Favorite CLI tools and commands

FavoriteCLICheatsheet.json

{
  "clitools": [
    {
      "name": "Git",
      "command": "git",
      "tags": [
        "git",
        "vcs"
      ],
      "description": "Distributed version control system",
      "url": "https://github.com/git/git"
    },
    {
      "name": "fd",
      "command": "fd",
      "tags": [
        "search",
        "file",
        "find"
      ],
      "description": "Find entries in your file system",
      "platform": [
        "windows",
        "linux",
        "macos"
      ],
      "url": "https://github.com/sharkdp/fd"
    },
    {
      "name": "fzf",
      "command": "fzf",
      "tags": [
        "fuzzy",
        "search",
        "filter"
      ],
      "description": "A command-line fuzzy finder",
      "url": "https://github.com/junegunn/fzf"
    },
    {
      "name": "zoxide",
      "command": "z",
      "tags": [
        "navigation",
        "cd",
        "directory"
      ],
      "description": "A smarter cd command. Remembers directories you use most frequently, so you can \"jump\" to them",
      "url": "https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pandoc",
      "command": "pandoc",
      "tags": [
        "document",
        "converter",
        "markdown"
      ],
      "description": "File converter tool",
      "url": "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aider",
      "command": "aider",
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "coding",
        "assistant"
      ],
      "description": "AI LLM to pair program in your terminal",
      "url": "https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider"
    },
    {
      "name": "LazyGit",
      "command": "lazygit",
      "tags": [
        "git",
        "tui",
        "interface"
      ],
      "description": "Simple terminal UI for git commands",
      "url": "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit"
    },
    {
      "name": "LazyDocker",
      "command": "lazydocker",
      "tags": [
        "docker",
        "tui",
        "interface"
      ],
      "description": "Simple terminal UI for docker",
      "url": "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fabric",
      "command": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "automation",
        "prompts"
      ],
      "description": "An open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI",
      "url": "https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric"
    },
    {
      "name": "Winget",
      "command": "winget",
      "tags": [
        "package",
        "manager",
        "windows"
      ],
      "description": "Windows Package Manager CLI tool",
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tasklist",
      "command": "tasklist",
      "tags": [
        "process",
        "windows",
        "system"
      ],
      "description": "Displays a list of currently running processes",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/tasklist"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taskkill",
      "command": "taskkill",
      "tags": [
        "process",
        "kill",
        "windows"
      ],
      "description": "Used to terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill"
    },
    {
      "name": "TLDR",
      "command": "tldr",
      "tags": [
        "help",
        "documentation",
        "examples"
      ],
      "description": "Simplified and community-driven man pages",
      "url": "https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr"
    },
    {
      "name": "WezTerm",
      "command": "wezterm",
      "tags": [
        "terminal",
        "emulator",
        "gui"
      ],
      "description": "A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator",
      "url": "https://github.com/wezterm/wezterm"
    },
    {
      "name": "SSH",
      "command": "ssh",
      "tags": [
        "remote",
        "secure",
        "connection"
      ],
      "description": "Secure Shell for remote login and command execution"
    },
    {
      "name": "SSH Agent",
      "command": "ssh-add",
      "tags": [
        "remote",
        "secure",
        "connection"
      ],
      "description": "Manage the ssh-agent that manages and autoloads SSH keys",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh-overview"
    },
    {
      "name": "Trace Route",
      "command": "tracert",
      "tags": [
        "network",
        "trace",
        "routing"
      ],
      "description": "Traces the route packets take to a network host",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/tracert"
    },
    {
      "name": "Network Statistics",
      "command": "netstat",
      "tags": [
        "network",
        "connections",
        "statistics"
      ],
      "description": "Displays network connections, routing tables, and network statistics",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/netstat"
    },
    {
      "name": "IP Configurations",
      "command": "ipconfig",
      "tags": [
        "network",
        "ip",
        "configuration"
      ],
      "description": "Displays and manages network interface configuration",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ipconfig"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ping",
      "command": "ping",
      "tags": [
        "network",
        "connectivity",
        "test"
      ],
      "description": "Tests network connectivity to another network host",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Test-NetConnection",
