-cli) - Detect archive type for a file or stdin. 278 | - [s](https://github.com/zquestz/s) - Open a web search in your terminal. 279 | - [aria2](https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/aria2) - HTTP, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink download utility. 280 | - [wego](https://github.com/schachmat/wego) - Get the weather. 281 | - [weather-cli](https://github.com/riyadhalnur/weather-cli) - Check the weather. 282 | - [mapscii](https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii) - Terminal Map Viewer. 283 | - [getnews.tech](https://github.com/omgimanerd/getnews.tech) - Fetch news headlines from various news outlets. 284 | - [carbon-now-cli](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli) - Generate beautiful images of your code. 285 | - [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org) - Password manager. 286 | - [awesome-finder](https://github.com/mingrammer/awesome-finder) - Search the awesome lists without a browser. 287 | - [mdv](https://github.com/axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer) - Styled terminal markdown viewer. 288 | - [shallow-backup](https://github.com/alichtman/shallow-backup) - Git integrated backup tool. 289 | 290 | ### macOS 291 | 292 | - [open-pip-cli](https://github.com/albinekb/open-pip-cli) - Watch videos in picture-in-picture player. 293 | - [app-path-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/app-path-cli) - Get the path to an app. 294 | - [bundle-id-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/bundle-id-cli) - Get bundle identifier from a bundle name: Safari → com.apple.Safari. 295 | - [bundle-name-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/bundle-name-cli) - Get bundle name from a bundle identifier: com.apple.Safari → Safari. 296 | - [lnfs-cli](https://github.com/kevva/lnfs-cli) - Safely force create symlinks. 297 | - [osx-version-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/osx-version-cli) - Get the macOS version. 298 | - [osx-wifi-cli](https://github.com/danyshaanan/osx-wifi-cli) - Manage wifi connections. 299 | - [active-win-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/active-win-cli) - Get the title/id/etc of the active window. 300 | - [stronghold](https://github.com/alichtman/stronghold) - Configure security settings from the terminal. 301 | - [website-popup-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/website-popup-cli) - Open a website in a popup. 302 | - [dark-mode](https://github.com/sindresorhus/dark-mode) - Toggle dark mode. 303 | 304 | ### Terminal Sharing Utilities 305 | 306 | - [gotty](https://github.com/yudai/gotty) - Share your terminal as a web application. 307 | - [localtunnel](https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel) - Expose your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing. 308 | - [mosh](https://mosh.org/) - Remote SSH client that allows roaming with intermittent connectivity. 309 | - [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) - Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost. 310 | - [serveo](https://serveo.net/) - Expose local servers to the internet using only a SSH client. 311 | - [seashells.io](https://seashells.io/) - Pipe output to the web. 312 | - [teleconsole](https://www.teleconsole.com/) - Share your UNIX terminal. 313 | - [tmate](https://tmate.io/) - Instant terminal (tmux) sharing. 314 | - [warp](https://github.com/spolu/warp) - Secure and simple terminal sharing. 315 | - [OverTime](https://github.com/diit/overtime-cli) - Time-overlap tables for remote teams. 316 | 317 | ### Network Utilities 318 | 319 | - [get-port-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/get-port-cli) - Get an available port. 320 | - [is-reachable-cli](https://github.com/beatfreaker/is-reachable-cli) - Check if hostnames are reachable or not. 321 | - [speedtest-net](https://github.com/ddsol/speedtest.net) - Test internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net. 322 | - [speed-test](https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test) - `speedtest-net` wrapper with different UI. 323 | - [speedtest-cli](https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli) - Test internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. 324 | 325 | ### Theming and Customization 326 | 327 | - [splash-cli](https://github.com/rawnly/splash-cli) - Beautiful wallpapers from unsplash. 328 | - [wallpaper-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/wallpaper-cli) - Get or set the desktop wallpaper. 329 | - [themer](https://github.com/mjswensen/themer) - Generate personalized themes for your editor, terminal, wallpaper, Slack, and more. 330 | - [JackPaper](https://github.com/jackel27/jackpaper) - Apply random/queried images from unplash.com as desktop wallpaper. 