Browse CLI Tools

Discover the best command-line tools

39 tools found

L

Lolcat

misc

Rainbow text colorizer for terminal

funcolors
3,600
gem install lolcat
A

Aria2

misc

Multi-protocol download utility

downloadhttpftp
3,400
brew install aria2
N

newsboat

misc

RSS feed reader for the terminal

rssfeed-readerterminalnews
2,600
brew install newsboat
V

Vifm

misc

VI-based file manager

file-managerterminalvi
2,400
brew install vifm
C

Cowsay

misc

Cow ASCII art message displayer

funascii
1,200
brew install cowsay
P

Ponysay

misc

Pony ASCII art message displayer

funascii
1,100
brew install ponysay
F

Figlet

misc

Large ASCII text art generator

ascii-arttext
800
apt-get install figlet
A

Atop

misc

Advanced process and system monitor

monitoringsystem
500
apt-get install atop
G

gnuplot

misc

Plotting and graphing utility

plottinggraphsvisualizationutility
300
brew install gnuplot
C

calc

misc

Command-line calculator with expression evaluation

calculatormathutilitycli
200
brew install calc
F

Fortune

misc

Random quote and fortune display

funquotes
0
apt-get install fortune
T

Tee

misc

Redirect output to file and stdout

iopipes
0
apt-get install coreutils
M

Mktemp

misc

Create temporary files safely

tempfiles
0
apt-get install coreutils
P

Parallel

misc

Execute jobs in parallel

parallelexecution
0
apt-get install parallel
X

Xargs

misc

Build command lines from input

pipesexecution
0
apt-get install findutils
B

bc

misc

Basic calculator language and interpreter

calculatormathunixutility
0
bc is built-in
M

more

misc

Simple terminal pager for viewing files

pagerviewingtextutility
0
more is built-in
M

man

misc

Display manual pages for commands

documentationhelpmanualutility
0
man is built-in
H

help

misc

Shell built-in help for commands

helpshellbuiltinutility
0
help is built-in