Utilities & Productivity Tools

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS and Linux. Install, upgrade and remove thousands of open-source tools and libraries with a single command.

Git

The distributed version control system that powers modern software development. Track changes, branch and merge with speed, and collaborate through GitHub and GitLab.

ripgrep

A line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. Built on Rust, it is often faster than grep, ag and ack.

jq

A lightweight command-line JSON processor. Filter, transform, map and pretty-print JSON with a concise and powerful query language.

fzf

A command-line fuzzy finder for anything — files, processes, history, commands. Interactive filtering that integrates with your shell, Vim and Tmux.

zoxide

A smarter `cd` that learns your habits. Type `z proj` and jump to your most-used project directory, with a blazing-fast fuzzy matcher under the hood.

tmux

A terminal multiplexer that keeps sessions alive between disconnects. Split panes, organize windows, and detach/reattach — the backbone of long-lived remote workflows.

Oh My Zsh

A delightful, open-source framework for managing your zsh configuration. Ships with 300+ plugins, 140+ themes and community-driven goodness.

Starship

A minimal, blazing-fast and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell. Shows git status, languages, package managers and more — with the same config everywhere.

bat

A `cat` clone with wings — syntax highlighting, git integration and line numbers. Preview files in style, and search code with `batgrep`.

eza

A modern, maintained replacement for `ls` — Git integration, file icons, colors and tree views. The community fork of exa.

fd

A simple, fast alternative to `find` with a friendlier syntax. Searches by name, extension, or type with sensible defaults and smart case handling.

Neovim

A hyperextensible Vim-based text editor rebuilt for the modern era. Lua configuration, built-in LSP, treesitter and a plugin ecosystem make it a full IDE in your terminal.

lazygit

A simple terminal UI for git commands. Stage, commit, rebase, cherry-pick and resolve conflicts with a TUI that shows everything at a glance.

tldr

Simplified, community-driven man pages with practical examples. Get the most common commands for any tool in seconds instead of wading through dense manuals.

btop

A resource monitor that shows CPU, memory, disks, network and processes with a gorgeous TUI. A modern, maintained successor to htop and bashtop.

GitHub CLI

GitHub on the command line — manage repos, issues, PRs, releases and Actions without leaving your terminal. Authenticates once and works across GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.

direnv

An environment switcher for the shell that loads per-directory `.envrc` files automatically. Keep project-specific environment variables and PATHs isolated.

mise

A polyglot tool version manager — manage Node, Python, Ruby, Go and hundreds of tools per project, plus task running and environment vars. The successor to asdf and direnv.

delta

A syntax-highlighting pager for git and diff output. Readable side-by-side diffs with code highlighting and word-level changes, right in your terminal.

chezmoi

Manage your dotfiles across multiple machines safely — declarative config with templates, encryption and easy bootstrapping. The dotfile manager for the long haul.

asdf

An extensible version manager with a single CLI for all your languages — Node, Python, Ruby, Erlang and more. Manage runtime versions per project with `.tool-versions`.

curl

The universal command-line data-transfer tool. Download files, test APIs and fetch web pages — preinstalled on macOS.

Wget

A simple, reliable command-line downloader. Fetch single files, mirror whole websites and resume interrupted downloads.

yt-dlp

Download videos and audio from YouTube and 1000+ other sites. Save clips for offline viewing or extract just the soundtrack.

FFmpeg

Convert, cut, combine and record video and audio from the command line — the swiss-army knife of media files.

Pandoc

The universal document converter — turn Markdown into docx, PDF, HTML, EPUB and dozens of other formats.

rclone

Sync and copy files with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and 70+ other cloud storage services — straight from the terminal.

ImageMagick

Create, convert and resize images from the command line — perfect for batch-processing photos and web graphics.

ExifTool

Read and write photo metadata — EXIF, GPS, dates and more. Essential for organizing and cleaning up photo libraries.

The Unarchiver (CLI)

Extract almost any archive format — zip, rar, 7z and dozens more — straight from the terminal.

7-Zip (p7zip)

The 7-Zip archiver for macOS and Linux — create and extract 7z, zip, tar and more from the command line.

aria2

A fast download utility — multi-connection downloads, resume support and even BitTorrent from the terminal.

ncdu

An interactive disk-usage analyzer — see exactly what is eating your disk and delete the big stuff.

htop

An interactive process viewer and system monitor — a friendlier Activity Monitor for the terminal.

Glow

Render Markdown files beautifully in the terminal — READMEs, notes and docs with syntax highlighting.

tree

Print a directory's files and folders as an indented tree — a quick visual map of any project or folder.

mas

Install, update and manage Mac App Store apps from the command line — macOS only.