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🖥 📊 🕹 🛠 A curated list of command line apps

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tldr-pages/tldr

Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚.

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Markdown npm pip

GitHub topics

#android #bsd #cheatsheet #cheatsheets #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-08
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 311 open

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Forks: 5,338
Commits: 23,159 commits
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sxyazi/yazi

💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

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Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#android #asyncio #cli #command-line #concurrency #cross-platform

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-08
License: MIT
Issues: 66 open

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Forks: 923
Commits: 1,451 commits
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muesli/duf

Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative

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Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #df #disk-space #disk-usage #filesystem #freebsd

Updated: 2026-01-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-09-20
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 80 open

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Forks: 467
Commits: 281 commits
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boyter/scc

Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go

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Go Cobra Bundler CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #cloc #code #complexity #golang #linux

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-01
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

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Forks: 321
Commits: 1,629 commits
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Slackadays/Clipboard

😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager

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C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #clipboard #clipboard-manager #cmd #collaborate

Updated: 2026-05-06
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2022-11-20
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

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Forks: 175
Commits: 1,890 commits
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donnemartin/saws

A supercharged AWS command line interface (CLI).

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#aws #aws-cli #cli #client #cloud #cloud-management

Updated: 2024-04-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-24
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 39 open

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Forks: 280
Commits: 1,037 commits
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domcyrus/rustnet

Per-process network monitoring for your terminal with deep packet inspection. Cross-platform, sandboxed.

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #dpi #ebpf #freebsd #geoip #landlock

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 17 open

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Forks: 216
Commits: 607 commits
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cointop-sh/cointop

A fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for tracking cryptocurrencies 🚀 by @miguelmota

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Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#bitcoin #blockchain #cli #coin #coingecko #coinmarketcap

Updated: 2024-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-29
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 54 open

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Forks: 352
Commits: 880 commits
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ayoisaiah/f2

F2 is a cross-platform command-line tool for batch renaming files and directories quickly and safely. Written in Go!

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Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#batch-rename #bulk-rename-files #golang #linux #macos #rename-files

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-12
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

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Forks: 65
Commits: 657 commits
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elfmz/far2l

Linux port of FAR v2

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C++ CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#filemanager #linux #macos #osx #terminal

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-10
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 494 open

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Forks: 210
Commits: 7,422 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

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Forks: 88
Commits: 1,448 commits
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poetaman/arttime

arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰

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Shell

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#ansi #ansi-art #ascii #ascii-art #cli #clock

Updated: 2026-05-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-20
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

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Forks: 25
Commits: 529 commits
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alichtman/stronghold

Easily configure macOS security settings from the terminal.

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Python pip

GitHub topics

#command-line #command-line-tool #hardening #macos #macos-setup #osx

Updated: 2025-02-24
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-17
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

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Forks: 261
Commits: 144 commits
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Hakky54/certificate-ripper

🔐 A CLI tool to extract server certificates

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Java Maven

GitHub topics

#certificate #graal-native #graalvm #graalvm-native-image #homebrew #homebrew-tap

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-28
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 77
Commits: 341 commits
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kdabir/has

✅ checks presence of various command line tools and their versions on the path

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Shell

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#bash #check #cli #commands #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest2021

Updated: 2026-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-20
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

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Forks: 58
Commits: 147 commits
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sindresorhus/dark-mode

Control the macOS dark mode from the command-line

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Swift

GitHub topics

#binary #cli #cli-app #dark-mode #homebrew #macos

Updated: 2025-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-10-17
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 41
Commits: 27 commits
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SwagLyrics/SwagLyrics-For-Spotify

📃 Get lyrics of currently playing Spotify song so you don't sing along with the wrong ones and embarrass yourself later. Very fast.

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Python Flask pytest pip Poetry

GitHub topics

#application #flask #genius #hacktoberfest #linux #lyrics

Updated: 2023-03-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-11
License: MIT
Issues: 453 open

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Forks: 37
Commits: 430 commits
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yne/dzr

deezer.com Player (CLI & VSCode)

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Shell npm

GitHub topics

#android #cli #deezer #homebrew #linux #lyrics

Updated: 2026-03-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-06
License: Unlicense
Issues: 3 open

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Forks: 20
Commits: 68 commits
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GreyhavenHQ/greywall

Container-free, deny-by-default sandbox for AI coding agents. Kernel-enforced filesystem, network, and syscall isolation for Linux and macOS

AI dev

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Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#agents #ai-security #claude-code #developer-tools #greyproxy #landlock

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-18
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 22 open

254

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 161 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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sindresorhus/wallpaper-cli

Get or set the desktop wallpaper

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JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#cli #cli-app #desktop-wallpaper #javascript #linux #macos

Updated: 2025-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-07
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 17
Commits: 23 commits
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gmt4/mpvc

Music player in POSIX-sh using mpv from the shell/fzf + extras/goodies 🎧📡🔊

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Shell

GitHub topics

#bsd #cli #fzf #lofi #macos #media-player

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-01-13
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 2,530 commits
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BRO3886/rem

A powerful ai-native CLI tool for macOS Reminders app

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #eventkit #go #macos #reminders

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-08
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

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Forks: 6
Commits: 162 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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0xjuanma/anvil

CLI to streamline config management and tool installation. Install your full dev tool-chain in one command and sync configurations across machines seamlessly, leverages homebrew and private repos.

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#anvil #cli #cli-app #command-line-tools #configuration-management #dev

Updated: 2026-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-17
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 7 open

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Forks: 3
Commits: 597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BRO3886/ical

A fast, ai-native macOS Calendar CLI built on go-eventkit

AI dev

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Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#calendar #cli #eventkit #go #macos

Updated: 2026-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-02-11
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 134 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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

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