108 tools across 10 categories
Discover tools that make working in the terminal faster and more enjoyable. From modern replacements for classic utilities to entirely new productivity boosters.
Faster Workflows
Modern tools optimized for speed and efficiency in your daily terminal tasks.
Better Search
Find files and text instantly with fuzzy finders and fast search tools.
Enhanced Output
Syntax highlighting, better diffs, and improved readability for terminal output.
Terminal Emulators
(17)
Alacritty
GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal focused on simplicity and performance.
Cmux
Native macOS terminal built on libghostty, designed for AI coding agents with notification rings and vertical tabs.
Foot
Lightweight and fast Wayland-native terminal emulator.
Ghostty
High-performance terminal emulator written in Zig with native platform integration.
GNOME Terminal
Default terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment.
Hyper
Electron-based modern terminal with extensive plugin ecosystem.
iTerm2
Feature-rich terminal emulator for macOS with split panes, search, autocomplete, and shell integration.
Kitty
GPU-accelerated terminal with image display, tabs/windows, and Python extensions.
Konsole
Default terminal emulator for the KDE desktop environment.
Rio
High-performance Rust terminal with WebGPU rendering.
Tabby
Highly customizable cross-platform terminal with SSH manager and serial console support.
Terminator
Terminal emulator supporting grid layout and broadcast input.
Tilix
GTK3-based tiling terminal emulator with quake mode.
Warp
AI-powered modern terminal with block-based output and team collaboration features.
WebTerm
Browser-based terminal emulator with instant access. No installation required.
WezTerm
GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator configurable with Lua.
Windows Terminal
Official Microsoft terminal integrating WSL, PowerShell, and Cmd with modern features.
Multiplexers
(6)
abduco
Session management tool that works with dvtm or any other program.
Byobu
Enhanced wrapper for tmux/screen with pre-configured keybindings and status bar.
dvtm
Dynamic virtual terminal manager inspired by dwm window manager.
GNU Screen
Traditional terminal multiplexer with decades of stability and reliability.
tmux
Terminal multiplexer for session management, window splitting, and detach/attach.
Zellij
Modern Rust-based terminal multiplexer with intuitive UI and WebAssembly plugins.
Modern CLI
(17)
Atuin
Magical shell history with sync and search.
bat
Cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
choose
Human-friendly cut/awk alternative.
delta
Syntax-highlighting pager for git diff output.
dog
User-friendly DNS lookup tool (dig alternative).
duf
Better df alternative with user-friendly output.
dust
Intuitive disk usage visualization like du but better.
eza
Modern ls replacement with colors, icons, and Git status.
fd
Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.
gping
Ping with a graph visualization.
McFly
Intelligent shell history search with neural network.
procs
Modern ps replacement with color output and tree view.
ripgrep
Ultra-fast recursive grep alternative.
sd
Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative).
tealdeer
Fast tldr client for simplified command documentation.
xh
Friendly and fast HTTP client (HTTPie-compatible).
zoxide
Smarter cd command that learns your habits.
Fuzzy Finders
(4)
File Managers
(9)
broot
Tree view file manager with fuzzy search.
joshuto
Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust.
lf
Lightweight and fast terminal file manager.
Midnight Commander
Classic dual-pane file manager with built-in editor.
nnn
Ultra-lightweight and blazing fast file manager.
ranger
Vim-inspired TUI file manager with preview.
vifm
Vim-like file manager with dual panes.
xplr
Hackable, minimal, and fast TUI file explorer.
yazi
Blazing fast Rust terminal file manager with async I/O.
Text Editors
(14)
Antigravity
Google's agent-first IDE with autonomous AI agents for development.
Cursor
AI-first code editor built on VS Code with advanced AI integration.
Emacs
Extensible editor/environment with infinite customization via Emacs Lisp.
Fresh
Zero-config terminal IDE in Rust with familiar keybindings, mouse support, and built-in LSP.
Helix
Modern modal editor inspired by Kakoune/Neovim with built-in LSP.
Kakoune
Selection-first modal editor with a different paradigm than Vim.
Lapce
Lightning-fast Rust code editor with modal editing.
micro
Modern and intuitive terminal editor (nano alternative).
nano
Simple and beginner-friendly text editor.
Neovim
Modern Vim fork with Lua configuration and built-in LSP.
Sublime Text
Fast and sophisticated text editor with powerful features.
Vim
Classic modal text editor with high efficiency and extensibility.
Visual Studio Code
Popular code editor by Microsoft with extensive extension marketplace.
Zed
High-performance code editor with real-time collaboration.
Shell Enhancements
(9)
Fisher
Plugin manager for the Fish shell.
Oh My Zsh
Zsh configuration framework with plugins and themes.
Powerlevel10k
Fast Zsh theme with extensive customization options.
Pure
Minimal and beautiful Zsh prompt.
Starship
Minimal, fast, and customizable cross-shell prompt.
Tide
Modern Fish prompt inspired by Powerlevel10k.
zinit
Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager.
zsh-autosuggestions
Fish-like autosuggestions based on command history.
zsh-syntax-highlighting
Fish-like syntax highlighting for Zsh.
Git Tools
(12)
Commitizen
Interactive commit message creator for Conventional Commits.
delta (Git)
Syntax-highlighting pager for git diff/log/show.
Fork
Fast and friendly Git GUI client.
Git LFS
Git extension for versioning large files.
git-flow
Git branching model extension commands.
GitHub CLI
Official GitHub command-line tool.
GitKraken
Visual Git client with team collaboration features.
gitui
Blazing fast Git TUI written in Rust.
lazygit
Simple terminal UI for git commands.
pre-commit
Git hooks framework for code quality.
Sourcetree
Free Git GUI client by Atlassian.
tig
Text-mode interface for Git.
Dev Tools
(12)
curl
Command-line tool for transferring data with URLs.
dasel
Query and modify data in JSON, TOML, YAML, XML, CSV.
fx
Terminal JSON viewer with interactive navigation.
glow
Markdown renderer for the terminal.
HTTPie
User-friendly command-line HTTP client.
hyperfine
Command-line benchmarking tool.
jq
Lightweight command-line JSON processor.
Miller
Like awk/sed/cut for name-indexed data (CSV, JSON, etc.).
navi
Interactive cheatsheet tool for command-line.
tokei
Fast code statistics tool with multi-language support.
xsv
Fast CSV toolkit written in Rust.
yq
YAML/JSON/XML/CSV/TOML processor with jq-like syntax.
System Monitoring
(8)
bottom
Cross-platform graphical system/process monitor.
btop
Resource monitor with beautiful UI and customization.
dstat
Versatile resource statistics tool.
glances
System monitoring tool with web interface and REST API.
htop
Interactive process viewer (better top).
iotop
I/O monitor showing disk read/write by process.
nethogs
Network traffic monitor showing bandwidth per process.
nmon
Performance monitor for Linux with data capture.