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Sexy frameworks, plugins and resources for your sexy shell.
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Ammonite-Shell) - An object shell with a Scala-like scripting language.- 🌎 bash - GNU Project's shell (Bourne Again SHell).
- 🌎 fish - Smart and user-friendly command line shell.
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PowerShell) - Automation and configuration tool/framework that is optimized for dealing with structured data.- 🌎 xonsh - Python-ish, BASHwards-looking shell language and command prompt.
- 🌎 zsh - Powerful shell with scripting language.
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alf) - Out of this world super fast and configurable framework for zsh.31⭐
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ant-zsh) - Tiny and lightweight ZSH configuration environment for special customization needs.1680⭐
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antibody) - Faster and simpler antigen written in Golang.7997⭐
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antigen) - Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle.224⭐
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dotzsh) - Community driven framework for zsh.4482⭐
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liquidprompt) - Full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh.172509⭐
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oh-my-zsh) - Delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.13469⭐
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powerlevel9k) - Super flexible awesome powerline ZSH theme.13960⭐
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prezto) - Configuration framework for Zsh.8⭐
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pumice) - Lightweight plugin manager for zsh.13093⭐
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pure) - Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt.601⭐
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slimzsh) - Small, usable configuration for ZSH.47⭐
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zeesh) - Cross-platform Zsh framework.1492⭐
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zgen) - Lightweight and simple plugin manager for ZSH.31⭐
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zilsh) - Zsh config system that aims to appeal more to power-users and follow the simplistic approach of vim-pathogen.3790⭐
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zim) - Zsh configuration framework with blazing speed and modular extensions.98⭐
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zinit) - Flexible Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, turbo mode, services.34⭐
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zoppo) - Crippled configuration framework for Zsh.5787⭐
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zplug) - Next-generation plugin manager for zsh.351⭐
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zpm) - Plugin manager for zsh similar to vim-plug.30988⭐
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zsh-autosuggestions) - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh.177⭐
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zsh-pony) - Covers customizing ZSH without a framework.775⭐
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zsh-quickstart-kit) - Simple zsh quickstart for using zsh and zgen.19921⭐
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zsh-syntax-highlighting) - Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.291⭐
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zshdb) - ZSH debugger.268⭐
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ztanesh) - Aims to improve your UNIX command line experience and productivity with the the configuration provided by the ztanesh project.151⭐
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zulu) - Total environment manager for ZSH 5+.204⭐
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zunit) - Powerful unit testing framework for ZSH.
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aliases) - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell.14221⭐
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bash-it) - Collection of community Bash commands and scripts.891⭐
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bash-powerline) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script.2025⭐
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bash-sensible) - Attempt at saner Bash defaults.1557⭐
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bashtrap) - Quick way to spruce up OSX terminal.4036⭐
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hstr) - Bash History Suggest Box.4482⭐
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liquidprompt) - Full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh.
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bash-git-prompt) - Informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users.1002⭐
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git-extra-commands) - Collection of useful extra commands for git327⭐
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git-prompt) - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules.2590⭐
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git-radar) - Heads up display for git735⭐
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git-sh) - Customized Bash environment suitable for Git work.72⭐
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gittify) - Colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases.3657⭐
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oh-my-git) - Opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh.1136⭐
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sexy-bash-prompt) - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches.
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Fisher) - Package manager for the fish shell.10396⭐
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oh-my-fish) - The Fishshell Framework.
Sexy 3rd party terminal emulation applications.
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Alacritty) - Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.25816⭐
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Cmder) - Lovely console emulator package for Windows.8550⭐
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ConEmu) - Customizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more.2923⭐
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ConsoleZ) - Windows console window enhancement. It is a fork of 🌎 Console project.9191⭐
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FluentTerminal) - A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.- 🌎 GNOME Terminal - Terminal emulator for GNOME.
- 🌎 GNU Screen - Full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes.
- 🌎 Go2Shell - Opens a terminal window to the current directory in Finder.
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Hyper) - Terminal built on web technologies.15127⭐
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iTerm2) - Terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.- KiTTY - Fork from version 0.70 of PuTTY, the best telnet / SSH client in the world.
