--- [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) > A curated list of command line apps. Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing. ## Table of Contents - [Entertainment](#entertainment) - [Music](#music) - [Social Media](#social-media) - [Video](#video) - [Movies](#movies) - [Games](#games) - [Books](#books) - [Development](#development) - [Text Editors](#text-editors) - [Web Development](#web-development) - [Mobile Development](#mobile-development) - [Database](#database) - [Devops](#devops) - [Docker](#docker) - [Release](#release) - [Npm](#npm) - [Boilerplate](#boilerplate) - [Productivity](#productivity) - [Time Tracking](#time-tracking) - [Note Taking and Lists](#note-taking-and-lists) - [Finance](#finance) - [Presentations](#presentations) - [Calendars](#calendars) - [Utilities](#utilities) - [macOS](#macos) - [Terminal Sharing Utilities](#terminal-sharing-utilities) - [Network Utilities](#network-utilities) - [Theming and Customization](#theming-and-customization) - [Shell Utilities](#shell-utilities) - [System Interaction Utilities](#system-interaction-utilities) - [Markdown](#markdown) - [Command Line Learning](#command-line-learning) - [Data Manipulation](#data-manipulation) - [Processors](#processors) - [JSON](#json) - [Columns](#columns) - [Text](#text) - [Files and Directories](#files-and-directories) - [File Managers](#file-managers) - [Deleting, Copying, and Renaming](#deleting-copying-and-renaming) - [Files](#files) - [File Sync/Sharing](#file-syncsharing) - [Directory Listing](#directory-listing) - [Directory Navigation](#directory-navigation) - [Search](#search) - [Version Control](#version-control) - [Git](#git) - [Images](#images) - [Gif Creation](#gif-creation) - [Image Conversion](#image-conversion) - [SVG](#svg) - [Screensavers](#screensavers) - [Graphics](#graphics) - [Just for Fun](#just-for-fun) - [Other](#other) - [Emoji](#emoji) - [Other Awesome Lists](#other-awesome-lists) - [License](#license) --- ## Entertainment - [football-cli](https://github.com/ManrajGrover/football-cli) - Get live scores, fixtures, standings of almost every football competition/league. - [pockyt](https://github.com/arvindch/pockyt) - Read, Manage, and Automate your [Pocket](https://getpocket.com) collection. - [newsboat](https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat) - An extendable RSS feed reader for text terminals. ### Music - [cmus](https://github.com/cmus/cmus) - Small, fast and powerful console music player. - [Instant-Music-Downloader](https://github.com/yask123/Instant-Music-Downloader) - Instant music downloader. - [itunes-remote](https://github.com/mischah/itunes-remote) - Control iTunes via CLI. - [pianobar](https://6xq.net/pianobar/) - Pandora client. - [somafm-cli](https://github.com/rockymadden/somafm-cli) - Listen to SomaFM in your terminal. - [nehm](https://github.com/bogem/nehm) - Download tracks from SoundCloud. - [mpd](https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD) - Music Player Daemon. - [ncmpcpp](https://github.com/arybczak/ncmpcpp) - mpd client. - [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) - Console audio player for Linux/UNIX. - [musikcube](https://github.com/clangen/musikcube) - Cross-platform, terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, and server. - [beets](https://github.com/beetbox/beets) - Music library manager and tagger. - [playx](https://github.com/NISH1001/playx) - Stream songs/playlists from various sources. - [spotify-tui](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui) - Spotify client. - [swaglyrics-for-spotify](https://github.com/SwagLyrics/SwagLyrics-For-Spotify) - Spotify lyrics. ### Social Media - [facebook-cli](https://github.com/specious/facebook-cli) - Facebook command line interface. - [TTYtter](https://github.com/oysttyer/oysttyer) - Twitter client. - [Rainbowstream](https://github.com/DTVD/rainbowstream) - A smart and nice Twitter client on the terminal. - [tuir](https://gitlab.com/ajak/tuir) - Reddit TUI. - [WeeChat](https://weechat.org/) - Fast, light and extensible chat client. - [irssi](https://github.com/irssi/irssi) - IRC chat client. - [kirc](https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc) - Tiny IRC client. ### Video - [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) - Download videos from YouTube.com and many other video sites. - [streamlink](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink) - Extract streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing. - [mps-youtube](https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube) - Youtube player. - [mpv](https://mpv.io) - Superior video player. - [editly](https://github.com/mifi/editly) - Declarative video editing. ### Movies - [moviemon](https://github.com/iCHAIT/moviemon) - Everything about your movies. - [movie](https://github.com/mayankchd/movie) - Get movie info or compare movies. ### Games - [Dwarf Fortress](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves) - Roguelike construction and management simulation. - [Cataclysm-DDA](https://cataclysmdda.org) - Turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. ### Books - [epr](https://github.com/wustho/epr) - epub reader. - [Bible.Js CLI](https://github.com/BibleJS/BibleApp) - Bible. - [SpeedRead](https://github.com/sunsations/speed_read) - Spritz-alike speedreader. ## Development - [bcal](https://github.com/jarun/bcal) - Byte CALculator for storage conversions and calculations. - [cgasm](https://github.com/bnagy/cgasm) - Gives x86 assembly documentation. - [legit](https://github.com/captainsafia/legit) - Generate Open Source licences as files or file headers. - [mklicense](https://github.com/cezaraugusto/mklicense) - Create a custom LICENSE file painlessly with customized info. - [rebound](https://github.com/shobrook/rebound) - Fetch Stack Overflow results in your terminal when you get a compiler error. - [bitwise](https://github.com/mellowcandle/bitwise) - Base conversion and bit manipulator in ncurses. - [foy](https://github.com/zaaack/foy) - Lightweight general purpose task runner/build tool. - [just](https://github.com/casey/just) - Modern `make`-like command runner. - [grex](https://github.com/pemistahl/grex) - Generate regular expressions from user-provided test cases. ### Text Editors - [emacs](https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs) - An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more. - [vim](https://github.com/vim/vim) - Vim - the ubiquitous text editor. - [neovim](https://github.com/neovim/neovim) - Vim fork focused on extensibility and usability. - [kakoune](https://github.com/mawww/kakoune) - Modal editor inspired by vim. - [micro](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro) - A simple and intuitive editor. ### Web Development - [caniuse-cmd](https://github.com/sgentle/caniuse-cmd) - Search [caniuse.com](caniuse.com) about browser support of feature. - [is-up-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-up-cli) - Check whether a website is up. - [pageres-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pageres-cli) - Capture website screenshots. - [strip-css-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments-cli) - Strip comments from CSS. - [viewport-list-cli](https://github.com/kevva/viewport-list-cli) - Return a list of devices and their viewports. - [surge](https://surge.sh) - Deploy a directory to the web. - [acmetool](https://github.com/hlandau/acme) - An automatic certificate acquisition tool for ACME (Let's Encrypt). - [loadtest](https://github.com/alexfernandez/loadtest) - Runs a load test on the selected URL. Easy to extend minimally for your own ends. - [wp-cli](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli) - Manage WordPress installations, update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more. - [diff2html-cli](https://github.com/rtfpessoa/diff2html-cli) - Parse git diffs as JSON and generate pretty HTML. - [HTTPie](https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie) - A user-friendly HTTP client. - [serve](https://github.com/zeit/serve) - Easy to use static file server with features like https, CORS and GZIP compression. - [add-gitignore](https://github.com/TejasQ/add-gitignore) - Interactively generate a .gitignore for your project based on your needs. - [Discharge](https://github.com/brandonweiss/discharge) - Deploy static websites to Amazon S3. - [reachable](https://github.com/italolelis/reachable) - Check if a domain is up. - [simplehttp](https://github.com/snwfdhmp/simplehttp) - Easily serve a local directory over http. - [shell2http](https://github.com/msoap/shell2http) - Execute shell commands via HTTP server. - [HTTP Prompt](https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt) - Interactive HTTP client featuring autocomplete and syntax highlighting. - [ipfs-deploy](https://github.com/agentofuser/ipfs-deploy) - Deploy static websites to [IPFS](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs#overviewhttps://github.com/ipfs/ipfs#overview). ### Mobile Development - [mobicon-cli](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/mobicon-cli) - Mobile app icon generator. - [mobisplash-cli](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/mobisplash-cli) - Mobile app splash screen generator. - [deviceframe](https://github.com/c0bra/deviceframe) - Put device frames around your mobile/web/progressive app screenshots. ### Database - [mycli](https://github.com/dbcli/mycli) - MySQL client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. - [pgcli](https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli) - Postgres client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. - [sqlline](https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline) - Shell for issuing SQL via JDBC. - [iredis](https://github.com/laixintao/iredis) - Redis client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. - [usql](https://github.com/xo/usql) - Universal SQL client with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. ### Devops - [htconvert](https://github.com/lukechilds/htconvert) - Convert .htaccess redirects to nginx.conf redirects. - [SAWS](https://github.com/donnemartin/saws) - Supercharged AWS