CLI Tools

Modern CLI Alternatives

Enhanced command-line tools that improve upon traditional Unix utilities with better defaults, colors, and user experience.

File & Directory Operations

• eza - lists files/dirs with colors, icons, git status, tree views (replaces ls)
• bat - displays files with syntax highlighting and git changes (replaces cat)
• fd - finds files/directories with simpler regex syntax (replaces find)
• dust - visualizes directory sizes in tree format (replaces du)
• duf - shows disk usage with colored bars and sorting (replaces df)

Text Processing & Search

• rg (ripgrep) - searches text in files recursively (replaces grep)
• sd - find and replace text with simpler syntax (replaces sed)
• jq - parses and manipulates JSON from command line

Navigation & Fuzzy Finding

• fzf - fuzzy finder for files, history, commands (replaces Ctrl+R)
• z (zoxide) - jump to frequently used directories by partial name (replaces cd)

Diff & Version Control

• delta - shows file differences with syntax highlighting (replaces diff)

System Monitoring

• procs - lists processes with colors, search, sorting (replaces ps)
• btop - system monitor with CPU/RAM/network graphs (replaces top/htop)

Network Tools

• gping - pings hosts and displays response times as graph (replaces ping)
• xh - makes HTTP requests with simpler syntax (replaces curl)

Development Tools

• gh - manages GitHub repos, PRs, issues from terminal
• tldr - shows simplified command examples instead of full docs (replaces man)
• navi - interactive cheatsheet tool with fuzzy search

Editor & Shell

• nvim - text editor with async plugins, LSP, Lua scripting (replaces vim)
• zsh - shell with better autocomplete, plugins, themes (replaces bash)