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Dec 14 - Dec 20, 2020

Terminal Emulation Applications

• Terminator (⭐1.4k) - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window.

Nov 23 - Nov 29, 2020

Tools and Plugins

• zoxide (⭐8k) - cd anywhere without typing in long paths.

Jun 22 - Jun 28, 2020

Tools and Plugins

• ack3 (⭐533) - Greplike tool, optimized for programmers.

Jan 27 - Feb 02, 2020

ZSH

• zinit (⭐25) - Flexible Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, turbo mode, services.

Dec 30 - Jan 05, 2019

Tools and Plugins

• jaymock-cli (⭐13) - Mock an API and generate fake JSON test data, right from the terminal.

Dec 09 - Dec 15, 2019

Tools and Plugins

• navi (⭐12k) - An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line.

Oct 28 - Nov 03, 2019

Tools and Plugins

• tre (⭐344) - Improved tree command that knows git, creates shell alias for quick opening, and more!

Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2019

Terminal Emulation Applications

• Xfce Terminal - Modern terminal emulator primarily for the Xfce desktop environment.

Tools and Plugins

• kubebox (⭐2k) - Terminal console for Kubernetes.

Oct 07 - Oct 13, 2019

Fish

• Fisher (⭐6.1k) - Package manager for the fish shell.

Terminal Emulation Applications

• GNOME Terminal - Terminal emulator for GNOME.

• GNU Screen - Full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes.

• Terminus (⭐39k) - Cross-platform terminal for a more modern age, based on web technologies.

• Tilda (⭐1.1k) - Gtk based drop down terminal for Linux and Unix.

macOS

• mas (⭐9.3k) - Mac App Store command line interface.

Tools and Plugins

• dry (⭐2.6k) - Docker manager for the terminal.

• glances (⭐22k) - top/htop alternative.

• k (⭐1.7k) - Directory listings for zsh with git features.

• shell2http (⭐1k) - HTTP-server to execute shell commands. Designed for development, prototyping or remote control.

• yadm - Seamless git-based management of your dotfiles.

• z (⭐15k) - Tool to jump to folders based on history matching a given regex

• z.lua (⭐2.4k) - New cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits.

Other Sexy Lists / Awesome

• awesome-emacs (⭐7.3k) - Community driven list of useful Emacs packages, libraries and others.

Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019

Tools and Plugins

• df-show (⭐43) - Interactive directory and file browser with a similar feel to the ls command.

• taskell - Command-line Trello-like kanban-board/TODO lists.

Mar 18 - Mar 24, 2019

Tools and Plugins

• nnn (⭐15k) - Tiny, lightning fast, feature-packed file manager.

• tiv (⭐1.2k) - Text mode terminal image viewer.

Mar 04 - Mar 10, 2019

ChromeOS

• chromebrew (⭐2k) - Package manager for Chrome OS.

Feb 04 - Feb 10, 2019

Terminal Emulation Applications

• FluentTerminal (⭐8.5k) - A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.

Jan 14 - Jan 20, 2019

Base Shells

• zsh - Powerful shell with scripting language.

Terminal Emulation Applications

• Go2Shell - Opens a terminal window to the current directory in Finder.

• KiTTY - Fork from version 0.70 of PuTTY, the best telnet / SSH client in the world.

• PuTTY - SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform.

• xterm - Terminal emulator for the X Window System.

Universal

• bpkg - JavaScript has npm, Ruby has Gems, Python has pip and now Shell has bpkg.

• nix - Powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.

macOS

• fink - Wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and macOS.

Linux

• linuxbrew - The Homebrew package manager for Linux.

• pkgin - Aimed at being an apt / yum like tool for managing pkgsrc binary packages.

Windows

• scoop - Package manager for Windows.

• wpkg - Automated software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows.

Text Editors

• emacs - Cross-platform text-editor that has both command-line and graphical user interface.
  • spacemacs - Community-driven emacs distribution.

• jed - Freely available text editor for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, and win9X/NT platforms.

• kakoune - Modal editor with multiple selections and orthogonal design.

Tools and Plugins

• byobu - Byobu is an open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.

• htop - Cool looking and interactive process viewer 'replacement' for the top command.

• vifm - Console file manager with vi key bindings and some ideas from mutt.

Communication

• bitchx - Feature-rich and highly configurable, terminal based IRC client based on ircII.

• centerim - Terminal based, multi-protocol Instant Messaging client with support for IRC.

• epic - IRC client that has been under active development for 20+ years in 5 generations.

• weechat - Fast, light and extensible chat client.

Jan 07 - Jan 13, 2019

Base Shells

• xonsh - Python-ish, BASHwards-looking shell language and command prompt.

Dec 03 - Dec 09, 2018

Base Shells

• Ammonite-Shell (⭐2.5k) - An object shell with a Scala-like scripting language.

ZSH

• antibody (⭐1.7k) - Faster and simpler antigen written in Golang.

• antigen (⭐7.3k) - Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle.

• dotzsh (⭐210) - Community driven framework for zsh.

