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🖥 📊 🕹 🛠 A curated list of command line apps

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yt-dlp/yt-dlp

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #downloader #python #sponsorblock #youtube-dl #youtube-downloader

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2008-07-21
License: Unlicense
Issues: 2,511 open

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Forks: 14,712
Commits: 23,908 commits
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cookiecutter/cookiecutter

A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects.

Stack

Python pytest Starlette pip uv

GitHub topics

#cookiecutter #python

Updated: 2026-04-01
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-14
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 302 open

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Forks: 2,251
Commits: 3,143 commits
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beetbox/beets

music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger

AI dev

Stack

Python Flask pytest pip uv

GitHub topics

#cli #hacktoberfest #music #music-library #musicbrainz #python

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2008-05-14
License: MIT
Issues: 710 open

15,368

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Forks: 2,055
Commits: 14,895 commits
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sshuttle/sshuttle

Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.

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Python pytest pip uv

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-05-01
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 212 open

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Forks: 789
Commits: 1,324 commits
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streamlink/streamlink

Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player

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Python pytest pip uv

GitHub topics

#cli #livestream #python #streaming #streaming-services #streamlink

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2011-08-15
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 72 open

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Forks: 1,187
Commits: 5,964 commits
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jarun/buku

:bookmark: Personal mini-web in text

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Python Flask pytest pip uv

GitHub topics

#bookmark #bookmark-manager #bookmarks #cli #command-line #console

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-11-01
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

7,161

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Forks: 317
Commits: 2,250 commits
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ChrisBuilds/terminaltexteffects

TerminalTextEffects (TTE) is a terminal visual effects engine, application, and Python library.

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#ascii-art #terminal-based #visual-effects #visualisation

Updated: 2026-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-24
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

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Forks: 93
Commits: 1,795 commits
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PabloLec/RecoverPy

Interactively find and recover deleted or :point_right: overwritten :point_left: files from your terminal

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #console #cybersecurity #data #data-recovery #files

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-24
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

1,771

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Forks: 88
Commits: 1,448 commits
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actionbook/actionbook

Let your AI agent get the sources behind logins and paywalls.

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Rust Express Flask Next.js pytest Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #browser-automation #rust #skills

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-28
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 8 open

1,578

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Forks: 114
Commits: 1,633 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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antoniorodr/cronboard

A terminal-based dashboard for managing cron jobs locally and on servers.

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Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #cron #cron-job #cron-jobs #cronjob #cronjob-scheduler

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-10-08
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 6 open

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Forks: 56
Commits: 339 commits
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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

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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
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ozeranskii/httptap

Rich-powered CLI that breaks each HTTP request into DNS, connect, TLS, wait, and transfer phases with waterfall timelines, compact summaries, or metrics-only output.

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #diagnostics #http #http2 #monitoring #networking

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-10-22
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 10 open

511

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Forks: 22
Commits: 209 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +1 +0.5%

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slavaGanzin/await

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

AI dev

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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

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Forks: 10
Commits: 293 commits
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sarvjeets/lakshmi

Investing library and command-line interface inspired by the Bogleheads philosophy

Stack

Python uv

GitHub topics

#asset-allocation #bogleheads #command-line-tool #commandline #finance #investing

Updated: 2026-06-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-11
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 10
Commits: 579 commits
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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

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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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ytreister/gibr

A smarter CLI for creating Git branches.

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#automation #cli #developer-tools #devtools #git #github

Updated: 2026-01-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-26
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

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Forks: 8
Commits: 63 commits
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primaprashant/hns

hns is a speech-to-text CLI tool to transcribe your voice from your microphone directly to clipboard. Integrate hns with Claude Code, Ollama, LLM, and more CLI tools for powerful workflows.

AI dev

Stack

Python uv

GitHub topics

#cli #clipboard #faster-whisper #python #speech-to-text #whisper

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-30
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

109

stars

Forks: 14
Commits: 36 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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silverwind/updates

CLI tool to update npm, uv, cargo, go and actions dependencies

AI dev

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TypeScript Express React Vite Vue Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#bun #cargo #dependabot #dependencies #dependency-management #dependency-manager

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-03
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 6 open

106

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 1,568 commits
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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

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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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Shiphero/shbin

turns a Github repo into a pastebin

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#command-line-tool #gists #git #github #github-api #pastebin

Updated: 2025-04-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-18
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

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Forks: 4
Commits: 132 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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