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Awesome CLI Apps Awesome

A curated list of command line apps.

Inspired by the awesome list thing.

Table of Contents

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Entertainment

Video

  • youtube-dl - a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. You can install with brew install youtube-dl.

Web Development

Mobile Development

Database

  • mycli - A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

Productivity

  • AutoScreenshotUploader- Instantly capture and upload screenshot to imgur.
  • doing - A command line tool for keeping track of what youre doing and tracking what youve done.
  • ffscreencast- ffmpeg screencast with video overlay and multi monitor support.
  • idea- A lightweight CLI tool and module for keeping ideas in a safe place quick and easy.
  • imgur-uploader-cli- Upload images to imgur.
  • geeknote- Console client for Evernote.
  • ledger - Powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line.
  • The Mutt E-Mail Client - Email client.
  • Taskwarrior - Free and Open Source Software that manages your TODO list from your command line.
  • Timetrap- Simple command line timetracker.

Utilities

OS X

  • bundle-id-cli - Get bundle identifier from a bundle name (OS X): Safari → com.apple.Safari.
  • bundle-name-cli - Get bundle name from a bundle identifier (OS X): com.apple.Safari → Safari.
  • lnfs-cli - Safely force create symlinks.
  • osx-version-cli - Get the OS X version of the current system.
  • osx-wifi-cli - A cli for managing wifi connections on OSX.

Command Line Tools

  • The Fuck- Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.
  • tldr- Simplified and community-driven man pages.
  • diff2html-cli - Command-line tool to parse git diffs as JSON and generate pretty HTML.

Data Manipulation

Files and Directories

Deleting and Copying

Files

  • file-type-cli - Detect the file type of a file or stdin.
  • strip-json-comments-cli - Strip comments from JSON. Lets you use comments in your JSON files!
  • DocToc - Generates table of contents for markdown files inside local git repository. Links are compatible with anchors generated by github or other sites.

Directory Navigation

  • autojump - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line- https://github.com/wting/autojump/wiki.
  • fasd - Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v.
  • j - semi clone of autojump (https://github.com/wting/autojump) in shell/awk.
  • pm - The easy way to switch to your projects on the shell.
  • z - z is the new j, yo.
  • happyfinder- (another) Fuzzy file finder for the command line.
  • PathPicker - After parsing the output from a command, PathPicker presents you with a nice UI to select which files you're interested in.
  • find-up-cli - Find a file by walking up parent directories.

Version Control

Git

  • CLI GitHub - 📺 A fancy GitHub client for command line.
  • Gistup - Create a gist from terminal, then use git to update it.
  • git commander - A git tool with a easy terminal interface.
  • git-stats - 🍀 A GitHub-like contributions calendar, but locally, with all your git commits.
  • hub - A command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub.
  • dev-time - Get the current local time of a GitHub user.

Changelogs

  • clog - A conventional changelog for the rest of us.

Images

Gif Creation

  • gifsicle - Create, manipulate, and optimize GIF images and animations.
  • ttygif - Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs.
  • ttygif - ttyrec to gif.
  • ttystudio - A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches.
  • asciinema - Terminal session recorder and the best companion of asciinema.org.

SVG

  • SVGO- SVG Optimizer is a Nodejs-based tool for optimizing SVG vector graphics files.

Text Manipulation

  • parse-columns-cli - Parse text columns, like the output of unix commands. Returns JSON that you can manipulate with tools like jq or underscore-cli.

Screensavers

  • cmatrix - Show a scrolling 'Matrix' like screen- (original).
  • pipes.sh - Shows random pipes that grow across the screen.

Graphics

  • cli-mandelbrot - A cli for traversing the Mandelbrot fractal.
  • WOPR - A simple markup language for creating rich terminal reports, presentations and infographics.
  • sparkly-cli - Generate sparklines ▁▂▃▅▂▇..

Resources

Some fine resources to write your own CLI App.

Node frameworks and packages

  • meow - The most simple way to write small CLI modules including argument parsing.
  • Inquirer - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces like checkboxes, radio buttons etc. with a simple but powerful API.
  • Vorpal - Complete solution for creating interactive apps. Includes UI features from Inquirer..

Node Command-line utilities

  • Chalk - Beautiful API to have beautiful terminal string styling.
  • log-symbols - Colored symbols to differentiate output messages with a blink of an eye.
  • log-update Useful for ASCII animation. For example loading indicators.

String Manipulation

Other

  • app-path-cli - Get the path to an app (OS X).
  • Bible.Js CLI client - 📖 Bible.JS CLI client. Read the Holy Bible via the command line.
  • birthday - Know when a friend's birthday is coming.
  • cowsay and cowthink - You can install with homebrew.
  • cgasm - A tool that gives x86 assembly documentation. It is pronounced "SeekAzzem".
  • detect-indent-cli - Detect the indentation of code.
  • fortune - Shows a random fortune.
  • fullname-cli - Get the fullname of the current user.
  • get-port-cli - Get an available port.
  • gzip-size-cli - Get the gzipped size of a file or stdin.
  • HASHA -cli - Hashing made simple. Get the hash of text or stdin.
  • is-reachable-cli - Check if hostnames are reachable or not.
  • kill-tabs - Kill all Chrome tabs to improve performance, decrease battery usage, and save memory.
  • leven-cli - Measure the difference between two strings using the Levenshtein distance algorithm.
  • open-shortcut-cli - Open the URL from a web shortcut file in the browser.
  • pkg-dir-cli - Find the root directory of a npm package.
  • speed-test - Test your internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net from the CLI.
  • shortcut-url-cli - Get the URL from a web shortcut file.
  • SpeedRead - A simple terminal-based open source Spritz-alike.
  • to-double-quotes - Convert matching single-quotes to double-quotes: I 'love' unicorns => I "love" unicorns.
  • to-single-quotes - Convert matching double-quotes to single-quotes: I "love" unicorns → I 'love' unicorns.
  • yosay - Like cowsay, but for yeoman.
  • gdb-dashboard - Modular visual interface for GDB in Python.
  • weather-cli - Check the weather for your city from your terminal.
  • hget - Render websites in plain text from your terminal.

License

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