CLI. - [s3cmd](https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd) - Fully-Featured S3 client. - [pm2](https://pm2.io/runtime/) - Production Process Manager for Node.js. - [ops](https://github.com/nanovms/ops) - Unikernel compilation and orchestration tool. - [flog](http://github.com/mingrammer/flog) - A fake log generator for log formats such as apache-common, apache error and RFC3164 syslog. - [isitfit](http://github.com/autofitcloud/isitfit) - Manage AWS EC2 rightsizing. - [k9s](https://github.com/derailed/k9s) - Manage Kubernetes Clusters. - [PingMe](https://github.com/kha7iq/pingme) - Send messages/alerts to multiple messaging platforms & email. ### Docker - [lstags](https://github.com/ivanilves/lstags) - Synchronize images across registries. - [dockly](https://github.com/lirantal/dockly) - Interactively manage containers. - [lazydocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) - Simple docker/docker-compose interface. - [docker-shell](https://github.com/Trendyol/docker-shell) - Simple interactive docker interface. - [docker-pushrm](https://github.com/christian-korneck/docker-pushrm) - Push a readme to container registries. ### Release - [release-it](https://github.com/webpro/release-it) - Automate releases for Git repositories and/or npm packages. Changelog generation, GitHub/GitLab releases, etc. - [clog](https://github.com/clog-tool/clog-cli) - A conventional changelog for the rest of us. - [np](https://github.com/sindresorhus/np) - A better `npm publish`. - [release](https://github.com/zeit/release) - Generate changelogs with a single command. - [semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release) - Fully automated version management and package publishing. ### Npm - [npm-name-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-name-cli) - Check whether a package name is available on npm. - [npm-user-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-user-cli) - Get user info of a npm user. - [npm-home](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-home) - Open the npm page of the package in the current directory. - [pkg-dir-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pkg-dir-cli) - Find the root directory of a npm package. - [npm-check-updates](https://github.com/tjunnone/npm-check-updates) - Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows. - [updates](https://github.com/silverwind/updates) - Flexible npm dependency update tool. - [wipe-modules](https://github.com/bntzio/wipe-modules) - Remove `node_modules` of inactive projects. ### Boilerplate - [yo](https://github.com/yeoman/yo) - Scaffolding tool for running Yeoman generators. - [boilr](https://github.com/tmrts/boilr) - Create projects from boilerplate templates. - [cookiecutter](https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter) - Create projects from templates. - [mevn-cli](http://github.com/madlabsinc/mevn-cli) - Light speed setup for MEVN (Mongo Express Vue Node) Apps. - [scaffold-static](https://github.com/jamesgeorge007/scaffold-static) - Scaffolding utility for vanilla JS. ## Productivity - [AutoScreenshotUploader](https://github.com/yask123/AutoScreenshotUploader) - Capture and upload screenshots to imgur. - [bitly-client](https://github.com/specious/bitly-client) - Bitly client. - [doing](https://github.com/ttscoff/doing/) - Keep track of what you’re doing and track what you’ve done. - [ffscreencast](https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast) - A ffmpeg screencast with video overlay and multi monitor support. - [imgur-uploader-cli](https://github.com/kevva/imgur-uploader-cli) - Upload images to imgur. - [meetup-cli](https://github.com/specious/meetup-cli) - Meetup.com client. - [NeoMutt](https://neomutt.org) - Email client. - [terjira](https://github.com/keepcosmos/terjira) - Jira client. - [ipt](https://github.com/drselump14/ipt) - Pivotal Tracker client. - [g3l](https://github.com/svtek/g3l) - Easiest git cli in the w0rld! - [uber-cli](https://github.com/jaebradley/uber-cli) - Uber client. - [Buku](https://github.com/jarun/Buku) - Browser-independent bookmark manager. - [googler](https://github.com/jarun/googler) - Google from the terminal. - [papis](http://github.com/alejandrogallo/papis) - Extensible document and bibliography manager. ### Time Tracking - [Timetrap](https://github.com/samg/timetrap) - Simple command-line timetracker. - [moro](https://github.com/omidfi/moro) - Simple tool for tracking work hours. - [Timewarrior](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/timewarrior) - Utility with simple stopwatch, calendar-based backfill and flexible reporting. - [Watson](https://github.com/TailorDev/Watson) - Generate reports for clients and manage your time. - [utt](https://github.com/larose/utt) - Simple time tracking tool. ### Note Taking and Lists - [idea](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/idea) - A lightweight tool for keeping ideas in a safe place quick and easy. - [geeknote](https://github.com/VitaliyRodnenko/geeknote) - Evernote client. - [Taskwarrior](http://taskwarrior.org) - Manage your TODO list from your command-line. - [Terminal