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🖥 📊 🕹 🛠 A curated list of command line apps

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neovim/neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

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Vim Script CMake

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#api #c #lua #neovim #nvim #text-editor

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-31
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,910 open

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vim/vim

The official Vim repository

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Vim Script

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#c #cross-platform #text-editor #vim

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2004-06-13
License: Vim
Issues: 1,628 open

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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

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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

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abishekvashok/cmatrix

Terminal based "The Matrix" like implementation

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C CMake

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#c #matrix #screensaver

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

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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

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#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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Commits: 193 commits
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leo-arch/clifm

💾 The shell-like, command line terminal file manager

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C CMake

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#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

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Commits: 10,179 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

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Commits: 16,982 commits
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alexpovel/srgn

A grep-like tool which understands source code syntax and allows for manipulation in addition to search

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Rust Cargo

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#abstract-syntax-tree #c #clang #cli #csharp #go

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-30
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

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Commits: 791 commits
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mellowcandle/bitwise

Terminal based bit manipulator in ncurses

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#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

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Commits: 264 commits
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nitinbhat972/cwal

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

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C CMake

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#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

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Commits: 174 commits
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JosefVesely/img2ascii

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

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#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

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Commits: 69 commits
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raforg/rawhide

find files using pretty C expressions

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#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

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Commits: 141 commits
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