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### Awesome macOS command-line apps!



A curated list of fantastically awesome command-line software for macOS. This list was inspired by 

[Awesome Sysadmin](https://github.com/kahun/awesome-sysadmin).



- [Academics](#academics)

- [Audio](#audio)

- [Automation](#automation)

- [Backups](#backups)

- [Communication](#communication)

- [Compression](#compressioin)

- [Databases](#databases)

- [Database Utilities](#database-utilities)

- [DevOps](#devops)

- [File Managers](#file-managers)

- [Graphics](#graphics)

- [Information](#information)

- [Infrastructure Management](#infrastructure-management)

- [Markdown](#markdown)

- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)

- [Networking](#networking)

- [Password Managers](#password-managers)

- [Plan 9 Tools](#plan-9-tools)

- [Programming](#programming)

- [Searching](#searching)

- [Security](#security)

- [Shells](#shells)

- [Shell Utilities](#shell-utilities)

- [System](#system)

- [Text Editors](#text-editors)

- [Terminal Emulators](#terminal-emulators)

- [Version Control](#version-control)

- [Video](#video)

- [Virtualization](#virtualization)

- [Web Utilities](#web-utilities)

- [Windows Management](#windows-management)

- [Writing](#writing)



### Academics



*Misc academic tools and utilities.*



- [jrnl](http://jrnl.sh/advanced.html) - Collect your thoughts and notes.

- [Insect](https://github.com/sharkdp/insect) - High precision scientific calculator.



### Audio



*Audio players, editors, and converters.*



- [csound](https://csound.com/) - A Sound and Music Computing System.

- [mpd](https://www.musicpd.org/) - A flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music.

- [mpc](https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/) - A solid, lightweight, simple mpd client, written in C.

- [ncmpc](https://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/) - ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client.

- [switchaudio](https://github.com/deweller/switchaudio-osx) - Change the audio source for macOS.



### Automation



- [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/) - Simple IT Automation.

- [Capistrano](http://capistranorb.com) - Remote multi-server automation tool.

- [Chef](https://www.chef.io) - IT Automation Tool.

- [Molecule](http://molecule.readthedocs.io/en/master/) - Automated testing for Ansible roles.

- [Posixcube](https://github.com/myplaceonline/posixcube) - Shell script-based server automation framework.

- [Saltstack](https://www.saltstack.com/) - Control and secure your digital infrastructure.



### Backups



*Backup software.*



- [Rclone](http://rclone.org/) - A command line program to sync files and directories to the cloud.

- [Rsync Time](https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup) - Time Machine style backup with rsync.

- [restic](https://restic.net/) - Backups done right!

- [s3cmd](http://s3tools.org/usage) - Command Line S3 Client Software and S3 Backup.



### Communication



*Communication Applications.*



- [mastodon](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon) - Self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community.

- [RaspChat](http://beta.raspchat.com) - A chat server that can run on Raspberry Pi.

- [The Lounge](https://thelounge.github.io/) - Self-hosted web IRC client.

- [tg](https://github.com/vysheng/tg) - Command Line Telegram.



### Compression



- [p7zip](http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/) - A port of 7za.exe for POSIX systems.



### Databases



*Databases and database utilities.*



- [mycli](http://mycli.net/) - A Terminal Client for MySQL.

- [Pex](https://github.com/petere/pex) - Light-weight package manager for PostgreSQL.

- [pgcli](https://www.pgcli.com/) - Postgres CLI with autocompletion.

- [Postgrest](http://postgrest.com) - REST API for any Postgres database.

- [RethinkDB](https://rethinkdb.com/) - The open-source database for the realtime web.



### Database Utilities



- [mssql-cli](https://github.com/dbcli/mssql-cli) - SQL Server client w/auto-completion and syntax highlighting. 



### DevOps



*DevOps tools and utilities.*



- [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube) - Run Kubernetes locally.

- [Minishift](https://github.com/minishift/minishift) - Run OpenShift locally.



### File Managers



*File management tools and utilities.*



- [diskonaut](https://github.com/imsnif/diskonaut) - Terminal disk space navigator. 

- [nnn](https://github.com/jarun/nnn) - The missing terminal file browser.

- [ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) - A console file manager with VI key bindings.

- [modd](https://github.com/cortesi/modd) - A flexible tool for responding to filesystem changes.

- [ncdu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) - A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface.