velocity](https://vhp.github.io/terminal_velocity/) - A fast note-taking app for the terminal. - [eureka](https://github.com/simeg/eureka) - Store your ideas without leaving the terminal. - [sncli](https://github.com/insanum/sncli) - Simplenote client. - [td-cli](https://github.com/darrikonn/td-cli) - A TODO manager to organize and manage your TODO's across multiple projects. - [taskell](https://github.com/smallhadroncollider/taskell) - Interactive kanban board/task manager. - [taskbook](https://github.com/klaussinani/taskbook) - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat. - [dnote](https://github.com/dnote/dnote) - A interactive, multi-device notebook. ### Finance - [ledger](http://ledger-cli.org) - Powerful, double-entry accounting system on the terminal - [moeda](https://github.com/thompsonemerson/moeda) - Foreign exchange rates and currency conversion. - [cash-cli](https://github.com/xxczaki/cash-cli) - Convert Currency Rates. - [cointop](https://github.com/miguelmota/cointop) - Track cryptocurrencies. ### Presentations - [WOPR](https://github.com/yaronn/wopr) - A simple markup language for creating rich terminal reports, presentations and infographics. - [decktape](https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape) - PDF exporter for HTML presentations. - [mdp](https://github.com/visit1985/mdp) - A command-line based markdown presentation tool. - [sent](https://tools.suckless.org/sent/) - Simple plaintext presentation tool. ### Calendars - [calcurse](http://calcurse.org/) - Calendar and scheduling. - [gcalcli](https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli) - Google calendar client. - [khal](https://github.com/pimutils/khal) - CalDAV ready CLI and TUI calendar. - [vdirsyncer](https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer) - CalDAV sync. - [remind](https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind) - A sophisticated calendar and alarm program. ## Utilities - [archive-type-cli](https://github.com/kevva/archive-type-cli) - Detect archive type for a file or stdin. - [s](https://github.com/zquestz/s) - Open a web search in your terminal. - [aria2](https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/aria2) - HTTP, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink download utility. - [wego](https://github.com/schachmat/wego) - Get the weather. - [weather-cli](https://github.com/riyadhalnur/weather-cli) - Check the weather. - [mapscii](https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii) - Terminal Map Viewer. - [getnews.tech](https://github.com/omgimanerd/getnews.tech) - Fetch news headlines from various news outlets. - [carbon-now-cli](https://github.com/mixn/carbon-now-cli) - Generate beautiful images of your code. - [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org) - Password manager. - [gopass](https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass) - Fully-featured password manager. - [awesome-finder](https://github.com/mingrammer/awesome-finder) - Search the awesome lists without a browser. - [shallow-backup](https://github.com/alichtman/shallow-backup) - Git integrated backup tool. ### macOS - [open-pip-cli](https://github.com/albinekb/open-pip-cli) - Watch videos in picture-in-picture player. - [app-path-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/app-path-cli) - Get the path to an app. - [bundle-id-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/bundle-id-cli) - Get bundle identifier from a bundle name: Safari → com.apple.Safari. - [bundle-name-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/bundle-name-cli) - Get bundle name from a bundle identifier: com.apple.Safari → Safari. - [lnfs-cli](https://github.com/kevva/lnfs-cli) - Safely force create symlinks. - [osx-version-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/osx-version-cli) - Get the macOS version. - [osx-wifi-cli](https://github.com/danyshaanan/osx-wifi-cli) - Manage wifi connections. - [active-win-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/active-win-cli) - Get the title/id/etc of the active window. - [stronghold](https://github.com/alichtman/stronghold) - Configure security settings from the terminal. - [website-popup-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/website-popup-cli) - Open a website in a popup. - [dark-mode](https://github.com/sindresorhus/dark-mode) - Toggle dark mode. ### Terminal Sharing Utilities - [gotty](https://github.com/yudai/gotty) - Share your terminal as a web application. - [localtunnel](https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel) - Expose your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing. - [mosh](https://mosh.org/) - Remote SSH client that allows roaming with intermittent connectivity. - [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) - Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost. - [serveo](https://serveo.net/) - Expose local servers to the internet using only a SSH client. - [seashells.io](https://seashells.io/) - Pipe output to the web. - [teleconsole](https://www.teleconsole.com/) - Share your UNIX terminal. - [tmate](https://tmate.io/) - Instant