331 | - [pywal](https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal) - Generate and change color-schemes, then apply them system-wide to all of your favourite programs. 332 | - [QuickWall](https://github.com/deepjyoti30/QuickWall) - Directly set wallpapers from Unsplash. 333 | 334 | ### Shell Utilities 335 | 336 | - [has](https://github.com/kdabir/has) - Checks for the presence of various commands and their versions on the path. 337 | - [Ultimate Plumber](https://github.com/akavel/up) - Write Linux pipes with live previews. 338 | - [fkill-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/fkill-cli) - Simple cross-platform process killer. 339 | - [task-spooler](http://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/soft/ts) - Queue jobs for linear execution. 340 | - [undollar](https://github.com/ImFeelingDucky/undollar) - Strip the '$' preceding copy-pasted terminal commands. 341 | - [pipe_exec](https://github.com/koraa/pipe_exec) - Run executables from stdin, pipes and ttys without creating a temporary file. 342 | 343 | ### System Interaction Utilities 344 | 345 | - [battery-level-cli](https://github.com/gillstrom/battery-level-cli) - Get current battery level. 346 | - [brightness-cli](https://github.com/kevva/brightness-cli) - Change screen brightness ([windows](https://github.com/sondreb/win-brightness)). 347 | - [yank](https://github.com/mptre/yank) - Yank terminal output to clipboard. 348 | - [screensaver](https://github.com/gillstrom/screensaver) - Start the screensaver. 349 | - [google-font-installer](https://github.com/lordgiotto/google-font-installer) - Download and install Google Web Fonts on your local machine. 350 | - [neofetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch) - System information tool. 351 | - [Glances](https://nicolargo.github.io/glances) - System monitoring tool. 352 | 353 | ## Command Line Learning 354 | 355 | - [cmdchallenge](https://cmdchallenge.com/) - presents small shell challenge with user submitted solutions. 356 | - [explainshell](http://www.explainshell.com/) - type a command line snippet to see the help text for each argument. 357 | - [howdoi](https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi) - Instant coding answers via the command line. 358 | - [how2](https://github.com/santinic/how2) - Finds the simplest way to do something on a unix bash command line (Nodejs implementation of howdoi). 359 | - [The Fuck](https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck) - Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command. 360 | - [tldr](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr) - Simplified and community-driven man pages. 361 | - [Wat](https://github.com/dthree/wat) - Instant, central, community-built docs. 362 | - [teachcode](https://github.com/madlabsinc/teachcode) - A tool to develop and improve a student’s programming skills by introducing the earliest lessons of coding. 363 | - [navi](https://github.com/denisidoro/navi) - Interactive cheatsheet tool. 364 | 365 | ## Data Manipulation 366 | 367 | - [underscore-cli](https://github.com/ddopson/underscore-cli) - Command-line utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript. 368 | - [ramda-cli](https://github.com/raine/ramda-cli) - A CLI tool for processing data with functional pipelines. 369 | - [yaml-cli](https://github.com/pandastrike/yaml-cli) - A simple CLI for querying and updating YAML files. 370 | - [q](http://harelba.github.io/q/) - A command line tool that allows execution of SQL-like queries on CSVs/TSVs (and any other tabular text files). 371 | - [yq](https://github.com/kislyuk/yq) - Command-line YAML processor (Uses the same syntax as jq). 372 | 373 | ### JSON 374 | 375 | - [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) - JSON processor. 376 | - [jp](https://github.com/therealklanni/jp) - Simply parse and drill into JSON on the commandline, with jsonpath and stdin stream support (jq compatible, not a replacement). 377 | - [fx](https://github.com/antonmedv/fx) - Command-line JSON viewer. 378 | - [vj](https://github.com/busyloop/vj) - Makes JSON human readable. 379 | - [strip-json-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - Strip comments from JSON. 380 | - [GROQ](https://github.com/sanity-io/groq-cli) – JSON processor with queries and projections. 381 | 382 | ### Text 383 | 384 | - [parse-columns-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-columns-cli) - Parse text columns, like the output of unix commands. Returns JSON that you can manipulate with tools like jq or underscore-cli. 385 | - [figlet](http://www.figlet.org/) - Creates large text out of ASCII characters. 386 | 387 | ## Files and Directories 388 | 389 | ### File Managers 390 | 391 | - [ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) - A console file manager with VI key bindings. 392 | - [midnight-commander](https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc) - A feature rich visual file manager. 