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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.
  • 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.
  • tldr- Simplified and community-driven man pages.

Data Manipulation

Files and Directories

Deletion

Files

  • 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.

Directories

  • find-up-cli - Find a file by walking up parent directories.

Directory Navigation

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.

License

CC0

To the extent possible under law, Adam Harris has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.