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tw93/Mole

🐹 Keep your Mac and PC clean, light, and running like new. Fast open-source CLI, plus native Mac and Windows apps.

AI dev

Stack

Shell Go modules

GitHub topics

#analyzer #appcleaner #clean #cleaner #cleanmymac #command-line

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-23
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

70,682

stars

Forks: 2,501
Commits: 3,637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +806 +1.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +120 +3.4%

Website GitHub

BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #command-line-tool #gitignore #grep #recursively-search

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-27
History: 10 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 203 open

68,582

stars

Forks: 3,513
Commits: 2,287 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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tldr-pages/tldr

Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚.

AI dev

Stack

Markdown npm pip

GitHub topics

#android #bsd #cheatsheet #cheatsheets #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-08
History: 45 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 279 open

63,682

stars

Forks: 5,402
Commits: 23,689 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sharkdp/bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

Stack

Rust Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #git #hacktoberfest #rust #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-21
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 523 open

60,592

stars

Forks: 2,818
Commits: 4,031 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

PowerShell/PowerShell

PowerShell for every system!

AI dev

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#command-line #hacktoberfest #linux #macos #netcore #powershell

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-12
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,602 open

55,614

stars

Forks: 8,473
Commits: 11,579 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Aider-AI/aider

aider is AI pair programming in your terminal

AI dev

Stack

Python FastAPI pytest Starlette Streamlit Bundler PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#anthropic #chatgpt #claude-3 #cli #command-line #gemini

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 9 list mentions
First commit: 2023-04-04
History: 207 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,923 open

49,594

stars

Forks: 5,066
Commits: 13,138 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +129 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

sharkdp/fd

A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #filesystem #hacktoberfest #regex #rust

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2017-05-09
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 203 open

44,784

stars

Forks: 1,154
Commits: 2,044 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Unitech/pm2

Node.js/Typescript/Bun Production Process Manager with a built-in Load Balancer.

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#command-line #command-line-tool #deploy #load-balancer #monitoring #node

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-21
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,109 open

43,301

stars

Forks: 2,733
Commits: 5,239 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

sxyazi/yazi

💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#android #asyncio #cli #command-line #concurrency #cross-platform

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-08
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 64 open

42,635

stars

Forks: 1,039
Commits: 1,550 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chubin/cheat.sh

the only cheat sheet you need

Stack

Python Flask pytest pip

GitHub topics

#cheatsheet #cli #command-line #curl #documentation #examples

Updated: 2025-12-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-07
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 149 open

41,726

stars

Forks: 1,917
Commits: 923 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vadimdemedes/ink

🌈 React for interactive command-line apps

Stack

TypeScript React npm

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #flexbox #interactive #javascript #react

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-06-24
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 32 open

40,095

stars

Forks: 1,060
Commits: 880 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ajeetdsouza/zoxide

A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#autojump #bash #cli #command-line #command-line-tool #elvish

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-03-05
History: 13 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 149 open

39,724

stars

Forks: 910
Commits: 636 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ibraheemdev/modern-unix

A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #lists #shell #terminal #tools

Updated: 2024-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-12
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 69 open

33,026

stars

Forks: 828
Commits: 86 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

micro-editor/micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #cross-platform #editor #go #golang #micro

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-11
History: 48 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 945 open

29,559

stars

Forks: 1,363
Commits: 3,548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sharkdp/hyperfine

A command-line benchmarking tool

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#benchmark #cli #command-line #rust #terminal #tool

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-13
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 101 open

28,918

stars

Forks: 511
Commits: 1,018 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

spicetify/cli

Command-line tool to customize Spotify client. Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Svelte Go modules pnpm

GitHub topics

#command-line #command-line-tool #customization #golang #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-12-01
History: 11 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 12 open

24,809

stars

Forks: 956
Commits: 1,604 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#bsdfetch #command-line #fastfetch #fetch #flashfetch #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-02-18
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 83 open

24,533

stars

Forks: 876
Commits: 7,791 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ogham/exa

A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#command-line #files #ls #rust

Updated: 2024-09-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-03
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 213 open

24,443

stars

Forks: 652
Commits: 1,618 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

urfave/cli

A declarative, simple, fast, and fun package for building command line tools in Go

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #go #golang-library #json #toml

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-13
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 29 open

24,293

stars

Forks: 1,866
Commits: 4,025 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +7 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +22 +0.5%

Website GitHub

eza-community/eza

A modern alternative to ls

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#color #command-line #files #hacktoberfest #icons #ls

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-05-03
History: 8 history points
License: EUPL-1.2
Issues: 454 open

23,318

stars

Forks: 525
Commits: 3,372 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wavetermdev/waveterm

An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra Electron gRPC Go React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#command-line #developer-tools #linux #macos #productivity #terminal

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-05-10
History: 10 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 567 open

22,483

stars

Forks: 1,159
Commits: 2,685 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

Stack

GitHub topics

#android #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #developer-tools

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-07
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 1 open

22,058

stars

Forks: 825
Commits: 4,688 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

SBoudrias/Inquirer.js

A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #javascript #javascript-library #node-js #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

21,633

stars

Forks: 1,365
Commits: 2,303 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

charmbracelet/vhs

Your CLI home video recorder 📼

Stack

Go Cobra Bundler Go modules

GitHub topics

#ascii #cli #command-line #gif #recording #terminal

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-19
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 176 open

20,946

stars

Forks: 480
Commits: 760 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

allinurl/goaccess

GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your browser.

Stack

GitHub topics

#analytics #apache #c #caddy #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-09
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 449 open

20,928

stars

Forks: 1,193
Commits: 4,504 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

antonmedv/fx

Terminal JSON viewer & processor

Stack

Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #json #tui

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-25
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 32 open

20,630

stars

Forks: 489
Commits: 792 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bcicen/ctop

Top-like interface for container metrics

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#command-line #commandline #containers #docker #monitoring #runc

Updated: 2024-07-08
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2016-11-06
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 120 open

17,845

stars

Forks: 590
Commits: 628 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +2 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

denisidoro/navi

An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bash #cheatsheets #cli #command-line #rust #shell

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-09-20
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 111 open

17,636

stars

Forks: 568
Commits: 1,096 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

faressoft/terminalizer

🦄 Record your terminal and generate animated gif images or share a web player

Stack

JavaScript Electron npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#animated #bash #bash-profile #capture #colors #command-line

Updated: 2024-08-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-07-22
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 108 open

16,161

stars

Forks: 520
Commits: 222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ast-grep/ast-grep

⚡A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust

AI dev

Stack

Rust pytest Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#ast #babel #codemod #codereview #command-line #command-line-tool

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-01
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

16,002

stars

Forks: 457
Commits: 4,353 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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