terminal (tmux) sharing. - [warp](https://github.com/spolu/warp) - Secure and simple terminal sharing. - [OverTime](https://github.com/diit/overtime-cli) - Time-overlap tables for remote teams. ### Network Utilities - [get-port-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/get-port-cli) - Get an available port. - [is-reachable-cli](https://github.com/beatfreaker/is-reachable-cli) - Check if hostnames are reachable or not. - [speedtest-net](https://github.com/ddsol/speedtest.net) - Test internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net. - [speed-test](https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test) - `speedtest-net` wrapper with different UI. - [speedtest-cli](https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli) - Test internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. - [bandwhich](https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich) - Track bandwidth utilization by process. ### Theming and Customization - [splash-cli](https://github.com/rawnly/splash-cli) - Beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash. - [wallpaper-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/wallpaper-cli) - Get or set the desktop wallpaper. - [themer](https://github.com/mjswensen/themer) - Generate personalized themes for your editor, terminal, wallpaper, Slack, and more. - [JackPaper](https://github.com/jackel27/jackpaper) - Set images from Unsplash as wallpaper. - [pywal](https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal) - Generate and change color-schemes, then apply them system-wide to all of your favourite programs. - [QuickWall](https://github.com/deepjyoti30/QuickWall) - Directly set wallpapers from Unsplash. ### Shell Utilities - [has](https://github.com/kdabir/has) - Checks for the presence of various commands and their versions on the path. - [Ultimate Plumber](https://github.com/akavel/up) - Write Linux pipes with live previews. - [fkill-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/fkill-cli) - Simple cross-platform process killer. - [task-spooler](http://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/soft/ts) - Queue jobs for linear execution. - [undollar](https://github.com/ImFeelingDucky/undollar) - Strip the '$' preceding copy-pasted terminal commands. - [pipe_exec](https://github.com/koraa/pipe_exec) - Run executables from stdin, pipes and ttys without creating a temporary file. ### System Interaction Utilities - [battery-level-cli](https://github.com/gillstrom/battery-level-cli) - Get current battery level. - [brightness-cli](https://github.com/kevva/brightness-cli) - Change screen brightness ([windows](https://github.com/sondreb/win-brightness)). - [yank](https://github.com/mptre/yank) - Yank terminal output to clipboard. - [screensaver](https://github.com/gillstrom/screensaver) - Start the screensaver. - [google-font-installer](https://github.com/lordgiotto/google-font-installer) - Download and install Google Web Fonts on your local machine. - [neofetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch) - System information tool. - [Glances](https://nicolargo.github.io/glances) - System monitoring tool. ### Markdown - [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc) - Generates table of contents for markdown files. - [grip](https://github.com/joeyespo/grip) - Preview markdown files as GitHub would render them. - [mdv](https://github.com/axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer) - Styled terminal markdown viewer. ## Command Line Learning - [cmdchallenge](https://cmdchallenge.com/) - presents small shell challenge with user submitted solutions. - [explainshell](http://www.explainshell.com/) - type a command line snippet to see the help text for each argument. - [howdoi](https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi) - Instant coding answers via the command line. - [how2](https://github.com/santinic/how2) - Finds the simplest way to do something on a unix bash command line (Nodejs implementation of howdoi). - [The Fuck](https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck) - Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command. - [tldr](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr) - Simplified and community-driven man pages. - [Wat](https://github.com/dthree/wat) - Instant, central, community-built docs. - [teachcode](https://github.com/madlabsinc/teachcode) - A tool to develop and improve a student’s programming skills by introducing the earliest lessons of coding. - [navi](https://github.com/denisidoro/navi) - Interactive cheatsheet tool. ## Data Manipulation - [visidata](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata) - Spreadsheet multitool for data discovery and arrangement. ### Processors - [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) - JSON processor. - [yq](https://github.com/kislyuk/yq) - YAML processor. - [dasel](https://github.com/tomwright/dasel) - JSON/YAML/TOML/XML processor (like jq/yq). - [yaml-cli](https://github.com/pandastrike/yaml-cli) - Query/update YAML. - [ramda-cli](https://github.com/raine/ramda-cli) - Process data with