• oh-my-zsh (⭐151k) - Delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.

• powerlevel9k (⭐13k) - Super flexible awesome powerline ZSH theme.

• prezto (⭐13k) - Configuration framework for Zsh.

• pure (⭐12k) - Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt.

• slimzsh (⭐576) - Small, usable configuration for ZSH.

• zgen (⭐1.4k) - Lightweight and simple plugin manager for ZSH.

• zplug (⭐5.2k) - Next-generation plugin manager for zsh.

• zsh-autosuggestions (⭐24k) - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh.

• zsh-pony (⭐169) - Covers customizing ZSH without a framework.

• zsh-quickstart-kit (⭐579) - Simple zsh quickstart for using zsh and zgen.

• zsh-syntax-highlighting (⭐16k) - Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

• zshdb (⭐249) - ZSH debugger.

• zunit (⭐173) - Powerful unit testing framework for ZSH.

Bash

• liquidprompt (⭐4.2k) - Full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh.

• aliases (⭐439) - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell.

• bash-it (⭐13k) - Collection of community Bash commands and scripts.

• bash-sensible (⭐1.9k) - Attempt at saner Bash defaults.

Git

• bash-git-prompt (⭐6.3k) - Informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users.

• git-extra-commands (⭐816) - Collection of useful extra commands for git

• git-radar (⭐2.6k) - Heads up display for git

• git-sh (⭐725) - Customized Bash environment suitable for Git work.

Terminal Emulation Applications

• Alacritty (⭐42k) - Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.

• Cmder (⭐24k) - Lovely console emulator package for Windows.

• ConsoleZ (⭐2.9k) - Windows console window enhancement. It is a fork of Console project.

• Hyper (⭐39k) - Terminal built on web technologies.

• iTerm2 (⭐13k) - Terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.

• Termite (⭐2.8k) - Keyboard-centric terminal, aimed at use within a tiling window manager.

• Tilix - Advanced GTK3 tiling terminal emulator that follows the Gnome Human Interface Guidelines.

• ZOC - SSH/Telnet Client and Terminal Emulator for macOS and Windows.

Universal

• asdf (⭐16k) - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

• basher (⭐971) - Package manager for shell scripts.

• composer - Composer is a package manager for PHP.

• pip - Package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python.

macOS

• homebrew - Missing package manager for macOS.

Windows

• oneget (⭐2.3k) - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows.

Text Editors

• micro (⭐20k) - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.

• nano - Text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface.

• vim - Extensively configurable, cross-platform and highly efficient text editor.
  • SpaceVim - Community-driven vim distribution.
  • neovim - Literally the future of vim.

• vis (⭐3.9k) - Highly efficient text editor.

Tools and Plugins

• add-gitignore (⭐549) - An interactive CLI that generates a .gitignore for your project based on your needs.

• asciinema (⭐11k) - Terminal session recorder.

• autojump (⭐14k) - cd command that learns

• bcal (⭐565) - Storage conversion and expression calculator.

• buku (⭐5.3k) - command-line bookmark manager.

• cointop (⭐3.4k) - The fastest and most interactive terminal based UI application for tracking cryptocurrencies.

• colorls (⭐4.2k) - Beautify the terminal's ls command, with color and font-awesome icons.

• ddgr (⭐2.4k) - DuckDuckGo from the terminal.

• dockly (⭐3.4k) - Docker console UI and Dashboard for quickly managing and inspecting Containers and Services.

• exa (⭐20k) - Replacement for 'ls' written in Rust.

• fselect (⭐3.3k) - 'find' replacement with SQL-like syntax.

• fzf (⭐48k) - Command-line fuzzy finder.

• gcalcli (⭐2.9k) - Google Calendar command line interface.

• getnews.tech (⭐132) - Checking the latest news headlines from various news outlets on the web.

• googler (⭐5.8k) - Search Google from your terminal.

• homebrew-cask (⭐20k) - CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries.

• hub - Command-line wrapper for git that makes working with GitHub easy.

• imgp (⭐901) - Multi-core batch image resizer and rotator.

• jq.node (⭐402) - Command-line JSON/string processor, JavaScript and Lodash in your shell.

• jrnl (⭐30) - Simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file.

• lexis (⭐8) - word counting made easy. Retrieve the number of words in a string or stdin.

• lf (⭐5k) - Terminal file manager.

• mps-youtube (⭐7.2k) - Terminal based YouTube player and downloader

• neofetch (⭐16k) - Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots. Alternative to screenfetch.

• rebound (⭐3.9k) - Command-line debugger that instantly fetches Stack Overflow results when you get a compiler error.

• reddit terminal viewer (⭐4.6k) - Browse Reddit from your terminal.

• ripgrep (⭐34k) - Code-searching tool like ack and the_silver_searcher, but faster.

• streamlink (⭐8k) - CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing.

• taskwarrior - Command-line TODO list manager.

• the_silver_searcher (⭐24k) - Code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.

• tldr (⭐41k) - Simplified and community-driven man pages.

