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Terminals Are Sexy

A curated list of Terminal frameworks, plugins & resources for CLI lovers.

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Table of Contents

1. Shells
   • Base Shells
   • ZSH
   • Bash
   • Git
   • Fish
2. Terminal Emulation Applications
3. Package Managers
   • Universal
   • macOS
   • Linux
   • Windows
4. Text Editors
5. Tools and Plugins
6. Communication
7. Other
   • Community
   • Other Sexy Lists
     • Awesome
     • Misc
   • Contributing

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Shells

Sexy frameworks, plugins and resources for your sexy shell.

Base Shells

•   2635⭐    368🍴 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.
•  51727⭐   8197🍴 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.

ZSH

•    122⭐     23🍴 alf) - Out of this world super fast and configurable framework for zsh.
•     32⭐      4🍴 ant-zsh) - Tiny and lightweight ZSH configuration environment for special customization needs.
•   1676⭐     63🍴 antibody) - Faster and simpler antigen written in Golang.
•   8306⭐    288🍴 antigen) - Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle.
•    230⭐     34🍴 dotzsh) - Community driven framework for zsh.
•   4633⭐    415🍴 liquidprompt) - Full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh.
• 185061⭐  26301🍴 oh-my-zsh) - Delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
•  13429⭐    923🍴 powerlevel9k) - Super flexible awesome powerline ZSH theme.
•  14469⭐   4476🍴 prezto) - Configuration framework for Zsh.
•      9⭐      2🍴 pumice) - Lightweight plugin manager for zsh.
•  14108⭐   1002🍴 pure) - Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt.
•    620⭐     19🍴 slimzsh) - Small, usable configuration for ZSH.
•     48⭐      8🍴 zeesh) - Cross-platform Zsh framework.
•   1518⭐     99🍴 zgen) - Lightweight and simple plugin manager for ZSH.
•     31⭐      5🍴 zilsh) - Zsh config system that aims to appeal more to power-users and follow the simplistic approach of vim-pathogen.
•   4531⭐    183🍴 zim) - Zsh configuration framework with blazing speed and modular extensions.
•    127⭐      5🍴 zinit) - Flexible Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, turbo mode, services.
•     36⭐      3🍴 zoppo) - Crippled configuration framework for Zsh.
•   5989⭐    228🍴 zplug) - Next-generation plugin manager for zsh.
•    394⭐     26🍴 zpm) - Plugin manager for zsh similar to vim-plug.
•  34927⭐   1924🍴 zsh-autosuggestions) - Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh.
•    187⭐      5🍴 zsh-pony) - Covers customizing ZSH without a framework.
•    886⭐    104🍴 zsh-quickstart-kit) - Simple zsh quickstart for using zsh and zgen.
•  22309⭐   1366🍴 zsh-syntax-highlighting) - Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.
•    322⭐     26🍴 zshdb) - ZSH debugger.
•    270⭐     55🍴 ztanesh) - Aims to improve your UNIX command line experience and productivity with the the configuration provided by the ztanesh project.
•    157⭐     12🍴 zulu) - Total environment manager for ZSH 5+.
•    220⭐     25🍴 zunit) - Powerful unit testing framework for ZSH.

Bash

•    616⭐     37🍴 aliases) - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell.
•  14970⭐   2316🍴 bash-it) - Collection of community Bash commands and scripts.
•    906⭐    168🍴 bash-powerline) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script.
•   2113⭐     96🍴 bash-sensible) - Attempt at saner Bash defaults.
•   1560⭐    121🍴 bashtrap) - Quick way to spruce up OSX terminal.
•   4465⭐    237🍴 hstr) - Bash History Suggest Box.
•   4633⭐    415🍴 liquidprompt) - Full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh.

Git

•   6903⭐    992🍴 bash-git-prompt) - Informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users.
•   1137⭐     92🍴 git-extra-commands) - Collection of useful extra commands for git
•    329⭐     97🍴 git-prompt) - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules.
•   2584⭐     86🍴 git-radar) - Heads up display for git
•    746⭐     84🍴 git-sh) - Customized Bash environment suitable for Git work.
•     78⭐      6🍴 gittify) - Colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases.
•   3696⭐    282🍴 oh-my-git) - Opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh.
•   1154⭐    152🍴 sexy-bash-prompt) - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches.