functional pipelines. ### JSON - [jp](https://github.com/therealklanni/jp) - JSON parser. - [fx](https://github.com/antonmedv/fx) - Command-line JSON viewer. - [vj](https://github.com/busyloop/vj) - Makes JSON human readable. - [underscore-cli](https://github.com/ddopson/underscore-cli) - Utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript. - [strip-json-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - Strip comments from JSON. - [GROQ](https://github.com/sanity-io/groq-cli) – JSON processor with queries and projections. ### Columns - [parse-columns-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parse-columns-cli) - Parse text columns to JSON. - [q](http://harelba.github.io/q/) - Execution of SQL-like queries on CSV/TSV/tabular text file. ### Text - [figlet](http://www.figlet.org/) - Creates large text out of ASCII characters. - [stegcloak](https://github.com/kurolabs/stegcloak) - Hide secrets with invisible characters in plain text securely. ## Files and Directories ### File Managers - [ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) - A console file manager with VI key bindings. - [midnight-commander](https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc) - A feature rich visual file manager. - [Vifm](https://vifm.info/) - VI influnced file manager. - [nnn](https://github.com/jarun/nnn) - File browser and disk usage analyzer with excellent desktop integration. - [lf](https://github.com/gokcehan/lf) - Fast, extensively customizable file manager. - [fff](https://github.com/dylanaraps/fff) - Fast, simple file manager. ### Deleting, Copying, and Renaming - [trash-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash-cli) - Move files and directories to the trash. - [empty-trash-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/empty-trash-cli) - Empty the trash. - [del-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/del-cli) - Delete files and folders. - [cpy-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy-cli) - Copies files. - [rename-cli](https://github.com/jhotmann/node-rename-cli) - Rename files quickly. - [renameutils](https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils) - Mass renaming in your editor. - [diskonaut](https://github.com/imsnif/diskonaut) - Disk space navigator. ### Files - [chokidar-cli](https://github.com/kimmobrunfeldt/chokidar-cli) - CLI to watch file system changes. - [file-type-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type-cli) - Detect the file type of a file or stdin. - [bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) - A cat clone with syntax highlighting. - [NCDu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) - A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface. - [unix-permissions](https://github.com/ehmicky/unix-permissions) - Swiss Army knife for Unix permissions. - [transmission-cli](https://transmissionbt.com) - Torrent client for your command line. - [webtorrent-cli](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-cli) – Streaming torrent client. - [entr](https://github.com/eradman/entr) - Run an arbitrary command when files change. - [organize-cli](https://github.com/ManrajGrover/organize-cli) - Organize your files automatically. - [organize-rt](https://gitlab.com/FixFromDarkness/organize-rt) - organize-cli in Rust with more customization. ### File Sync/Sharing - [rclone](https://github.com/ncw/rclone) - Sync files with various cloud providers. - [ffsend](https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend) - Quick file share. - [share-cli](https://github.com/marionebl/share-cli) - Share files with your local network. - [google-drive-upload](https://github.com/labbots/google-drive-upload) - Upload/sync with Google Drive. - [gdrive-downloader](https://github.com/Akianonymus/gdrive-downloader) - Download files/folders from Google Drive. ### Directory Listing - [alder](https://github.com/aweary/alder) - Minimal `tree` with colors. - [exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa) - Improved version of `ls`. - [tre](https://github.com/dduan/tre) - `tree` with git awareness, editor aliasing, and more. - [ll](https://github.com/antonmedv/ll) - `ls` with git status. ### Directory Navigation - [autojump](https://github.com/wting/autojump) - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line. - [fasd](https://github.com/clvv/fasd) - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v. - [pm](https://github.com/Angelmmiguel/pm) - The easy way to switch to your projects on the shell. - [z](https://github.com/rupa/z) - z is the new j, yo. - [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. - [fz](https://github.com/changyuheng/fz) - Seamless fuzzy tab completion for z. - [goto](https://github.com/iridakos/goto) - Directory aliases for the shell with autocomplete. - [z.lua](https://github.com/skywind3000/z.lua) - `cd` command that learns your habits. - [zoxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide) - Fast directory jumper in Rust. ### Search - [happyfinder](https://github.com/hugows/hf) - (another) Fuzzy file finder for the command