• tmux - Terminal multiplexer.

• tmuxinator (⭐12k) - Manage complex tmux sessions easily.

• transfer.sh - Quickly upload and share files from your shell.

• wal (⭐721) - generate and change colorschemes on the fly.

• whereami (⭐151) - Get your geolocation information from the CLI.

Communication

• irssi - Self proclaimed client of the future and my favorite IRC client.

• slack-term (⭐6.1k) - Slack client for your terminal.

• Slackadaisical (⭐273) - Simple Slack client for the CLI.

Other Sexy Lists / Misc

• the-art-of-command-line (⭐112k) - Master the command line, in one page.

Nov 26 - Dec 02, 2018

Terminal Emulation Applications

• Terminology (⭐536) - The best terminal emulator based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries.

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2018

Tools and Plugins

• fx (⭐15k) - Command-line JSON viewer.

Nov 05 - Nov 11, 2018

Tools and Plugins

• ranger - Console file manager with vi key bindings.

Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018

macOS

• macports - Package manager that simplifies the installation of software on the macOS and Darwin operating systems.

Mar 05 - Mar 11, 2018

Base Shells

• bash - GNU Project's shell (Bourne Again SHell).

• fish - Smart and user-friendly command line shell.

• PowerShell (⭐36k) - Automation and configuration tool/framework that is optimized for dealing with structured data.

ZSH

• alf (⭐94) - Out of this world super fast and configurable framework for zsh.

• ant-zsh (⭐29) - Tiny and lightweight ZSH configuration environment for special customization needs.

• pumice (⭐8) - Lightweight plugin manager for zsh.

• zeesh (⭐41) - Cross-platform Zsh framework.

• zilsh (⭐31) - Zsh config system that aims to appeal more to power-users and follow the simplistic approach of vim-pathogen.

• zim (⭐2.8k) - Zsh configuration framework with blazing speed and modular extensions.

• zoppo (⭐32) - Crippled configuration framework for Zsh.

• zpm (⭐252) - Plugin manager for zsh similar to vim-plug.

• ztanesh (⭐264) - Aims to improve your UNIX command line experience and productivity with the the configuration provided by the ztanesh project.

• zulu (⭐141) - Total environment manager for ZSH 5+.

Bash

• bash-powerline (⭐839) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script.

• bashtrap (⭐1.6k) - Quick way to spruce up OSX terminal.

• hstr (⭐3.3k) - Bash History Suggest Box.

Git

• git-prompt (⭐324) - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules.

• gittify (⭐60) - Colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases.

• oh-my-git (⭐3.6k) - Opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh.

• sexy-bash-prompt (⭐1.1k) - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches.

Fish

• oh-my-fish (⭐8.9k) - The Fishshell Framework.

Universal

• guix - Functional package manager for installed software packages and versions.

• npmjs - Package manager for JavaScript.

• rubygems - The Ruby community’s gem hosting service.

• yarn - New package and dependency manager for javascript.

Windows

• chocolatey - Package manager for Windows.

• cygwin - Linux-like environment for Windows making it possible to port software running on POSIX systems to Windows.

• ninite - Install and Update All Your Programs at Once.

• ruckzuck - Software Package Manager for Windows, a quick way to install and update Software.

Other Sexy Lists / Awesome

• awesome-devenv (⭐2.4k) - Curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.

• awesome-sysadmin (⭐22k) - Curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.

• awesome-zsh-plugins (⭐12k) - Collection of ZSH frameworks, plugins & themes inspired by the various awesome list collections out there.

Other Sexy Lists / Misc

• bash-guide (⭐11k) - Guide to learn bash.

Nov 20 - Nov 26, 2017

Terminal Emulation Applications

• ConEmu (⭐7.9k) - Customizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more.

• Konsole - Terminal emulator for the K Desktop Environment.

• MacTerm - Powerful replacement for macOS Terminal.

• Mosh (⭐11k) - Remote terminal application that allows roaming and supports intermittent connectivity.

Text Editors

• slap (⭐6.1k) - Sublime-like terminal-based text editor.

Tools and Plugins

• haxor-news (⭐3.8k) - Browse Hacker News like a haxor.

• howdoi (⭐9.7k) - Instant code answers and examples from the command line

• lolcat (⭐5.2k) - Rainbows and unicorns!

• lunchy (⭐2.9k) - Friendly wrapper for launchctl.

• screenfetch (⭐3.5k) - Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots.

• tig (⭐11k) - Text mode interface for git.

• wttr.in (⭐20k) - The right way to check the weather.

• youtube-dl - download videos from YouTube

Communication

• go-jira (⭐2.6k) - Simple jira command line client in Go.

Community

• /r/commandline - This is for anything regarding the command line, in any operating system.

• /r/osxterminal - Tips for using terminal.app in macOS.

• /r/zsh/ - Everything on zsh.

• /r/unixporn/ - Everything on unix.

• #bash - Bash IRC channel on freenode.

• Stack Overflow - Terminal tagged questions.