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🖥 📊 🕹 🛠 A curated list of command line apps

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jqlang/jq

Command-line JSON processor

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C Pipenv

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#jq

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-18
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 458 open

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Forks: 1,806
Commits: 1,929 commits
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fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool.

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#bsdfetch #command-line #fastfetch #fetch #flashfetch #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-02-18
License: MIT
Issues: 58 open

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Forks: 830
Commits: 7,557 commits
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jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

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#android #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #developer-tools

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-07
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 4 open

21,692

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Forks: 808
Commits: 4,611 commits
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jonas/tig

Text-mode interface for git

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#c #git #ncurses #tui

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-04-10
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 218 open

13,272

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Forks: 649
Commits: 2,910 commits
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cmus/cmus

Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.

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Updated: 2026-01-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-06-05
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 223 open

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Forks: 522
Commits: 2,372 commits
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andmarti1424/sc-im

sc-im - Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised -- An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal

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#console #console-application #ncurses #spreadsheet #terminal #terminal-app

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-10
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 115 open

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Forks: 233
Commits: 1,572 commits
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eradman/entr

Run arbitrary commands when files change

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#inotify #kqueue #test-automation

Updated: 2026-06-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-07
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

5,616

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Forks: 123
Commits: 601 commits
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visit1985/mdp

A command-line based markdown presentation tool.

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#command-line #markdown #presentation

Updated: 2025-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-10
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 12 open

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Forks: 263
Commits: 305 commits
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abishekvashok/cmatrix

Terminal based "The Matrix" like implementation

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #matrix #screensaver

Updated: 2024-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-23
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 80 open

5,140

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Forks: 527
Commits: 121 commits
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kohler/gifsicle

Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations

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Updated: 2026-01-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-03-01
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 25 open

4,266

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Forks: 254
Commits: 899 commits
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icholy/ttygif

Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs

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GitHub topics

#gifs #terminal

Updated: 2025-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-22
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

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Forks: 248
Commits: 231 commits
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irssi/irssi

The client of the future

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C Meson

GitHub topics

#irc #irc-client #irc-protocol #irssi

Updated: 2026-02-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-09-03
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 226 open

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Forks: 389
Commits: 6,931 commits
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da-luce/astroterm

A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐

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C Meson

GitHub topics

#ascii #ascii-art #c #command-line #console #linux

Updated: 2026-04-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-06-16
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

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Forks: 47
Commits: 193 commits
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leo-arch/clifm

💾 The shell-like, command line terminal file manager

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#autosuggestion #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #console

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-19
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 25 open

1,698

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Forks: 51
Commits: 10,179 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mptre/yank

Yank terminal output to clipboard

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Updated: 2026-03-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-24
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

1,698

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Forks: 48
Commits: 210 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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theZiz/aha

Ansi HTML Adapter

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Updated: 2023-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-08
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 24 open

1,076

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Forks: 90
Commits: 181 commits
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MidnightCommander/mc

Midnight Commander's repository

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#c #console #file-manager #midnight-commander #terminal-based

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 1997-01-01
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 683 open

910

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Forks: 94
Commits: 16,982 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mellowcandle/bitwise

Terminal based bit manipulator in ncurses

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GitHub topics

#bitwise #bitwise-operation #c #curses #linux #terminal-app

Updated: 2026-05-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-07
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

715

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Forks: 30
Commits: 264 commits
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jarun/bcal

:1234: Bits, bytes and general-purpose calculator

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#calculator #cli #command-line #console #developer-tools #expression-evaluator

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-21
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

695

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 405 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mcpcpc/kirc

Lightweight terminal IRC client

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GitHub topics

#client #irc #portable

Updated: 2026-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-06
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

546

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 276 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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shlomif/fortune-mod

Implementation of the Unix fortune command for displaying a random quotation, for Linux and other systems.

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#floss #fortune #fortune-cookie #fortune-mod #foss #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-05-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-02
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

536

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 826 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nitinbhat972/cwal

Blazing-fast pywal-like color palette generator written in C.

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C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #color-palette #cwal #palette-generator #pywal #theming

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-26
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

116

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 174 commits
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koraa/pipe_exec

Execute binaries from pipes, stdin and ttys

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Updated: 2026-02-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-03
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 27 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JosefVesely/img2ascii

🏞️ A command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art

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GitHub topics

#ascii #ascii-art #c #cli #command-line #cross-platform

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-08
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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raforg/rawhide

find files using pretty C expressions

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GitHub topics

#c #command-line #cygwin #file #find #freebsd

Updated: 2025-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1990-02-18
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 141 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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