CLI Applications

A brief overview of command line interface applications I use and higly recommend! See GUI Applications for more applications.

awless

AWS CLI wrapper
written in Go
intuitive set of (sub)commands
templating language
different terminal outputs

bat

cat alternative
written in Rust
syntax highlightning
Git integration
automatic paging

cheat.sh

cheatsheet interface
written in Python
56 programming languages, several DBMSes, and more than 1000 UNIX/Linux commands
simple curl/browser interface
fast
CLI client cht.sh

cloc

count lines of code
written in Perl
autodetects languages
comments agnostic

diff-so-fancy

alternative for git diff
customizable and nice looking
written in Perl

In your git config:

[pager]
   diff = diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=1,5 -RFX
   show = diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=1,5 -RFX

exa

ls alternative
similar to lsd
written in Rust
fast
colored multi column output
respects git status
single binary

extract

oh-my-zsh plugin
written in bash
auto detects and extracts various compressed formats
simple and easy to use
required "backend" commands (like zip or tar) must be installed

fd

find alternative
written in Rust
fast
provides sane defaults
does not intend to fully replace find

figlet

ASCII letter generator
cross platform
customizable

fzf

command line fuzyy finder
written in Golang
endless use cases
portable
Integration in tmux, vim, bash, zsh, ...

See here for some of my tweaks

fasd

fast navigation in your shell
written in shell
quickaccess to files, directories
inspired by autojump, z, and v

glances

fancy top alternative
written in Python
similar to gotop and htop
including webserver
cross platform
remote monitoring

gotop

fancy top alternative
written in Go
similar to glances and htop
colorscheme support
includes network, temperatures and more

hledger

double entry accounting
written in Haskell
ledger compatible
Web UI, ncurses, API, reports, and more

htop is a enhanced version of top which comes preinstalled on most systems.

P → sort by CPU
M → sort by memory usage
F4 → filter processes by string
space → mark a single process

Settings are stored in $HOME/.config/htop/htoprc but overwritten by the application by pressing F10 save and exit.

Alternatives may be glances and gotop

iftop

top like interface for bandwidth usage
written in C

iotop

top like interface for ingoing/outgoing
written in python

isync

IMAP and MailDir synchronization
written in C
control every aspect of synchronization

khard

CardDAV client
written in Python
mutt integration
in combination with vdirsyncer

khal

calendar application
written in Python
reads and writes events/icalendars
in combination with vdirsyncer

lsd

ls alternative
similar to exa
written in Rust
fast
colored multi column output
single binary
icons

msmtp

SMTP Client
written in C
sendmail compatible

mu-repo

manage multiple git repos
run git commands on multiple repos
discover git repos in your file system

mutt

full featured mail client
written in C
highly customizable and scriptable
vim like keybindings

ncdu

ncurses disk usage
written in C
fast and simple to use

ngrep

user friendly tcpdump alternative
written in C
PCAP based

Pandoc

text converter
written in Haskell
supports many many formats
md to pdf, html, ...

prettyping

wrapper around ping
written in bash
colorful and easy to read

procs

alternative to ps
written in Rust
open source
nice looking and handy functionality
customizable

ranger

file manager
written in Python
three pane or two pane style
highly customizable and scriptable
vim like keybindings
alternatives: vifm, nnn, mc

ripgrep

grep alternative
written in Rust
fast
mostly grep compatible
sane default settings

Comprehensive comparison of grep alternatives.

spacemacs

Emacs distribution
combines Emacs and Vim
written in elisp

Vim distribution
like spacemacs for Vim
written in Vim script

ssh_scan

SSH configuration and policy scanner
written in Ruby
by Mozilla
portable and configurable

storm

ssh management wrapper
written in Python
add, edit, delete, and list your .ssh/config entries
various UIs

sxhkd

hotkey utility
written in C
works across all Distributions with x server

translate-shell

language translation in your shell
powered by Google Translate (default) , Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate, and Apertium
written in Awk
self contained executable

tig

modern text interface for git
written in C
ncurses GUI

tmux

terminal multiplexer
alternative to screen
written in C
basic intro

trash-cli

rm alternative with trashcan
written in Python
deleted files can be restored

urlview

extract URLs from text
written in C
mutt and tmux integration and more

vagrant

build your environments
VirtualBox, VMWare, KVM, Public Cloud, ...
written in Ruby
cross platform

vdirsyncer

synchronize calendars and contacts
written in Python
CardDAV / CalDAV support
fine control

w3m

text-based web browser
written in C
Vim like keybindings
renders html for other apps (like mutt)
alternatives: links2, Lynx, Elinks

xsv

CSV parsing and manipulation
written in Rust
indexing, slicing, analyzing, splitting and joining

Search by column and output specific columns

  xsv search -d ';' -s Role \
  data.csv  \
  | xsv select Name,Location \
  | xsv table

Join two csv tables and write in new csv

xsv join -d ';' Name data.csv Name status.csv | xsv fmt -t ';' > joined.csv

youtube-dl

download videos from video platforms
written in Python
by far not limited to youtube
convert videos to mp4

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