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Obsessed with pushing text mode to its limits?\nThis is a collection of various terminal tools and effects to help you on your quest.\n\n\n## Effects \u0026 Visuals\n\nThese are mostly useless but very pretty.\n\n- [zero](https://github.com/sinclairzx81/zero/) – 3D Graphics Rendering Pipeline. Implemented in JavaScript. Run in a terminal.\n- [cxxmatrix](https://github.com/akinomyoga/cxxmatrix/) – C++ Matrix: The Matrix Reloaded in Terminals (Number falls, Banners, Matrix rains, Conway's Game of Life and Mandelbrot set).\n- [awkaster](https://github.com/TheMozg/awk-raycaster) – Pseudo-3D shooter written completely in gawk using raycasting technique.\n- [cbeams](https://github.com/tartley/cbeams) – A command-line program which draws pretty animated colored circles in the terminal.\n- [lolcat](https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat) – Rainbows and unicorns! Transforms text into rainbow colors.\n- [parrotsay](https://github.com/matheuss/parrotsay) – The Party Parrot on your terminal.\n- [rice](https://github.com/janbrennen/rice) – rice, hax, etc.\n- [drawille](https://github.com/asciimoo/drawille) – Pixel graphics in terminal with unicode braille characters.\n- [cmatrix](https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix) – Terminal based \"The Matrix\" like implementation.\n\n\n## Tools \u0026 Utilities\n\nUseful tools but pretty nevertheless.\n\n**Monitoring tools:**\n\n- [glances](https://github.com/nicolargo/glances) – Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems.\n- [gtop](https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop) – System monitoring dashboard for terminal.\n- [vtop](https://github.com/MrRio/vtop) – Wow such top. So stats. More better than regular top.\n- [htop](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop) – htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems. It aims to be a better 'top'.\n- [s-tui](https://github.com/amanusk/s-tui) – Terminal-based CPU stress and monitoring utility.\n- [wavemon](https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon) – wavemon is an ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices.\n- [ngxtop](https://github.com/lebinh/ngxtop) – Real-time metrics for nginx server.\n\n\n**Others:**\n\n- [tig](https://github.com/jonas/tig) – Text-mode interface for git.\n- [icdiff](https://github.com/jeffkaufman/icdiff) – Improved colored diff.\n- [pgcli](https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli) –  Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.\n- [mycli](https://github.com/dbcli/mycli) – A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.\n- [ccat](https://github.com/jingweno/ccat) – Colorizing `cat` (syntax highlighting).\n- [httpie](https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie) – Modern command line HTTP client – user-friendly curl alternative with intuitive UI, JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, etc.\n- [cheat](https://github.com/cheat/cheat) –  cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind nix system administrators of options for commands that they use frequently, but not frequently enough to remember.\n- [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) – A command-line fuzzy finder.\n- [hexyl](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl) – A command-line hex viewer.\n- [bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) – A cat(1) clone with wings.\n- [onefetch](https://github.com/o2sh/onefetch) – Git repository summary on your terminal.\n- [thefuck](https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck) – Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.\n- [speedometer](https://github.com/wardi/speedometer) – Chart network TX/RX and file download rates on the console.\n\n\n## Web based\n\nThese work in the terminal but are streamed off the web.\n\n- [gameboy.live](https://github.com/HFO4/gameboy.live) – A basic gameboy emulator with terminal \"Cloud Gaming\" support.\n- [parrot.live](https://github.com/hugomd/parrot.live) – Bringing animated parrots to terminals everywhere.\n- [wttr.in](https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in) – The right way to check the weather.\n\n\n## Other\n\n- [cool-retro-term](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term) – A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frichrd%2Fterminal-fun","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frichrd%2Fterminal-fun","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frichrd%2Fterminal-fun/lists"}