Fish

•   9038⭐    280🍴 Fisher) - Package manager for the fish shell.
•  11196⭐    805🍴 oh-my-fish) - The Fishshell Framework.

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Terminal Emulation Applications

Sexy 3rd party terminal emulation applications.

•  62755⭐   3319🍴 Alacritty) - Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
•  26784⭐   2082🍴 Cmder) - Lovely console emulator package for Windows.
•   9052⭐    598🍴 ConEmu) - Customizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more.
•   2925⭐    231🍴 ConsoleZ) - Windows console window enhancement. It is a fork of 🌎 Console project.
•   9582⭐    451🍴 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.
•  44692⭐   3541🍴 Hyper) - Terminal built on web technologies.
•  17087⭐   1314🍴 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.
•  13603⭐    788🍴 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.
•   2519⭐    280🍴 Terminator) - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window.
•    723⭐     54🍴 Terminology) - The best terminal emulator based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries.
•  69246⭐   3889🍴 Terminus) - Cross-platform terminal for a more modern age, based on web technologies.
•      ?⭐      ?🍴 Termite) - Keyboard-centric terminal, aimed at use within a tiling window manager.
•   1329⭐    168🍴 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.

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Package Managers

Sexy package managers for your macOS, Linux & Windows CLIs.

Universal

•  25130⭐    920🍴 asdf) - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
•   1271⭐     78🍴 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.

macOS

• 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.
•  12014⭐    288🍴 mas) - Mac App Store command line interface.

Linux

• 🌎 linuxbrew - The Homebrew package manager for Linux.
• pkgin - Aimed at being an apt / yum like tool for managing pkgsrc binary packages.

ChromeOS

•   2467⭐    411🍴 chromebrew) - Package manager for Chrome OS.

Windows

• 🌎 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.
•   2395⭐    191🍴 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.

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Text Editors

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.
•  28077⭐   1289🍴 micro) - Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.
• 🌎 nano - Text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface.
•   6183⭐    220🍴 slap) - Sublime-like terminal-based text editor.
• 🌎 vim - Extensively configurable, cross-platform and highly efficient text editor.
  • 🌎 SpaceVim - Community-driven vim distribution.
  • 🌎 neovim - Literally the future of vim.
•   4465⭐    276🍴 vis) - Highly efficient text editor.

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Tools and Plugins

Sexy Applications for your Command Line Interface.