393 | - [organize-cli](https://github.com/ManrajGrover/organize-cli) - Organize your files, imagine cleaning up your downloads in an instant. 394 | - [Vifm](https://vifm.info/) - Vifm is an ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings/modes/options/commands/configuration, which also borrows some useful ideas from mutt. 395 | - [nnn](https://github.com/jarun/nnn) - File browser and disk usage analyzer with excellent desktop integration. 396 | - [lf](https://github.com/gokcehan/lf) - Fast, extensively customizable file manager. 397 | - [fff](https://github.com/dylanaraps/fff) - Fast, simple file manager. 398 | 399 | ### Deleting, Copying, and Renaming 400 | 401 | - [trash-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash-cli) - Move files and directories to the trash. 402 | - [empty-trash-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/empty-trash-cli) - Empty the trash. 403 | - [del-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/del-cli) - Delete files and folders. 404 | - [cpy-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy-cli) - Copies files. 405 | - [rename-cli](https://github.com/jhotmann/node-rename-cli) - A cross-platform tool for renaming files quickly, especially multiple files at once. 406 | 407 | ### Files 408 | 409 | - [chokidar-cli](https://github.com/kimmobrunfeldt/chokidar-cli) - CLI to watch file system changes. 410 | - [file-type-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type-cli) - Detect the file type of a file or stdin. 411 | - [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc) - Generates table of contents for markdown files inside local git repository. Links are compatible with anchors generated by github or other sites. 412 | - [bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) - A cat clone with syntax highlighting. 413 | - [NCDu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) - A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface. 414 | - [unix-permissions](https://github.com/ehmicky/unix-permissions) - Swiss Army knife for Unix permissions 415 | - [rclone](https://github.com/ncw/rclone) - Sync files to and from various cloud providers (Dropbox, Google Drive, Onedrive, etc.). 416 | - [transmission-cli](https://transmissionbt.com) - Torrent client for your command line. 417 | - [ffsend](https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend) - Fully featured CLI for [Firefox Send](https://send.firefox.com/) - simple and private file sharing. 418 | - [webtorrent-cli](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-cli) – Streaming torrent client. 419 | - [share-cli](https://github.com/marionebl/share-cli) - Share files with your local network. 420 | 421 | ### Directory Listing 422 | 423 | - [alder](https://github.com/aweary/alder) - A minimal implementation of the UNIX tree command with colors! 424 | - [exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa) - An improved version of `ls` written in Rust. 425 | - [tre](https://github.com/dduan/tre) - Tree command with git awareness, editor aliasing, and more. 426 | 427 | ### Directory Navigation 428 | 429 | - [autojump](https://github.com/wting/autojump) - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line. 430 | - [fasd](https://github.com/clvv/fasd) - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v. 431 | - [pm](https://github.com/Angelmmiguel/pm) - The easy way to switch to your projects on the shell. 432 | - [z](https://github.com/rupa/z) - z is the new j, yo. 433 | - [PathPicker](https://github.com/facebook/pathpicker/) - After parsing the output from a command, PathPicker presents you with a nice UI to select which files you're interested in. 434 | - [fz](https://github.com/changyuheng/fz) - Seamless fuzzy tab completion for z. 435 | - [goto](https://github.com/iridakos/goto) - Directory aliases for the shell with autocomplete. 436 | - [z.lua](https://github.com/skywind3000/z.lua) - A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits. 437 | 438 | ### Search 439 | 440 | - [happyfinder](https://github.com/hugows/hf) - (another) Fuzzy file finder for the command line. 441 | - [find-up-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/find-up-cli) - Find a file by walking up parent directories. 442 | - [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) - A line-oriented search tool that recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern. 443 | - [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) - A general purpose command-line fuzzy finder, can be used with any list: files/directories, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc. 444 | - [fselect](https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect) - Find files with SQL-like queries. 445 | - [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to `find`. 