| Tool Alternative |
(reference) |
bat |
cat clone with syntax highlighting and git integration |
exa |
modern replacement for ls |
lsd |
next gen replacement for ls, backwards compatible |
delta |
viewer for git and diff output |
ncdu |
intuitive du with ncurses interface |
dust |
more intuitive version of du written in rust |
duf |
better df alternative |
broot |
better tree with navigation support |
fd |
simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find |
ripgrep |
extremely fast alternative to grep that respects your gitignore |
ag |
code searching tool similar to ack, but faster |
fzf |
general purpose command-line fuzzy find |
bfs |
breadth-first find alternative |
mcfly |
fly through your shell history |
choose |
human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk |
jq |
sed for JSON data |
sd |
intuitive find/replace CLI. sed alternative |
bottom |
another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor |
glances |
top/htop alternative |
gtop |
System monitoring dashboard for terminal |
hyperfine |
command-line benchmarking tool |
gping |
ping with a graph |
procs |
ps rust replacement |
httpie |
modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era |
curlie |
power of curl, the ease of use of httpie |
xh |
performance focused alternative of httpie |
zoxide |
smarter cd command inspired by z |
dog |
user-friendly command-line DNS client. dig on steroids |
| Help Tools |
|
ManKier |
explain shell command with concise pretty man pages |
tldr |
concise man pages with practical examples |
tealdeer |
tldr fast rust implementation |
explainshell |
match command-line arguments to their help text |
cheat.sh |
unified cheatsheets, including tldr-pages |
| GUI Tools |
|
baobab |
gui disk usage analyzer |
stacer |
gui system optimizer/monitoring |
Last update:
2023-09-01
Created:
2023-09-01