A directory of terminal apps worth knowing

n8n

CLI toolProductivity+1

A workflow automation tool that lets you connect services and APIs without writing much code.

ohmyzsh

PromptTerminals and shells

A framework for managing your zsh configuration with themes and plugins.

yt-dlp

CLI toolMedia and graphics+1

A feature-rich media downloader that handles video, audio, subtitles, and playlists.

Ollama

CLI toolAI and agents+1

A local model runtime that runs large language models and exposes them over an API.

Claude Code

AI agentAI and agents+1

Anthropic's terminal coding agent that reads your repo, edits code, and runs tests.

Go

CLI toolDevelopment

The official Go toolchain for building, testing, and managing Go projects.

shadcn CLI

CLI toolDevelopment

A CLI for scaffolding shadcn/ui projects and managing a component registry.

Codex CLI

AI agentAI and agents+1

OpenAI's local coding agent that understands your repository and makes shell-level edits.

Deno

CLI toolDevelopment

A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript with built-in tooling.

Gemini CLI

AI agentAI and agents+1

Google's terminal coding agent for repo analysis, code edits, and task automation.

Bun

CLI toolDevelopment

A fast JavaScript runtime and package manager built for speed.

sherlock

CLI toolSecurity+1

A search tool that hunts down usernames across hundreds of social networks.

Hugo

CLI toolDevelopment

A fast static site generator that builds content-heavy sites from markdown in seconds.

uv

CLI toolDevelopment

An extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust.

fzf

CLI toolDevelopment+1

A fast, interactive fuzzy finder for the terminal that filters anything piped to it.

Caddy

CLI toolNetworking+1

An extensible web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS.

tabby

Terminal emulatorTerminals and shells

A configurable terminal for local shells, SSH, and serial connections in one window.

act

CLI toolDevOps and cloud+1

Run GitHub Actions workflows locally in Docker to test jobs before you push.

Cline

AI agentAI and agents+1

An autonomous coding agent that runs inside your editor and plans, edits, and verifies changes.

Prometheus

CLI toolMonitoring and system+1

An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit that scrapes and stores time-series metrics.

alacritty

Terminal emulatorTerminals and shells

A focused, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator that stays out of your way.

warp

Terminal emulatorTerminals and shells+1

A modern Rust terminal with built-in AI, collaboration, and block-based output.

ffmpeg

CLI toolMedia and graphics

A complete solution to record, convert, and stream audio and video from the command line.

tldr

CLI toolProductivity+1

A community cheat-sheet for commands that shows the common invocations you actually need.

termux-app

Terminal emulatorTerminals and shells+1

A terminal emulator and Linux environment that brings a full shell to Android.

mkcert

stale

CLI toolSecurity+1

Make locally-trusted certificates for development servers with one command.

rclone

CLI toolFiles and archives+1

Sync, mount, and manage cloud storage from the command line like rsync for the cloud.

Gitea CLI

CLI toolDevelopment+1

A self-hosted git forge that gives you a GitHub-like interface on your own server.

rich

CLI toolDevelopment

A Python library for rich text, tables, and progress bars in the terminal.

PowerShell

ShellTerminals and shells+1

A cross-platform shell and scripting language built on .NET for automation.