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charmbracelet/freeze

Generate images of code and terminal output 📸

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 76 open

4,766

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 416 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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x-cmd/x-cmd

Shell Superpowers for AI Agents.

AI dev

Stack

Awk

GitHub topics

#agent #ai #bash #cli #cloud #shell

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-10-01
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 116 open

4,561

stars

Forks: 161
Commits: 651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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thlorenz/doctoc

📜 Generates table of contents for markdown files inside local git repository. Links are compatible with anchors generated by github or other sites.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript React npm

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-27
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

4,461

stars

Forks: 486
Commits: 272 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jhspetersson/fselect

Find files with SQL-like queries

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #files #filesystem #find #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-26
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 6 open

4,457

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 1,437 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cointop-sh/cointop

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

Archived

Stack

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
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 54 open

4,398

stars

Forks: 350
Commits: 880 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kohler/gifsicle

Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations

Stack

Updated: 2026-01-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1998-03-01
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 27 open

4,300

stars

Forks: 254
Commits: 899 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ChrisBuilds/terminaltexteffects

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

Stack

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
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

4,142

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 1,795 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

peak/s5cmd

Parallel S3 and local filesystem execution tool.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#aws #cli #filesystem #go #s3 #s5cmd

Updated: 2025-06-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-11-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 189 open

4,129

stars

Forks: 343
Commits: 548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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shobrook/rebound

Instant Stack Overflow results whenever an exception is thrown

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#command-line-interface #command-line-tool #error-messages #python #stackoverflow #terminal-app

Updated: 2022-02-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-28
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 24 open

4,114

stars

Forks: 382
Commits: 168 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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rgburke/grv

GRV is a terminal interface for viewing git repositories

Stack

GitHub topics

#git #go #golang #ncurses-tui #terminal-based

Updated: 2019-05-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-01-29
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

4,094

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 593 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sobolevn/git-secret

:busts_in_silhouette: A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository.

Stack

Shell Bundler

GitHub topics

#encryption #git #git-addons #git-secret #gpg #secret-management

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-12-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 224 open

4,033

stars

Forks: 209
Commits: 1,027 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lirantal/dockly

Immersive terminal interface for managing docker containers and services

Stack

JavaScript React npm

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line-tool #console #containers #docker #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

4,030

stars

Forks: 162
Commits: 331 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

icholy/ttygif

Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs

Stack

GitHub topics

#gifs #terminal

Updated: 2025-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

4,016

stars

Forks: 247
Commits: 231 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yeoman/yo

CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#generator #javascript #nodejs #scaffolding #templates #yeoman

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-02-11
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 39 open

3,965

stars

Forks: 407
Commits: 622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/speed-test

Test your internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net from the CLI

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#cli-app #command-line-tool #download-speed #nodejs #npm-package #speed-test

Updated: 2021-12-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-13
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

3,950

stars

Forks: 171
Commits: 45 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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newsboat/newsboat

An RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals

Stack

C++ Cargo

GitHub topics

#atom-feed-reader #newsbeuter #rss-feed-reader

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-11-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 409 open

3,885

stars

Forks: 252
Commits: 8,957 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

KuroLabs/stegcloak

Hide secrets with invisible characters in plain text securely using passwords 🧙🏻‍♂️⭐

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#cipher #compression #cryptography #data-exfiltration #functional-programming #hacking

Updated: 2024-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-04-28
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

3,867

stars

Forks: 246
Commits: 162 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

insanum/gcalcli

Google Calendar Command Line Interface

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

Updated: 2025-10-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-25
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 171 open

3,755

stars

Forks: 337
Commits: 616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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marp-team/marp-cli

A CLI interface for Marp and Marpit based converters

Stack

TypeScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#cli #deck #markdown #marp #marpit #presentation

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

3,739

stars

Forks: 192
Commits: 2,514 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

rs/curlie

The power of curl, the ease of use of httpie.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#api-client #cli #curl #developer-tools #go #http-client

Updated: 2025-12-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-26
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

3,711

stars

Forks: 113
Commits: 91 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Julien-cpsn/ATAC

A simple API client (postman like) in your terminal

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#api #api-client #insomnia #postman #ratatui #rust

Updated: 2026-03-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-02-05
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

3,693

stars

Forks: 135
Commits: 496 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vercel/release

Generate changelogs with a single command

Stack

JavaScript npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#github #npm #releases #vercel

Updated: 2026-05-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 46 open

3,585

stars

Forks: 117
Commits: 406 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Express pytest React Cargo Go modules Gradle

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-23
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 69 open

3,380

stars

Forks: 310
Commits: 3,850 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chjj/ttystudio

A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches.

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2017-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-07-07
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 20 open

3,238

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 76 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

lxgr-linux/pokete

A terminal based Pokemon like game

Stack

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
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

3,145

stars

Forks: 256
Commits: 2,427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

skywind3000/z.lua

:zap: A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits.

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#autojump #bash #cd #fasd #fish #fishshell

Updated: 2026-08-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-21
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 73 open

3,142

stars

Forks: 148
Commits: 524 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

irssi/irssi

The client of the future

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-02-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-09-03
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 229 open

3,129

stars

Forks: 394
Commits: 6,931 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

imsnif/diskonaut

Terminal disk space navigator 🔭

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #disk-space #navigator #terminal #visualization

Updated: 2024-03-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-02-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 45 open

3,112

stars

Forks: 96
Commits: 207 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

yaronn/wopr

A simple markup language for creating rich terminal reports, presentations and infographics

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2024-04-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-28
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 7 open

3,086

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 83 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

dnote/dnote

A simple command line notebook

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line-tool #developer-tools #dnote #note-taking #notebook

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2017-03-30
History: 14 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 40 open

3,052

stars

Forks: 123
Commits: 378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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