line. - [find-up-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/find-up-cli) - Find a file by walking up parent directories. - [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) - A line-oriented search tool that recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern. - [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. - [fselect](https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect) - Find files with SQL-like queries. - [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to `find`. - [broot](https://github.com/Canop/broot) - Fuzzy finder similar to fzf, but with space usage visualization. ## Version Control - [SnowFS](https://github.com/snowtrack/snowfs) - A fast, scalable version control system for binaries. ### Git - [CLI GitHub](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/cli-github) - :tv: A fancy GitHub client for command line. - [Gistup](https://github.com/mbostock/gistup) - Create a gist from terminal, then use git to update it. - [git commander](https://github.com/golbin/git-commander) - A git tool with a easy terminal interface. - [git-stats](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-stats) - :four_leaf_clover: A GitHub-like contributions calendar, but locally, with all your git commits. - [hub](https://github.com/github/hub) - A command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub. - [dev-time](https://github.com/samverschueren/dev-time-cli) - Get the current local time of a GitHub user. - [git-labelmaker](https://github.com/himynameisdave/git-labelmaker) - Edit GitHub labels from the command line. - [tig](https://github.com/jonas/tig) - Text-mode interface for Git. - [grv](https://github.com/rgburke/grv) - Text-mode interface for Git with customisable vi bindings. - [git-standup](https://github.com/kamranahmedse/git-standup) - Recall what you did on the last working day. - [git-secret](https://github.com/sobolevn/git-secret) - Store your private data inside a git repository. - [gitlab-cli](https://github.com/vishwanatharondekar/gitlab-cli) - gitlab cli for creating merge request from the command line. - [git-extras](https://github.com/tj/git-extras) - Little git extras like git-ignore, git-setup, git-changelog, git-release, git-effort and more. - [gita](https://github.com/nosarthur/gita) - Manage multiple git repos side by side for sanity. - [readme-md-generator](https://github.com/kefranabg/readme-md-generator) - Generate README.md files interactively. - [semantic-git-commit-cli](https://github.com/JPeer264/node-semantic-git-commit-cli) - Ensure semantic commits messages. - [import-github-labels-cli](https://github.com/abhijithvijayan/import-github-labels-cli) - Sync labels between Github repos. - [git-all-branches](https://github.com/zacanger/git-all-branches) - Improved `git branch -a`. ## Images ### Gif Creation - [gifgen](https://github.com/lukechilds/gifgen) - Simple high quality GIF encoding. - [gifsicle](https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle) - Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations. - [ttygif](https://github.com/icholy/ttygif) - Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs. - [ttygif](https://github.com/sugyan/ttygif) - ttyrec to gif. - [ttystudio](https://github.com/chjj/ttystudio) - A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches. - [asciinema](https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema) - Terminal session recorder and the best companion of asciinema.org. - [givegif](https://github.com/passy/givegif) - GIFs on the command line. ### Image Conversion - [imgp](https://github.com/jarun/imgp) - Blazing fast batch image resizer and rotator. - [korkut](https://github.com/oguzhaninan/korkut) - Quick and simple image processing. - [imagemagick](https://imagemagick.org) - Gold standard for anything images. ### SVG - [SVGO](https://github.com/svg/svgo) - SVG Optimizer is a Nodejs-based tool for optimizing SVG vector graphics files. ## Screensavers - [cmatrix](https://github.com/Treri/cmatrix) - Show a scrolling 'Matrix' like screen. - [pipes.sh](https://github.com/pipeseroni/pipes.sh) - Shows random pipes that grow across the screen. - [YuleLog](https://github.com/Duroktar/YuleLog) - Terminal based Christmas YuleLog fireplace. - [cli-fireplace](https://github.com/dolsup/cli-fireplace) - Shows digital fireplace. ## Graphics - [cli-mandelbrot](https://github.com/danyshaanan/cli-mandelbrot) - A cli for traversing the Mandelbrot fractal. - [sparkly-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/sparkly-cli) - Generate sparklines ▁▂▃▅▂▇.. - [pastel](https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel) - Generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. ## Just for Fun - [cowsay](https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay) - A configurable talking cow (and other animals). - [quote-cli](https://github.com/riyadhalnur/quote-cli) - Get a random quote or the quote of the day in your CLI. - [fortune](https://github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod) - Shows a random fortune. - [ponysay](https://github.com/erkin/ponysay) - Pony rewrite of