446 | 447 | ## Version Control 448 | 449 | ### Git 450 | 451 | - [CLI GitHub](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/cli-github) - :tv: A fancy GitHub client for command line. 452 | - [Gistup](https://github.com/mbostock/gistup) - Create a gist from terminal, then use git to update it. 453 | - [git commander](https://github.com/golbin/git-commander) - A git tool with a easy terminal interface. 454 | - [git-stats](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-stats) - :four_leaf_clover: A GitHub-like contributions calendar, but locally, with all your git commits. 455 | - [hub](https://github.com/github/hub) - A command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub. 456 | - [dev-time](https://github.com/samverschueren/dev-time-cli) - Get the current local time of a GitHub user. 457 | - [git-labelmaker](https://github.com/himynameisdave/git-labelmaker) - Edit GitHub labels from the command line. 458 | - [tig](https://github.com/jonas/tig) - Text-mode interface for Git. 459 | - [grv](https://github.com/rgburke/grv) - Text-mode interface for Git with customisable vi bindings. 460 | - [git-standup](https://github.com/kamranahmedse/git-standup) - Recall what you did on the last working day. 461 | - [git-secret](https://github.com/sobolevn/git-secret) - Store your private data inside a git repository. 462 | - [gitlab-cli](https://github.com/vishwanatharondekar/gitlab-cli) - gitlab cli for creating merge request from the command line. 463 | - [git-extras](https://github.com/tj/git-extras) - Little git extras like git-ignore, git-setup, git-changelog, git-release, git-effort and more. 464 | - [gita](https://github.com/nosarthur/gita) - Manage multiple git repos side by side for sanity. 465 | 466 | ## Images 467 | 468 | ### Gif Creation 469 | 470 | - [gifgen](https://github.com/lukechilds/gifgen) - Simple high quality GIF encoding. 471 | - [gifsicle](https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle) - Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations. 472 | - [ttygif](https://github.com/icholy/ttygif) - Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs. 473 | - [ttygif](https://github.com/sugyan/ttygif) - ttyrec to gif. 474 | - [ttystudio](https://github.com/chjj/ttystudio) - A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches. 475 | - [asciinema](https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema) - Terminal session recorder and the best companion of asciinema.org. 476 | - [givegif](https://github.com/passy/givegif) - GIFs on the command line. 477 | 478 | ### Image Conversion 479 | 480 | - [imgp](https://github.com/jarun/imgp) - Blazing fast batch image resizer and rotator. 481 | - [korkut](https://github.com/oguzhaninan/korkut) - Quick and simple image processing at the command line. 482 | 483 | ### SVG 484 | 485 | - [SVGO](https://github.com/svg/svgo) - SVG Optimizer is a Nodejs-based tool for optimizing SVG vector graphics files. 486 | 487 | ## Screensavers 488 | 489 | - [cmatrix](https://github.com/Treri/cmatrix) - Show a scrolling 'Matrix' like screen. 490 | - [pipes.sh](https://github.com/pipeseroni/pipes.sh) - Shows random pipes that grow across the screen. 491 | - [YuleLog](https://github.com/Duroktar/YuleLog) - Terminal based Christmas YuleLog fireplace. 492 | - [cli-fireplace](https://github.com/dolsup/cli-fireplace) - Shows digital fireplace. 493 | 494 | ## Graphics 495 | - [cli-mandelbrot](https://github.com/danyshaanan/cli-mandelbrot) - A cli for traversing the Mandelbrot fractal. 496 | - [sparkly-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/sparkly-cli) - Generate sparklines ▁▂▃▅▂▇.. 497 | - [pastel](https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel) - Generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. 498 | 499 | ## Just for Fun 500 | 501 | - [cowsay](https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay) - A configurable talking cow (and other animals). 502 | - [quote-cli](https://github.com/riyadhalnur/quote-cli) - Get a random quote or the quote of the day in your CLI. 503 | - [fortune](https://github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod) - Shows a random fortune. 504 | - [ponysay](https://github.com/erkin/ponysay) - Pony rewrite of cowsay. 505 | - [yosay](https://github.com/yeoman/yosay) - Like cowsay, but for yeoman. 506 | - [lolcat](https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat) - Outputs text in rainbow colors. 507 | - [text-meme](https://github.com/beatfreaker/text-meme-cli) - Generate text memes. 508 | 509 | ## Other 510 | 511 | - [birthday](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/birthday) - Know when a friend's birthday is coming. 