CLI tools I love using
I’m a huge fan of Rust, and it’s no surprise that many of the tools I rely on in the terminal are written in rust.
Here’s a quick rundown of my favorites:
Fzf
: Fuzzy finder that makes searching files or commands a breeze.Eza
: A modern, colorful alternative tols
that adds more functionality.Zoxide
: A smartercd
command that remembers your most-used directories.Fish shell
: A user-friendly shell with auto-suggestions and syntax highlighting.Starship prompt
: Fast, customizable prompt with support for all major shells.Ripgrep
: Lightning-fast search tool, a must-have for large codebases.Sd
: Simpler, more intuitive replacement forsed
.Fd
: Faster, friendlier alternative tofind
with colorful output.Jq
: Power tool for processing JSON data in the terminal.Lazygit
: Terminal-based Git interface, perfect for lazy devs.Lazydocker
: Easy-to-use terminal tool for managing Docker containers.Bat
: Bettercat
with syntax highlighting and line numbers.Git-delta
: Enhanced git diff tool with better formatting.Fnm
: Fast, Rust-based Node.js version manager.
UPDATED LIST:
Neovim
: + LazyvimStow
: Manages dotfiles.Ghostty
: Terminal emulator.Aerospace
: Window manager.Hyperfine
: Benchmarking tool.