Top CLI Tools by GitHub Stars

An open-source terminal coding agent with multiple model providers, sessions, tools, and LSP integration.

Download video and audio from thousands of supported websites.

Run and manage open models locally through a simple command-line interface.

Anthropic’s agentic coding tool for understanding codebases, editing files, and automating terminal workflows.

OpenAI’s coding agent for reading, changing, and running code directly from the terminal.

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

Google’s open-source terminal agent with Gemini models, tools, MCP support, and project context.

Cross-browser end-to-end testing and browser automation from the command line.

An all-in-one JavaScript runtime, package manager, bundler, and test runner.

A fast Python package, project, tool, and environment manager.

A general-purpose fuzzy finder for files, history, processes, and more.

A fast frontend development server and production build tool.

A keyboard-driven terminal UI for staging, rebasing, branching, and Git history.

Run GitHub Actions workflows locally using containers.

Recursively search files with fast regex matching and gitignore support.

Use natural language to run code and complete computer tasks locally.

Record, convert, stream, inspect, and process audio and video.

Community-maintained command documentation focused on practical examples.

A cat replacement with syntax highlighting, paging, and Git integration.

A fast customizable prompt for every major shell.

An open-source extensible AI agent that installs, executes, edits, and tests through terminal tools and MCP.

Inspect Docker image layers and discover opportunities to reduce size.

A terminal UI for Docker containers, services, images, logs, and stats.

Plan, provision, and manage infrastructure as code across cloud and SaaS providers.

A terminal multiplexer for persistent sessions, panes, and windows.

An open-source AI pair programmer that edits code in a local Git repository with many model providers.

Model databases, generate clients, create migrations, inspect schemas, and browse data.

GitHub on the command line: repositories, pull requests, issues, Actions, releases, and API calls.

A modal terminal editor with built-in LSP and tree-sitter support.

A JavaScript testing framework with snapshots, mocking, and coverage.

A fast and user-friendly alternative to the traditional find command.

Apply reusable AI patterns to summarization, extraction, and research tasks.

A lightweight multi-protocol download utility with parallel transfers.

An asynchronous terminal file manager with rich previews and plugins.

Query local files and analytical datasets with an in-process SQL database.

Static analysis that finds bugs and portability problems in shell scripts.

A smarter cd command that learns the directories you use most.

An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier.

Scan containers, filesystems, repositories, Kubernetes, and SBOMs for vulnerabilities and misconfiguration.

A human-friendly HTTP client with JSON, sessions, auth, and formatted output.

Connect devices to a tailnet, inspect peers, serve local apps, create funnels, and manage networking.

A powerful scriptable media player controlled from the command line.

A fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript projects and workspaces.

Read, write, rotate, and manage secrets, authentication methods, policies, and encryption services.

Run Continue coding-agent workflows from terminals and CI environments.

A convenient command runner for project-specific development recipes.

A compact and expressive command-line processor for JSON data.

A resource monitor for CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes.

Manage language runtimes, environment variables, and project tasks.

A terminal UI for navigating, observing, and managing Kubernetes clusters.

A user-friendly shell with suggestions, highlighting, and practical defaults.

A syntax-highlighting pager for Git, diff, grep, and blame output.

Manage Hasura metadata, migrations, seeds, console sessions, and GraphQL Engine projects.

Search, sync, and understand shell history with rich execution context.

One command line for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and the rest of Google Workspace.

A high-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos.

Install, upgrade, inspect, package, and publish applications for Kubernetes using Helm charts.

Detect hardcoded secrets in Git repositories, files, and CI pipelines.

A smart monorepo platform with caching, generators, and affected commands.

Benchmark command-line programs with warmups and statistical analysis.

Qwen’s open-source terminal coding agent with repository tools, non-interactive mode, and MCP support.

Render and browse Markdown beautifully inside the terminal.

A fast cross-platform Node.js version manager written in Rust.

A fast formatter and linter for modern web projects.

Provision cloud infrastructure using TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, and YAML.

A versatile HTTP load-testing tool designed for constant request rates.

Create projects from reusable templates using interactive variables.

Fully automate semantic versioning and package publishing from commits.

Simple, modern, and secure file encryption with small explicit keys.

A modern ls replacement with Git status, colors, icons, and tree views.

Encrypt structured configuration files using cloud KMS, age, or PGP.

A fast terminal file manager with plugins and desktop integration.

Record, replay, and share terminal sessions as lightweight text.

A top-like terminal interface for container metrics and inspection.

The official Lark and Feishu CLI with commands for Messenger, Docs, Base, Sheets, Calendar, Mail, Tasks, and Meetings.

Create, convert, compose, resize, and inspect images in scripts.

Create consistent conventional commits through an interactive prompt.

A console file manager with Vi key bindings and previews.

A unified command line for the full Amazon Web Services API surface.

A Vite-native test framework with a Jest-compatible API.

Find security and correctness issues with fast semantic code analysis.

Develop, preview, deploy, and manage Vercel projects and environment variables from the terminal.

A portable task runner that uses readable YAML Taskfiles.

Search, lint, and rewrite code using syntax-aware structural patterns.

Build and publish Go binaries, archives, packages, and release notes.

Read, update, and transform YAML, JSON, XML, and properties files.

Load and unload environment variables automatically by directory.

Show filesystem usage with readable tables, colors, and filters.

A roaming remote shell that survives network changes and intermittent links.

A customizable cross-platform graphical process and system monitor.

Access and manage Bitwarden vault items, organizations, collections, and secrets from scripts.

Discover hosts, services, ports, and network configurations.

A PostgreSQL terminal client with smart completion and highlighting.

A text-mode interface for browsing Git history and changes.

Navigate directory trees, preview files, and launch commands interactively.

Pin and manage JavaScript command-line tools and Node.js versions.

Interact with gRPC servers using a curl-like command-line interface.

Run prompts, manage models, and extend LLM providers with plugins.

Visualize disk usage as an intuitive tree from the command line.

Generate customizable changelogs from conventional Git history.