•    807⭐     71🍴 ack3) - Greplike tool, optimized for programmers.
•    713⭐     16🍴 add-gitignore) - An interactive CLI that generates a .gitignore for your project based on your needs.
•  16912⭐   1006🍴 asciinema) - Terminal session recorder.
•  16838⭐    711🍴 autojump) - cd command that learns
•    684⭐     41🍴 bcal) - Storage conversion and expression calculator.
•   7083⭐    316🍴 buku) - command-line bookmark manager.
• byobu - Byobu is an open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.
•   4382⭐    354🍴 cointop) - The fastest and most interactive terminal based UI application for tracking cryptocurrencies.
•   5114⭐    395🍴 colorls) - Beautify the terminal's ls command, with color and font-awesome icons.
•   3245⭐    156🍴 ddgr) - DuckDuckGo from the terminal.
•     54⭐      4🍴 df-show) - Interactive directory and file browser with a similar feel to the ls command.
•   4012⭐    163🍴 dockly) - Docker console UI and Dashboard for quickly managing and inspecting Containers and Services.
•   3226⭐    103🍴 dry) - Docker manager for the terminal.
•  24405⭐    656🍴 exa) - Replacement for 'ls' written in Rust.
•   4404⭐     90🍴 fselect) - 'find' replacement with SQL-like syntax.
•  20308⭐    473🍴 fx) - Command-line JSON viewer.
•  78252⭐   2700🍴 fzf) - Command-line fuzzy finder.
•   3657⭐    324🍴 gcalcli) - Google Calendar command line interface.
•    172⭐     12🍴 getnews.tech) - Checking the latest news headlines from various news outlets on the web.
•  31897⭐   1691🍴 glances) - top/htop alternative.
•   6190⭐    534🍴 googler) - Search Google from your terminal.
•   4120⭐    170🍴 haxor-news) - Browse Hacker News like a haxor.
•  21858⭐  11344🍴 homebrew-cask) - CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries.
•  10824⭐    866🍴 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.
•   1090⭐     53🍴 imgp) - Multi-core batch image resizer and rotator.
•     16⭐      1🍴 jaymock-cli) - Mock an API and generate fake JSON test data, right from the terminal.
•    480⭐     28🍴 jq.node) - Command-line JSON/string processor, JavaScript and Lodash in your shell.
•     48⭐      2🍴 jrnl) - Simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file.
•   1819⭐    127🍴 k) - Directory listings for zsh with git features.
•   2225⭐    140🍴 kubebox) - Terminal console for Kubernetes.
•     10⭐      2🍴 lexis) - word counting made easy. Retrieve the number of words in a string or stdin.
•   9098⭐    360🍴 lf) - Terminal file manager.
•   6499⭐    232🍴 lolcat) - Rainbows and unicorns!
•   2976⭐    116🍴 lunchy) - Friendly wrapper for launchctl.
•   8629⭐    667🍴 mps-youtube) - Terminal based YouTube player and downloader
•  16786⭐    535🍴 navi) - An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line.
•  23560⭐   1788🍴 neofetch) - Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots. Alternative to screenfetch.
•  21344⭐    796🍴 nnn) - Tiny, lightning fast, feature-packed file manager.
• 🌎 ranger - Console file manager with vi key bindings.
•   4133⭐    383🍴 rebound) - Command-line debugger that instantly fetches Stack Overflow results when you get a compiler error.
•   4642⭐    283🍴 reddit terminal viewer) - Browse Reddit from your terminal.
•  60481⭐   2403🍴 ripgrep) - Code-searching tool like ack and the_silver_searcher, but faster.
•   4040⭐    450🍴 screenfetch) - Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots.
•   1476⭐    142🍴 shell2http) - HTTP-server to execute shell commands. Designed for development, prototyping or remote control.
•  11315⭐   1170🍴 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.
•  27228⭐   1434🍴 the_silver_searcher) - Code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.
•  13129⭐    646🍴 tig) - Text mode interface for git.
•   1663⭐    117🍴 tiv) - Text mode terminal image viewer.
•      ?⭐      ?🍴 tldr) - Simplified and community-driven man pages.
• 🌎 tmux - Terminal multiplexer.
•  13435⭐    624🍴 tmuxinator) - Manage complex tmux sessions easily.
• 🌎 transfer.sh - Quickly upload and share files from your shell.
•   1174⭐     26🍴 tre) - Improved tree 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.
•    738⭐     36🍴 wal) - generate and change colorschemes on the fly.
•    172⭐     11🍴 whereami) - Get your geolocation information from the CLI.
•  28913⭐   1210🍴 wttr.in) - The right way to check the weather.
• 🌎 yadm - Seamless git-based management of your dotfiles.
• 🌎 youtube-dl - download videos from YouTube
•  16938⭐   1182🍴 z) - Tool to jump to folders based on history matching a given regex
•   3121⭐    147🍴 z.lua) - New cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits.
•  33933⭐    742🍴 zoxide) - cd anywhere without typing in long paths.

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Communication

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.
•   2733⭐    340🍴 go-jira) - Simple jira command line client in Go.
• 🌎 irssi - Self proclaimed client of the future and my favorite IRC client.
•   6586⭐    225🍴 slack-term) - Slack client for your terminal.
•    278⭐     13🍴 Slackadaisical) - Simple Slack client for the CLI.
• 🌎 weechat - Fast, light and extensible chat client.

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Other

Community

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.

Other Sexy Lists

Here are some more sexy lists.

Awesome

•   3176⭐    195🍴 awesome-devenv) - Curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.
•   9193⭐    593🍴 awesome-emacs) - Community driven list of useful Emacs packages, libraries and others.
•  24247⭐   2885🍴 awesome-sysadmin) - Curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.
•  17458⭐    592🍴 awesome-zsh-plugins) - Collection of ZSH frameworks, plugins & themes inspired by the various awesome list collections out there.

Misc

•  12239⭐   1047🍴 bash-guide) - Guide to learn bash.
• 159990⭐  14761🍴 the-art-of-command-line) - Master the command line, in one page.

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Contributing

Your contributions are always welcome! Please take a look at our contribution guidelines and  11646⭐    940🍴 code of conduct) first.

Pull requests might be kept open if it hasn't been decided whether additions are sexy enough.

Source

 12912⭐    627🍴 k4m4/terminals-are-sexy)