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ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh

🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,500+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

Stack

Shell pip

GitHub topics

#cli #cli-app #oh-my-zsh #oh-my-zsh-plugin #oh-my-zsh-theme #ohmyzsh

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-08-28
History: 33 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 333 open

189,705

stars

Forks: 26,573
Commits: 7,919 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nvbn/thefuck

Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#python #shell

Updated: 2024-07-19
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-08
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 461 open

97,880

stars

Forks: 3,962
Commits: 1,651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nvm-sh/nvm

Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions.

AI dev

Stack

Shell npm

GitHub topics

#bash #install #lts #node #node-js #nodejs

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-04-15
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 392 open

95,183

stars

Forks: 10,471
Commits: 2,416 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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%

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warpdotdev/warp

Warp is an agentic development environment, born out of the terminal.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Warp Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#bash #linux #macos #rust #shell #terminal

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-04-28
History: 11 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 5,284 open

65,130

stars

Forks: 5,580
Commits: 2,427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ryanoasis/nerd-fonts

Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

Stack

CSS npm

GitHub topics

#font #font-awesome #fonts #hacktoberfest #icon-font #iconic-fonts

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-05
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 24 open

64,738

stars

Forks: 3,959
Commits: 3,236 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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git/git

Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

AI dev

Stack

C Cargo CMake Meson

GitHub topics

#c #hacktoberfest #shell

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-07
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

63,791

stars

Forks: 28,547
Commits: 82,443 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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

pi-hole/pi-hole

A black hole for Internet advertisements

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#ad-blocker #blocker #cloud #dashboard #dhcp #dhcp-server

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-06-08
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 48 open

61,243

stars

Forks: 3,321
Commits: 7,208 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website 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

acmesh-official/acme.sh

A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS certificate automation

AI dev

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#acme #acme-challenge #acme-protocol #acme-v2 #ash #bash

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-26
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 99 open

47,657

stars

Forks: 5,672
Commits: 6,855 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

google/zx

A tool for writing better scripts

Stack

JavaScript Vite Vue npm

GitHub topics

#bash #child-process #cli #exec #javascript #nodejs

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-03
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 14 open

45,786

stars

Forks: 1,312
Commits: 1,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

pyenv/pyenv

Simple Python version management

Stack

Shell pip

GitHub topics

#python #shell

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-08-01
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 52 open

45,125

stars

Forks: 3,271
Commits: 3,840 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible

📖 A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.

Archived

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#bash #bible #book #guide #handbook #how-to

Updated: 2023-11-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-13
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 62 open

41,711

stars

Forks: 3,652
Commits: 263 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nushell/nushell

A new type of shell

AI dev

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#nushell #rust #shell

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,439 open

40,580

stars

Forks: 2,270
Commits: 11,907 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

koalaman/shellcheck

ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts

AI dev

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#bash #developer-tools #haskell #linter #shell #static-analysis

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,135 open

40,083

stars

Forks: 1,947
Commits: 2,243 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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

zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

Stack

Shell Bundler

GitHub topics

#autocomplete #autosuggest #fish #shell #zsh #zsh-autosuggestions

Updated: 2025-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-26
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 203 open

36,124

stars

Forks: 1,940
Commits: 562 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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

kingToolbox/WindTerm

A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#bash #client #cmd #linux #mac #powershell

Updated: 2025-03-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-10-09
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2,452 open

32,240

stars

Forks: 2,457
Commits: 105 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

atuinsh/atuin

✨ Making your shell magical

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum Cargo uv

GitHub topics

#bash #fish #history #rust #shell #zsh

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-10-04
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 418 open

31,634

stars

Forks: 962
Commits: 2,213 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

asdf-vm/asdf

Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

Stack

Go Vite Vue Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#asdf-vm #bash #cli #elixir #elvish #erlang

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-29
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 147 open

25,595

stars

Forks: 944
Commits: 2,124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gpakosz/.tmux

Oh my tmux! My self-contained, pretty & versatile tmux configuration made with 💛🩷💙🖤❤️🤍

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#cli #conf #configuration #console #customization #dotfiles

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-23
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

25,370

stars

Forks: 3,593
Commits: 540 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

withfig/autocomplete

IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell

Stack

TypeScript pnpm

GitHub topics

#autocomplete #bash #cli #fig #fish #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2025-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-29
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 195 open

25,218

stars

Forks: 5,416
Commits: 4,897 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#screenshot #shell #syntax-highlighting #zsh #zsh-syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-25
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 214 open

23,028

stars

Forks: 1,374
Commits: 1,339 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

peass-ng/PEASS-ng

PEASS - Privilege Escalation Awesome Scripts SUITE (with colors)

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#bash #batch #batch-script #color #csharp #enumeration

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-13
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

20,653

stars

Forks: 3,398
Commits: 2,221 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt

🚀✨ Minimalistic, powerful and extremely customizable Zsh prompt

Stack

Shell npm pip

GitHub topics

#oh-my-zsh #prompt #shell #shell-prompt #shell-theme #spaceship

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-01-30
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 131 open

20,574

stars

Forks: 972
Commits: 2,005 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fastapi/typer

Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints.

Stack

Python pytest PDM uv

GitHub topics

#cli #click #python #python3 #shell #terminal

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-20
History: 47 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 45 open

19,973

stars

Forks: 979
Commits: 1,762 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

whyour/qinglong

支持 Python3、JavaScript、Shell、Typescript 的定时任务管理平台（Timed task management platform supporting Python3, JavaScript, Shell, Typescript）

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express React pnpm

GitHub topics

#crontab #docker #javascript #python #shell #task-manager

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-14
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 108 open

19,893

stars

Forks: 3,232
Commits: 2,101 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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

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