cowsay. - [yosay](https://github.com/yeoman/yosay) - Like cowsay, but for yeoman. - [lolcat](https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat) - Outputs text in rainbow colors. - [text-meme](https://github.com/beatfreaker/text-meme-cli) - Generate text memes. - [dankcli](https://github.com/sggts04/dankcli) - Add text to meme image templates. - [ricksay](https://github.com/roma-guru/ricksay) - Quotes from Rick and Morty. ## Other - [birthday](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/birthday) - Know when a friend's birthday is coming. - [detect-indent-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/detect-indent-cli) - Detect the indentation of code. - [fullname-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/fullname-cli) - Get the fullname of the current user. - [gzip-size-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gzip-size-cli) - Get the gzipped size of a file or stdin. - [HASHA -cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/hasha-cli) - Hashing made simple. Get the hash of text or stdin. - [kill-tabs](https://github.com/sindresorhus/kill-tabs) - Kill all Chrome tabs to improve performance, decrease battery usage, and save memory. - [leven-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/leven-cli) - Measure the difference between two strings using the Levenshtein distance algorithm. - [mdlt](https://github.com/metadelta/mdlt) - Do quick math right from the command line. - [medium-cli](https://github.com/djadmin/medium-cli) - Read [medium.com](https://medium.com/) stories within your terminal, also gives top stories. - [open-shortcut-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/open-shortcut-cli) - Open the URL from a web shortcut file in the browser. - [shortcut-url-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/shortcut-url-cli) - Get the URL from a web shortcut file. - [to-double-quotes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/to-double-quotes-cli) - Convert matching single-quotes to double-quotes: I 'love' unicorns => I "love" unicorns. - [to-single-quotes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/to-single-quotes-cli) - Convert matching double-quotes to single-quotes: I "love" unicorns → I 'love' unicorns. - [gdb-dashboard](https://github.com/cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard) - Modular visual interface for GDB in Python. - [hget](https://github.com/bevacqua/hget) - Render websites in plain text from your terminal. - [google-wifi-status](https://github.com/joelgeorgev/google-wifi-status) - A Node.js CLI app that displays status of your Google Wifi / OnHub router. - [calories](https://github.com/zupzup/calories) - Calories and weight tracker. - [trino](https://github.com/eneserdogan/trino) - Trino CLI allows a quick and easy translation of words and phrases entered in the command line. - [alex](https://github.com/wooorm/alex) - This enhances texts with checking for insensitive, inconsiderate writing by catching many possible offences. - [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. - [nasa-cli](https://github.com/xxczaki/nasa-cli) - Download NASA Picture of the Day from your terminal. - [googlr](https://github.com/Camji55/googlr) - Search Google from the command line. - [Qalculate](https://github.com/Qalculate/libqalculate) - Calculate non-trival math expressions. Unit conversions, symbolic calculations and more. - [translate-shell](https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell) - Google Translate interface. ### Emoji - [emoj](https://github.com/sindresorhus/emoj) - Find relevant emoji from text on the command-line. - [emoji-finder](https://github.com/dematerializer/emoji-finder) - Quickly find and copy emoji to the clipboard via the command-line. - [oji](https://github.com/xxczaki/oji) - Interactive text emoji maker. - [gitmoji-cli](https://github.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji-cli) - Use emoji in commit messages. - [gitmoji-changelog](https://github.com/frinyvonnick/gitmoji-changelog) - Generate gitmoji changelogs. ## Other Awesome Lists - [awesome-command-line-apps](https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-command-line-apps#readme) – An alternative awesome list of cli apps. - [awesome-macos-command-line](https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line#readme) - Shell commands and tools specific to macOS. - [awesome-git-addons](https://github.com/stevemao/awesome-git-addons#readme) - Addons that extend git cli. - [awesome-shell](https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell#readme) – Command-line utilities and frameworks. - [terminals-are-sexy](https://github.com/k4m4/terminals-are-sexy#readme) – Terminal frameworks, plugins & resources. - [awesome-zsh-plugins](https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins#readme) – ZSH frameworks, plugins, tutorials & themes. - [awesome-nodejs clis](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs#command-line-apps) – Node.js modules and resources. ## License [](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) 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.