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CLI Tools
Curated, high-quality command-line utilities across sysadmin, security, networking, productivity, and development workflows.
Shells & Prompting
Interactive shells, enhancers, prompts, plugins, fuzzy finders/jump tools
| Name | Vendor/Webpage | GitHub Repo | Brief Description | Tags | Latest Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNU Bash | https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ | — | sh-compatible shell with ksh/csh-inspired features. | shell, bash, cli, scripting | 2025-12 |
| Zsh | https://www.zsh.org/ | — | Advanced interactive shell and scripting language. | shell, zsh, interactive, cli | 2025-11 |
| Starship | https://starship.rs | starship/starship | Fast, minimal, highly customizable cross-shell prompt. | prompt, rust, cross-shell, productivity | 2026-03-05 |
| powerlevel10k | — | romkatv/powerlevel10k | Very fast Zsh theme with extensive customization. | zsh, theme, prompt, performance | 2024-01-26 |
| Oh My Zsh | https://ohmyz.sh/ | ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh | Popular framework for Zsh configuration and plugins. | zsh, framework, plugins, productivity | 2026-02 |
Shell Plug-ins
| Name | Vendor/Webpage | GitHub Repo | Brief Description | Tags | Latest Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| z | — | rupa/z | Frecency-based directory jumper using cd history. | navigation, jump, shell | 2023-12-09 |
| fzf | — | junegunn/fzf | General-purpose fuzzy finder for command-line use. | fuzzy, finder, cli, productivity | 2026-03 |
| zsh-autosuggestions | — | zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions | Fish-style autosuggestions for Zsh. | zsh, plugin, autosuggest | 2025-06 |
| zsh-syntax-highlighting | — | zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting | Fish-like syntax highlighting for Zsh. | zsh, plugin, highlighting | 2025-04 |
Terminal & Multiplexing
- Multiplexers (tmux/screen), terminal emulators/utils, session managers
| Name | Vendor/Webpage | GitHub Repo | Brief Description | Tags | Latest Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ripgrep | — | BurntSushi/ripgrep | Recursively searches directories very fast (rg). | search, grep-alternative, rust | 2026-02 |
| fd | — | sharkdp/fd | Simple, fast, user-friendly alternative to find. | find, filesystem, rust | 2026-01 |
| bat | — | sharkdp/bat | cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. | syntax-highlighter, viewer, rust | 2026-03 |
| delta | — | dandavison/delta | Beautiful syntax-highlighting pager for git diff. | diff, git, pager, rust | 2026-02 |
Text & File Manipulation
- Editors (vim/neovim/micro), viewers (bat, hexyl), finders (fd, ripgrep), fuzzy (fzf), diff/pretty (delta), file ops (exa/lsd, dust, duf, ncdu)
Filesystem & Disk
- Disk usage/analyzers, mount/umount helpers, secure delete/wipe, inotify tools
System Monitoring & Diagnostics
- Process (htop/btop, glances, bottom), memory/CPU (nvtop if GPU), logs (lnav, goaccess), debuggers (strace, ltrace), perf tools
Networking & Recon
Core Utilities
- curl, wget, httpie, aria2, transmission-cli
Scanning & Discovery
- nmap, masscan, RustScan, naabu, zmap
Traffic Capture & Analysis
- tcpdump, tshark, termshark, wireshark-cli equivalents
DNS & Subdomain
- subfinder, amass, dnsx, dnstwist, fierce
Proxy / Tunneling / TOR
- proxychains, redsocks, tor, torsocks, chisel, bore
Security & Crypto
- openssl, gnupg/gpg, age/sops, hashcat/john (if CLI-focused), secure-delete tools, password managers (pass, bitwarden-cli)
Databases & Data
- sqlite3 utils, jq/yq (JSON/YAML), miller (CSV/TSV), csvkit, duckdb CLI
Development & Versioning
- git cli helpers/extras (gh, git-extras, lazygit), diff-so-fancy/delta, tig
Productivity & Misc
- Task runners (task, just), note-taking (jrnl, taskwarrior), calendars (calcurse), chat/IRC (weechat, irssi), RSS (newsboat)
Benchmarking & Performance
- wrk, hyperfine, fio, sysbench