Tools

Create, edit, and convert images from the command line.

Transfer data from or to a server using various protocols.

Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.

GitHub's official CLI for managing repos, PRs, issues, and more.

Universal document converter between dozens of formats.

PDF text extraction, page info, and PDF → PNG rendering. The reliable way to read PDFs from a shell.

Generate random secrets, encode/decode base64, and hash files. Preinstalled on macOS and Linux.

Command-line shell for SQLite databases. Preinstalled on macOS; apt install sqlite3 on Linux.

A lightweight YAML, JSON, and XML processor.

Screenshot or print any web page (local file or URL) to PNG/PDF with the browser you already have.

List open files and the processes that opened them.

PostgreSQL interactive terminal, used non-interactively for one-shot queries and scripts.

Stream editor for filtering and transforming text.

Create, list, and extract .tar / .tar.gz archives. Preinstalled on macOS and Linux.

Run a command with a time limit. Part of GNU coreutils: built into Linux, 'gtimeout' on macOS after brew install coreutils.

Create and extract .zip archives. Preinstalled on macOS and most Linux images.

Compute and verify SHA checksums. Ships with Perl on macOS and Linux.

Simple, modern file encryption with small explicit keys.

AI pair programming in your terminal — edit code with LLMs.

Agentless automation for configuration management and deployments.

Magical shell history with sync, search, and statistics.

Pattern-scanning and text-processing language.

A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

A customizable cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.