- 🌎 Konsole - Terminal emulator for the K Desktop Environment.
- 🌎 MacTerm - Powerful replacement for macOS Terminal.
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Mosh) - Remote terminal application that allows roaming and supports intermittent connectivity.- 🌎 PuTTY - SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform.
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Terminator) - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window.659⭐
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Terminology) - The best terminal emulator based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries.58304⭐
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Terminus) - Cross-platform terminal for a more modern age, based on web technologies.?⭐
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Termite) - Keyboard-centric terminal, aimed at use within a tiling window manager.1272⭐
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Tilda) - Gtk based drop down terminal for Linux and Unix.- 🌎 Tilix - Advanced GTK3 tiling terminal emulator that follows the Gnome Human Interface Guidelines.
- 🌎 Xfce Terminal - Modern terminal emulator primarily for the Xfce desktop environment.
- 🌎 xterm - Terminal emulator for the X Window System.
- 🌎 ZOC - SSH/Telnet Client and Terminal Emulator for macOS and Windows.
Sexy package managers for your macOS, Linux & Windows CLIs.
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asdf) - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more1152⭐
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basher) - Package manager for shell scripts.- 🌎 bpkg - JavaScript has npm, Ruby has Gems, Python has pip and now Shell has bpkg.
- 🌎 composer - Composer is a package manager for PHP.
- 🌎 guix - Functional package manager for installed software packages and versions.
- 🌎 nix - Powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.
- 🌎 npmjs - Package manager for JavaScript.
- 🌎 pip - Package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python.
- 🌎 rubygems - The Ruby community’s gem hosting service.
- 🌎 yarn - New package and dependency manager for javascript.
- fink - Wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and macOS.
- 🌎 homebrew - Missing package manager for macOS.
- 🌎 macports - Package manager that simplifies the installation of software on the macOS and Darwin operating systems.
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mas) - Mac App Store command line interface.
- 🌎 linuxbrew - The Homebrew package manager for Linux.
- pkgin - Aimed at being an apt / yum like tool for managing pkgsrc binary packages.
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chromebrew) - Package manager for Chrome OS.
- 🌎 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.
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oneget) - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows.- 🌎 ruckzuck - Software Package Manager for Windows, a quick way to install and update Software.
- 🌎 scoop - Package manager for Windows.
- 🌎 wpkg - Automated software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows.
Sexy text editors for your Command Line Interface.
- 🌎 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.
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micro) - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.- 🌎 nano - Text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface.
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slap) - Sublime-like terminal-based text editor.- 🌎 vim - Extensively configurable, cross-platform and highly efficient text editor.
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vis) - Highly efficient text editor.
Sexy Applications for your Command Line Interface.
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ack3) - Greplike tool, optimized for programmers.669⭐
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add-gitignore) - An interactive CLI that generates a .gitignore for your project based on your needs.13945⭐
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asciinema) - Terminal session recorder.16184⭐
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autojump) - cd command that learns629⭐
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bcal) - Storage conversion and expression calculator.6450⭐
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buku) - command-line bookmark manager.- byobu - Byobu is an open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.
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cointop) - The fastest and most interactive terminal based UI application for tracking cryptocurrencies.4880⭐
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colorls) - Beautify the terminal'sls
command, with color and font-awesome icons.2927⭐
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ddgr) - DuckDuckGo from the terminal.48⭐
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df-show) - Interactive directory and file browser with a similar feel to thels
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dockly) - Docker console UI and Dashboard for quickly managing and inspecting Containers and Services.2959⭐
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dry) - Docker manager for the terminal.23545⭐
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exa) - Replacement for 'ls' written in Rust.3985⭐
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fselect) - 'find' replacement with SQL-like syntax.18935⭐
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fx) - Command-line JSON viewer.63893⭐
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fzf) - Command-line fuzzy finder.3298⭐
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gcalcli) - Google Calendar command line interface.153⭐
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getnews.tech) - Checking the latest news headlines from various news outlets on the web.26343⭐
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glances) - top/htop alternative.6086⭐
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googler) - Search Google from your terminal.3973⭐
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haxor-news) - Browse Hacker News like a haxor.20826⭐
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homebrew-cask) - CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries.10558⭐
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howdoi) - Instant code answers and examples from the command line- 🌎 htop - Cool looking and interactive process viewer 'replacement' for the top command.
