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homeport/dyff

/ˈdʏf/ - diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#bosh #diff #dyff #go-patch #golang #json

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-09
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 71 open

1,882

stars

Forks: 101
Commits: 1,077 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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stepci/stepci

Automated API Testing and Quality Assurance

Stack

TypeScript Vite Vue npm

GitHub topics

#actions #api-client #api-rest #api-testing #api-testing-framework #automated-testing

Updated: 2024-08-03
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-09-19
History: 9 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 73 open

1,867

stars

Forks: 99
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sniptt-official/ots

🔐 Share end-to-end encrypted secrets with others via a one-time URL

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #end-to-end-encryption #secret-management #secret-sharing

Updated: 2025-02-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-15
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

1,845

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Forks: 52
Commits: 50 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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parvardegr/sharing

Sharing is a command-line tool to share directories and files from the CLI to iOS and Android devices without the need of an extra client app

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#android #browser #cli-app #clipboard-share #command-line-tool #filesharing

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-05
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,839

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 77 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cytopia/ffscreencast

ffscreencast - ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording with video overlay and multi monitor support

Stack

Shell Composer

GitHub topics

#camera-overlay #ffmpeg #ffmpeg-command #ffmpeg-wrapper #screen-recorder #screencast

Updated: 2024-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-29
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

1,824

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mgunyho/tere

Terminal file explorer

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#file-explorer #rust #terminal #tui

Updated: 2026-03-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-07
History: 8 history points
License: EUPL-1.2
Issues: 16 open

1,801

stars

Forks: 38
Commits: 1,362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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PabloLec/RecoverPy

Interactively find and recover deleted or :point_right: overwritten :point_left: files from your terminal

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #console #cybersecurity #data #data-recovery #files

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-02-24
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

1,793

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 1,450 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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papis/papis

Powerful and highly extensible command-line based document and bibliography manager.

Stack

HTML pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#arxiv #biblatex #bibtex #citation #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-16
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 83 open

1,788

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 3,637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SpatiumPortae/portal

Portal is a quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another 🌌 ✨

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#data-transfer #e2e #file-sharing #filetransfer #go #golang

Updated: 2024-08-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-10-01
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 29 open

1,768

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 591 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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tmrts/boilr

:zap: boilerplate template manager that generates files or directories from template repositories

Stack

GitHub topics

#boilerplate #boilerplate-template #cli #go #golang #template

Updated: 2023-03-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-01
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 44 open

1,767

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 132 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sindresorhus/pageres-cli

Capture website screenshots

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#capture-screenshots #command-line-app #nodejs #npm-package

Updated: 2025-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-07
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

1,746

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 220 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ddopson/underscore-cli

Command-line utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript.

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2020-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-29
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 34 open

1,732

stars

Forks: 80
Commits: 176 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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leo-arch/clifm

💾 The shell-like, command-line terminal file manager

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#autosuggestion #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #console

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-19
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

1,726

stars

Forks: 52
Commits: 10,465 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mptre/yank

Yank terminal output to clipboard

Stack

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-24
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

1,713

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 228 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GothenburgBitFactory/timewarrior

Timewarrior - Commandline Time Tracking and Reporting

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cli #time-tracker #time-tracking #timetracker #timetracking #timewarrior

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-02
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 126 open

1,662

stars

Forks: 118
Commits: 3,391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sgentle/caniuse-cmd

Caniuse command line tool

Stack

CoffeeScript npm

Updated: 2018-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-15
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

1,645

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 26 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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unhappychoice/gittype

A CLI code-typing game that turns your source code into typing challenges

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli-game #cli-tool #code-practice #coding-skills #gamification #learning-tool

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-08-28
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

1,619

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 1,515 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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spolu/warp

Secure and simple terminal sharing

Stack

GitHub topics

#command-line #sharing #shell #terminal #tls

Updated: 2018-03-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-04
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

1,618

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 160 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

actionbook/actionbook

Let your AI agent get the sources behind logins and paywalls.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Express Flask Next.js pytest Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #browser-automation #rust #skills

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-28
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 11 open

1,615

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 1,638 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Yakitrak/notesmd-cli

Obsidian CLI (Community) - Interact with Obsidian in the terminal!

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #go #golang #obsidian #obsidian-cli

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-14
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

1,592

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 87 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yamlresume/yamlresume

Resumes as code in YAML, brought to you with ❤️ by PPResume.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript React Tailwind CSS Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#curriculum-vitae #curriculum-vitae-template #cv-builder #cv-template #json-resume #jsonresume

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-29
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

1,541

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 493 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Zhengqbbb/cz-git

cz-git | czg 🛠️ DX first and more engineered, lightweight, customizable, standard output format Commitizen adapter and CLI

Stack

TypeScript React Svelte Vite Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#cli #commit #commit-message #commitizen #commitizen-adapter #commitlint

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-15
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,529

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 938 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nanovms/ops

ops - build and run nanos unikernels

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#devops #edge-computing #imagebuilder #microservice #minimalist #operating-systems

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-09-10
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 143 open

1,516

stars

Forks: 148
Commits: 1,483 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

samg/timetrap

Simple command line timetracker

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2025-03-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-03-30
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 33 open

1,510

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 505 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

msoap/shell2http

Executing shell commands via HTTP server

Stack

Go Echo Go modules

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #docker #golang #http #proxy

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-03-11
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

1,506

stars

Forks: 148
Commits: 415 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

antoniorodr/cronboard

A terminal-based dashboard for managing cron jobs locally and on servers.

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #cron #cron-job #cron-jobs #cronjob #cronjob-scheduler

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-10-08
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 5 open

1,454

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 467 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

yask123/Instant-Music-Downloader

🎷 Downloads Music From The Web

Stack

Roff pip

GitHub topics

#downloads-music #metrolyrics

Updated: 2021-01-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-13
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 48 open

1,446

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 200 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sindresorhus/trash-cli

Move files and folders to the trash

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-13
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,417

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 48 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

wustho/epr

CLI Epub Reader

Stack

Python Poetry

GitHub topics

#cli #ebook #epub #epub-reader #epub3 #python

Updated: 2023-02-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-22
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

1,410

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 154 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

shellspec/shellspec

A full-featured BDD unit testing framework for bash, ksh, zsh, dash and all POSIX shells

Stack

Shell npm

GitHub topics

#bash #bdd #coverage #dash #kcov #ksh

Updated: 2025-11-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-05
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 111 open

1,395

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 1,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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