512 | - [detect-indent-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/detect-indent-cli) - Detect the indentation of code. 513 | - [fullname-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/fullname-cli) - Get the fullname of the current user. 514 | - [gzip-size-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gzip-size-cli) - Get the gzipped size of a file or stdin. 515 | - [HASHA -cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/hasha-cli) - Hashing made simple. Get the hash of text or stdin. 516 | - [kill-tabs](https://github.com/sindresorhus/kill-tabs) - Kill all Chrome tabs to improve performance, decrease battery usage, and save memory. 517 | - [leven-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/leven-cli) - Measure the difference between two strings using the Levenshtein distance algorithm. 518 | - [mdlt](https://github.com/metadelta/mdlt) - Do quick math right from the command line. 519 | - [medium-cli](https://github.com/djadmin/medium-cli) - Read [medium.com](https://medium.com/) stories within your terminal, also gives top stories. 520 | - [open-shortcut-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/open-shortcut-cli) - Open the URL from a web shortcut file in the browser. 521 | - [shortcut-url-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/shortcut-url-cli) - Get the URL from a web shortcut file. 522 | - [to-double-quotes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/to-double-quotes-cli) - Convert matching single-quotes to double-quotes: I 'love' unicorns => I "love" unicorns. 523 | - [to-single-quotes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/to-single-quotes-cli) - Convert matching double-quotes to single-quotes: I "love" unicorns → I 'love' unicorns. 524 | - [gdb-dashboard](https://github.com/cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard) - Modular visual interface for GDB in Python. 525 | - [hget](https://github.com/bevacqua/hget) - Render websites in plain text from your terminal. 526 | - [google-wifi-status](https://github.com/joelgeorgev/google-wifi-status) - A Node.js CLI app that displays status of your Google Wifi / OnHub router. 527 | - [calories](https://github.com/zupzup/calories) - Calories and weight tracker. 528 | - [trino](https://github.com/eneserdogan/trino) - Trino CLI allows a quick and easy translation of words and phrases entered in the command line. 529 | - [alex](https://github.com/wooorm/alex) - This enhances texts with checking for insensitive, inconsiderate writing by catching many possible offences. 530 | - [xiringuito](https://github.com/ivanilves/xiringuito) - A "poor man's VPN". An SSH-based "VPN" that's easy to install, but with slower performance than a real VPN. 531 | - [nasa-cli](https://github.com/xxczaki/nasa-cli) - Download NASA Picture of the Day from your terminal. 532 | - [googlr](https://github.com/Camji55/googlr) - Search Google from the command line. 533 | - [Qalculate](https://github.com/Qalculate/libqalculate) - Calculate non-trival math expressions. Unit conversions, symbolic calculations and more. 534 | 535 | ### Emoji 536 | 537 | - [emoj](https://github.com/sindresorhus/emoj) - Find relevant emoji from text on the command-line. 538 | - [emoji-finder](https://github.com/dematerializer/emoji-finder) - Quickly find and copy emoji to the clipboard via the command-line. 539 | - [oji](https://github.com/xxczaki/oji) - Interactive text emoji maker. 540 | - [gitmoji-cli](https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji-cli) - Use emoji in commit messages. 541 | - [gitmoji-changelog](https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog) - Generate gitmoji changelogs. 542 | 543 | ## Other Awesome Lists 544 | 545 | - [awesome-command-line-apps](https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-command-line-apps#readme) – An alternative awesome list of cli apps. 546 | - [awesome-macos-command-line](https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line#readme) - Shell commands and tools specific to macOS. 547 | - [awesome-git-addons](https://github.com/stevemao/awesome-git-addons#readme) - Addons that extend git cli. 548 | - [awesome-shell](https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell#readme) – Command-line utilities and frameworks. 549 | - [terminals-are-sexy](https://github.com/k4m4/terminals-are-sexy#readme) – Terminal frameworks, plugins & resources. 550 | - [awesome-zsh-plugins](https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins#readme) – ZSH frameworks, plugins, tutorials & themes. 551 | - [awesome-nodejs clis](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs#command-line-apps) – Node.js modules and resources. 552 | 553 | ## License 554 | 555 | [![CC0](https://i.creativecommons.org/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) 556 | 557 | To the extent possible under law, [Adam Garrett-Harris](https://twitter.com/agarrharr) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. 558 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------