      "command": "Test-NetConnection",
      "tags": [
        "powershell",
        "network",
        "test"
      ],
      "description": "PowerShell cmdlet to test network connectivity",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/nettcpip/test-netconnection"
    },
    {
      "name": "Select-String",
      "command": "Select-String",
      "tags": [
        "powershell",
        "search",
        "grep"
      ],
      "description": "PowerShell cmdlet to search for text patterns",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-string"
    },
    {
      "name": "Select-Object",
      "command": "Select-Object",
      "tags": [
        "powershell",
        "filter",
        "properties"
      ],
      "description": "PowerShell cmdlet to select specific properties of objects",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-object"
    },
    {
      "name": "gsudo",
      "command": "gsudo",
      "tags": [
        "windows",
        "cli"
      ],
      "description": "Sudo equivalent for Windows to elevate permissions",
      "url": "https://github.com/gerardog/gsudo"
    },
    {
      "name": "GitHub CLI",
      "command": "gh",
      "tags": [
        "github",
        "git",
        "cli"
      ],
      "description": "GitHub's official command line tool",
      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli"
    },
    {
      "name": ".NET CLI",
      "command": "dotnet",
      "tags": [
        "dotnet",
        "development",
        "build"
      ],
      "description": ".NET command-line interface",
      "url": "https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download"
    },
    {
      "name": "AIChat",
      "command": "aichat",
      "tags": [
        "ai",
        "llm",
        "rag"
      ],
      "description": "AIChat is an all-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, CMD & REPL Mode, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, and More",
      "url": "https://github.com/sigoden/aichat"
    },
    {
      "name": "Posting",
      "command": "posting",
      "tags": [
        "http",
        "tui"
      ],
      "description": "A TUI API client that lives in your terminal",
      "url": "https://github.com/darrenburns/posting"
    },
    {
      "name": "HTTPie",
      "command": "http",
      "tags": [
        "http"
      ],
      "description": "HTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command-line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible",
      "url": "https://github.com/httpie"
    },
    {
      "name": "delta",
      "command": "delta",
      "tags": [
        "git",
        "vcs"
      ],
      "description": "A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output",
      "url": "https://github.com/dandavison/delta"
    },
    {
      "name": "chezmoi",
      "command": "chezmoi",
      "tags": [
        "dotfile manager"
      ],
      "description": "Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely",
      "url": "https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yazi File Manager",
      "command": "yazi",
      "tags": [
        "file manager"
      ],
      "description": "A blazing fast cross-platform file manager",
      "url": "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ya",
      "command": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "package manager"
      ],
      "description": "Package manager for Yazi file manager",
      "url": "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Everything CLI",
      "command": "es",
      "tags": [
        "everything"
      ],
      "description": "A file-system searcher for Windows",
      "url": "https://github.com/voidtools/es"
    },
    {
      "name": "bat",
      "command": "bat",
      "tags": [
        "previews",
        "files"
      ],
      "description": "A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration",
      "url": "https://github.com/sharkdp/bat"
    },
    {
      "name": "eza",
      "command": "eza",
      "tags": [
        "files"
      ],
      "description": "A modern replacement for ls",
      "url": "https://github.com/eza-community/eza"
    },
    {
      "name": "less",
      "command": "less",
      "tags": [
        "pager"
      ],
      "description": "CLI Pager for windows",
      "url": "https://github.com/jftuga/less-Windows"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ripgrep",
      "command": "rg",
      "tags": [
        "search",
        "files"
      ],
      "description": "Search file contents with grep expressions",
      "url": "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep"
    },
    {
      "name": "7zip",
      "command": "7z",
      "tags": [
        "compression",
        "archive",
        "files"
      ],
      "description": "File archiver with high compression ratio",
      "url": "https://7-zip.org"
    },
    {
      "name": "zk",
      "command": "zk",
      "tags": [
        "productivity",
        "notes"
      ],
      "description": "A CLI to mainain a plain text Zettelkasten or personal wiki",
      "url": "https://github.com/zk-org/zk"
    },
    {
      "name": "mitmproxy",
      "command": "mitmproxy",
      "tags": [
        "network",
        "debugging"
      ],
      "description": "A HTTP proxy to intercept web requests",
      "url": "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy"
    }
  ]
}