2.7 KiB
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
GNU Bash - is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell and C shell.
Zsh - is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.
tclsh - is a very powerful cross-platform shell, suitable for a huge range of uses.
bash-it - is a framework for using, developing and maintaining shell scripts and custom commands.
Oh My ZSH! - is the best framework for managing your Zsh configuration.
Oh My Fish - the Fishshell framework.
Starship - the cross-shell prompt written in Rust.
powerlevel10k - is a fast reimplementation of Powerlevel9k ZSH theme.
Terminal & Multiplexing
- Multiplexers (tmux/screen), terminal emulators/utils, session managers
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