- 🌎 hub - Command-line wrapper for git that makes working with GitHub easy.
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imgp) - Multi-core batch image resizer and rotator.16⭐
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jaymock-cli) - Mock an API and generate fake JSON test data, right from the terminal.462⭐
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jq.node) - Command-line JSON/string processor, JavaScript and Lodash in your shell.41⭐
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jrnl) - Simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file.1782⭐
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k) - Directory listings for zsh with git features.2157⭐
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kubebox) - Terminal console for Kubernetes.9⭐
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lexis) - word counting made easy. Retrieve the number of words in a string or stdin.7622⭐
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lf) - Terminal file manager.6066⭐
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lolcat) - Rainbows and unicorns!2937⭐
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lunchy) - Friendly wrapper for launchctl.8071⭐
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mps-youtube) - Terminal based YouTube player and downloader14842⭐
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navi) - An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line.21943⭐
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neofetch) - Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots. Alternative to screenfetch.18955⭐
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nnn) - Tiny, lightning fast, feature-packed file manager.- 🌎 ranger - Console file manager with vi key bindings.
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rebound) - Command-line debugger that instantly fetches Stack Overflow results when you get a compiler error.4639⭐
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reddit terminal viewer) - Browse Reddit from your terminal.47652⭐
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ripgrep) - Code-searching tool like ack and the_silver_searcher, but faster.3848⭐
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screenfetch) - Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots.1322⭐
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shell2http) - HTTP-server to execute shell commands. Designed for development, prototyping or remote control.9931⭐
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streamlink) - CLI for extracting streams from various websites to a video player of your choosing.- 🌎 taskell - Command-line Trello-like kanban-board/TODO lists.
- 🌎 taskwarrior - Command-line TODO list manager.
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the_silver_searcher) - Code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.12366⭐
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tig) - Text mode interface for git.1557⭐
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tiv) - Text mode terminal image viewer.?⭐
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tldr) - Simplified and community-driven man pages.- 🌎 tmux - Terminal multiplexer.
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tmuxinator) - Manage complex tmux sessions easily.- 🌎 transfer.sh - Quickly upload and share files from your shell.
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tre) - Improvedtree
command that knows git, creates shell alias for quick opening, and more!- 🌎 vifm - Console file manager with vi key bindings and some ideas from mutt.
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wal) - generate and change colorschemes on the fly.164⭐
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whereami) - Get your geolocation information from the CLI.24389⭐
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wttr.in) - The right way to check the weather.- 🌎 yadm - Seamless git-based management of your dotfiles.
- 🌎 youtube-dl - download videos from YouTube
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z) - Tool to jump to folders based on history matching a given regex2970⭐
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z.lua) - New cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits.21732⭐
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zoxide) - cd anywhere without typing in long paths.
Sexy Tools for communicating through the Command Line Interface.
- 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.
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go-jira) - Simple jira command line client in Go.- 🌎 irssi - Self proclaimed client of the future and my favorite IRC client.
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slack-term) - Slack client for your terminal.277⭐
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Slackadaisical) - Simple Slack client for the CLI.- 🌎 weechat - Fast, light and extensible chat client.
Join the CLI lover 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.
Here are some more sexy lists.
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awesome-devenv) - Curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.8477⭐
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awesome-emacs) - Community driven list of useful Emacs packages, libraries and others.23660⭐
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awesome-sysadmin) - Curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.15176⭐
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awesome-zsh-plugins) - Collection of ZSH frameworks, plugins & themes inspired by the various awesome list collections out there.
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bash-guide) - Guide to learn bash.152824⭐
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the-art-of-command-line) - Master the command line, in one page.
Your contributions are always welcome! Please take a look at our contribution guidelines and 10529⭐
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Pull requests might be kept open if it hasn't been decided whether additions are sexy enough.
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