### Graphics



*Graphics tools and Utilities for macOS.*



- [imgp](https://github.com/jarun/imgp) - Multi-core image resizer and rotator.



### Information



- [cpufetch](https://github.com/Dr-Noob/cpufetch) - Simple yet fancy CPU architecture fetching tool.

- [neofetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch) - A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+.

- [onefetch](https://github.com/o2sh/onefetch) - A command-line Git information tool written in Rust.

- [pfetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch/) - A pretty system information tool.



### Infrastructure Management



*Infrastructure Management tools for macOS.*



- [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) - Write, Plan, and Create Infrastructure as Code.



### Markdown



- [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow) - Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻 

- [mdp](https://github.com/visit1985/mdp) - Markdown presentation tool.



### Miscellaneous



- [genact](https://github.com/svenstaro/genact) - A nonsense activity generator

- [nb](https://xwmx.github.io/nb/) -  Note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, knowledge-base.

- [vice](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/) -  Emulates the C64, C64-DTV, C128, VIC20, PET, PLUS4, and CBM-II.



### Networking



*Networking tools and utilities.*



- [Armor](https://armor.labstack.com/) - Uncomplicated, modern HTTP server.

- [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) - Caddy is the HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS.

- [Croc](https://github.com/schollz/croc) - Securely send things from one computer to another.

- [Duck](https://duck.sh/) - Cyberduck for the command line interface (CLI).

- [Hget](https://github.com/huydx/hget) - Rocket fast download accelerator.

- [hippo](https://github.com/cortesi/hippo) - Host configuration file management based on git.

- [homebridge](https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge) - HomeKit support for the impatient.

- [hss](https://github.com/six-ddc/hss) - An interactive parallel ssh client.

- [lychee](https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee) - Link checker written in Rust

- [MacOS VPN](https://github.com/halo/macosvpn) - Create macOS VPNs programmatically.

- [manssh](https://github.com/xwjdsh/manssh) - Manage your ssh alias configs easily.

- [Storm](https://github.com/emre/storm) - Manage your SSH hosts like a boss.

- [Transfer](https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh) - Easy file sharing from the command line.

- [You-Get](https://you-get.org/) - Tiny download utility.

- [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) - Download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites.



### Password Managers



*Various password managers for macOS.*



- [1pass](https://github.com/georgebrock/1pass) - A command line interface for 1Password.

- [Ironclad](https://github.com/dmulholland/ironclad) - A command line password manager.

- [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/) - The standard unix password manager.

- [pass-tomb](https://github.com/roddhjav/pass-tomb) -  Store password encrypted inside a tomb.

- [pick](https://github.com/bndw/pick) - Minimal password manager for OS X and Linux.

- [onepw](https://github.com/mkideal/onepw) - A command line tool for managing passwords.

- [Tomb](https://github.com/dyne/Tomb) - The Crypto Undertaker.



### Plan 9 Tools



*Plan 9 tools, Utilities, and OS files.*



- [rc](http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/rc) - Rc is a command interpreter for Plan 9.



### Programming



*Various tools to aid in programming.*



- [datasette](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/) - An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data.



### Searching



*Tools to help you find stuff*



- [fzy](https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy) - A better fuzzy finder.

- [Peco](https://github.com/peco/peco) - Simplistic interactive filtering tool.

- [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) - Combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep.



### Shells



*Various UNIX shells for macOS*



- [Elvish](https://github.com/elves/elvish) - A friendly and expressive Unix shell.

- [fish](https://fishshell.com/) - User-friendly command-line shell.

- [Nu Shell](https://github.com/nushell/nushell) - A modern shell for the GitHub era.

- [powershell](https://github.com/powershell/powershell) -  Microsoft PowerShell.

- [zsh](https://www.zsh.org/) - Powerful interactive shell.



### Shell Utilities



*Shell Utilities for macOS.*



- [alacritty](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty) - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.

- [bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) - OSS cat replacement.

- [bottom](https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom) - Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

- [bpytop](https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop) - macOS resource monitor.

- [colorls](https://github.com/athityakumar/colorls) - Beautify the terminal `ls` command.

- [dat](https://datproject.org/) - Distributed data sharing tool.

- [dvm](https://howtowhale.github.io/dvm/) - Install and switch between Docker clients.

- [exa](https://the.exa.website/) - exa is a modern replacement for ls.

- [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) - Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.

- [lsd](https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd) - The next gen ls command.

