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ast-grep/ast-grep

⚡A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust

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Rust pytest Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#ast #babel #codemod #codereview #command-line #command-line-tool

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-01
License: MIT
Issues: 41 open

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Forks: 404
Commits: 4,242 commits
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dbcli/pgcli

Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#database #postgres #postgresql #psql #python

Updated: 2026-06-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-12
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 45 open

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Forks: 602
Commits: 2,428 commits
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dbcli/mycli

A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#auto-completion #database #mycli #mysql #python #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 11 open

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Forks: 695
Commits: 3,355 commits
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mps-youtube/yewtube

yewtube, forked from mps-youtube , is a Terminal based YouTube player and downloader. No Youtube API key required.

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Python PEP 517 pip Pipenv

Updated: 2026-03-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-17
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 225 open

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Forks: 670
Commits: 2,119 commits
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pemistahl/grex

A command-line tool and Rust library with Python bindings for generating regular expressions from user-provided test cases

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Rust pytest Cargo PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line-tool #python #python-library #regex #regex-pattern

Updated: 2026-02-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-10-05
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 18 open

8,153

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Forks: 194
Commits: 445 commits
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insanum/gcalcli

Google Calendar Command Line Interface

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Python PEP 517 pip

Updated: 2025-10-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-25
License: MIT
Issues: 171 open

3,735

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Forks: 338
Commits: 616 commits
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lxgr-linux/pokete

A terminal based Pokemon like game

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Python Go modules PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cli-game #console-game #game #linux #pokemon #python

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-19
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

3,138

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Forks: 256
Commits: 2,427 commits
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yvgude/lean-ctx

Control what your AI can see. LeanCTX (Lean Context) is the context intelligence layer for AI agents — one local Rust binary that decides what they read, remembers what they learn, guards what they touch, and proves what they save. 60–90% fewer tokens as the receipt. 76 MCP tools, 30+ agents, local-first.

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Rust Axum Express pytest React Cargo Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#agentic-coding #ai #ai-agents #ai-coding #claude-code #context-engineering

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-23
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 17 open

3,120

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Forks: 293
Commits: 2,831 commits
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pimutils/khal

:calendar: CLI calendar application

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#calendar #icalendar #python #terminal

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-06
License: MIT
Issues: 261 open

3,033

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Forks: 229
Commits: 2,795 commits
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kislyuk/yq

Command-line YAML, XML, TOML processor - jq wrapper for YAML/XML/TOML documents

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Python PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #jq #json #xml #yaml

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-12
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 23 open

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Forks: 85
Commits: 273 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: +2 +0.7%

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nschloe/tiptop

:desktop_computer: Command-line system monitoring

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Python PEP 517

Updated: 2025-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-21
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

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Forks: 86
Commits: 279 commits
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pimutils/vdirsyncer

📇 Synchronize calendars and contacts.

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#caldav #calendar #carddav #cli #contacts #icalendar

Updated: 2026-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-14
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 222 open

1,848

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Forks: 181
Commits: 2,472 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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papis/papis

Powerful and highly extensible command-line based document and bibliography manager.

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HTML pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#arxiv #biblatex #bibtex #citation #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-16
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 87 open

1,738

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Forks: 120
Commits: 3,543 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pls-rs/pls

pls is a prettier and powerful ls(1) for the pros.

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Rust Astro Svelte Vite Cargo PEP 517 pnpm

GitHub topics

#cli #ls #rust #terminal

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-06-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

951

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Forks: 32
Commits: 475 commits
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updatecli/updatecli

A Declarative Update Policy Engine

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Go Cobra Flask gRPC Go pytest Cargo Go modules Maven

GitHub topics

#continuous-updates #dependency-manager #devops #gitops #good-first-issue #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-01-25
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 117 open

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Forks: 134
Commits: 2,878 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mensfeld/code-on-incus

Give each AI agent its own isolated machine with root, Docker, and systemd. Active defense detects and stops threats automatically.

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Python Cobra pytest Go modules PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#agentic-ai #ai-tools #anthropic #claude #claude-code #cli

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-08
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

573

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Forks: 44
Commits: 954 commits
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marph91/jimmy

Convert your notes to Markdown

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#bear #cherrytree #google-keep #joplin #markdown #markdown-converter

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-04-01
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 12 open

490

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Forks: 24
Commits: 842 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aannoo/hcom

Let AI agents message, watch, and spawn each other across terminals. Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, Cursor CLI, OpenCode, Kilo, Pi, Kimi

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Rust React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#agent #agent-skills #ai #ai-agents #ai-tools #antigravity

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2025-07-21
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

377

stars

Forks: 52
Commits: 340 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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navig-me/telert

Command‑line and Python utility that alerts on command completion, code execution and system monitoring events

Stack

Python pytest npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#alert #cli #command-line #discord #email #fly-io

Updated: 2025-12-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-23
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

284

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 159 commits
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mpryor/nothing-less

A TUI pager with advanced support for tabular data, inferring/swapping delimiters, and real-time event parsing.

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 Poetry

GitHub topics

#cli #datawrangling #devops-tools #json #kubernetes #python

Updated: 2026-05-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-09-23
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

267

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 332 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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slavaGanzin/await

40K, small memory footprint, single binary that run list of commands in parallel and waits for their termination

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Python pytest CMake PEP 517 uv

GitHub topics

#async #bash #ci #cli #command-line-tool #devops

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-25
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

266

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 293 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alexdlaird/amazon-orders

A Python library (and CLI) for Amazon order history, line items, and transactions

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#amazon #beautifulsoup #cli #order-history #python #receipts

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-01-05
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

159

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 960 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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pycontribs/mk

mk ease contributing to any open source repository by exposing most common actions you can run. Inspired by make, tox and other cool tools!

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Python pytest npm PEP 517 uv

GitHub topics

#cli #git #mk #pep-621 #productivity #tox

Updated: 2026-06-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-07
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

133

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 243 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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roboticforce/sugar

Persistent memory for AI coding agents. Local-first, cross-session context, global knowledge, and optional autonomous task execution.

AI dev

Stack

Python Express pytest Starlette npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #ai-coding #ai-development #ai-memory #autonomous-ai #claude-code

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-08-21
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 4 open

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 413 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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acrotron/aye-chat

Aye Chat: AI-powered terminal workspace

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-10-03
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 968 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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HzaCode/OneCite

📚 Only Cite what you can verify

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#agent-skills #arxiv #bibliography #bibtex #citation #citation-style-language

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-08-12
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aliyun/rdsai-cli

RDSAI CLI is a next-generation, AI-powered RDS CLI that transforms how you interact with the databasea

AI dev

Stack

Python LangChain pytest PEP 517 pip uv

GitHub topics

#agent #agentic #ai #cli #python

Updated: 2026-05-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-12-17
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 150 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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DimwitLabs/Prosaic

A writer-first terminal writing app built with Python and Textual

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#copilot-assisted #llm-assisted #prose #tui #tui-app #writing

Updated: 2026-05-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-19
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 2
Commits: 77 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vitaly-zdanevich/geeknote

Console client for Evernote. This is the current alive working fork (in 2026)

Stack

Python PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line-interface #evernote #knowledge-base #notebook

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-21
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 1,027 commits
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