- [navi](https://github.com/denisidoro/navi) - An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line.

- [ncdu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) - Disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface.

- [pv](https://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml) - Monitor the progress of data through a pipeline.

- [Terminal Velocity](https://vhp.github.io/terminal_velocity/) - A fast note-taking app for the UNIX terminal.

- [tldr](https://tldr.sh/) - Simplified and community-driven man pages.

- [tmate](https://tmate.io/) - Instant terminal sharing.

- [upterm](https://github.com/railsware/upterm) - A terminal emulator for the 21st century.

- [Watchman](https://facebook.github.io/watchman/) - A file watching service.

- [Wiki](https://github.com/prologic/wiki) -  Self-hosted wiki engine.

- [ytop](https://github.com/cjbassi/ytop) - A TUI system monitor written in Rust.

- [zenith](https://github.com/bvaisvil/zenith) - Like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, network, and disk usage. 



### Security



*Various security and encryption tools.*



- [bcrypt](http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/) - Bcrypt is a cross platform file encryption utility.

- [Ciphey](https://github.com/Ciphey/Ciphey) - Decrypt data without knowing the key or cipher. Uses ML.

- [hashcat](https://hashcat.net/hashcat/) - World's fastest password cracker.

- [Knox](https://github.com/pinterest/knox) - A secret management service.

- [MacOS Auditor](https://github.com/jipegit/OSXAuditor) - A free MacOS computer forensics tool.

- [Safe](https://github.com/starkandwayne/safe) - A CLI front-end for the Vault app.

- [SeKey](https://github.com/ntrippar/sekey) - Authenticate to UNIX/Linux SSH servers using the Secure Enclave.

- [Spoof](https://github.com/feross/spoof) - Change your MAC address for debugging.

- [Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/) - A tool for managing secrets.

- [Vaulted](https://github.com/miquella/vaulted) - Spawning and storage of secure environments.

- [vuls](https://github.com/future-architect/vuls) - Go-based, agentless vulnerability scanner.



### System



- [CollectD](http://collectd.org/) - System statistics collection daemon.

- [Conky](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky) - Light-weight system monitor for X.

- [cpufetch](https://github.com/Dr-Noob/cpufetch) - Simple yet fancy CPU architecture fetching tool.

- [Email Archiver Pro](https://emailarchiverpro.com/) - Archiving made simple.

- [fDupes](https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes) - Identifying and/or deleting duplicate files.

- [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) - A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go.

- [finicky](https://github.com/johnste/finicky) - Customize which browser to start.

- [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow) - Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!

- [ivy](http://mulholland.xyz/docs/ivy/) - A static website generator built in Python.

- [mas-cli](https://github.com/mas-cli/mas) - Mac App Store command line interface.

- [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-quick-start) - Nix package manager for MacOS.

- [progress](https://github.com/Xfennec/progress) - Tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd.

- [rmlint](http://rmlint.readthedocs.io) - Remove duplicates and other lint from your filesystem.

- [shiori](https://github.com/RadhiFadlillah/shiori) - Shiori is a simple bookmarks manager written in Go.

- [statik](https://getstatik.com/) - Static web site generator. 

- [stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) - A symlink farm manager.

- [tmate](https://tmate.io/) - Instant terminal sharing.

- [trash-cli](https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli) - Command line interface to the freedesktop.org trashcan.

- [utimer](https://launchpad.net/utimer) - A multifunction timer.

- [zoxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide) - A faster way to navigate your filesystem.



### Terminal Emulators



- [x3270](http://x3270.bgp.nu/) - An IBM 3270 terminal emulator.

- [xTerm](https://invisible-island.net/xterm/) - A terminal emulator for the X Window System. 



### Text Editors



- [Micro](https://micro-editor.github.io/) - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.

- [nano](https://www.nano-editor.org/) - Basic text editor found on every UNIX/Linux machine.

- [nanorc](https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc) - Improved Nano Syntax Highlighting Files.



### Version Control



*Version Control utilities*



- [Bit](https://github.com/chriswalz/bit) - Bit is a modern Git CLI.

- [dolt](https://github.com/dolthub/dolt) - It's Git for Data.

- [GitFresh](https://github.com/imsky/git-fresh) - Keep your Git repo fresh. 

- [Gitless](http://gitless.com/) - A simple version control system built on top of Git.

- [Gripp]() - Preview GitHub Markdown files locally before committing them.

- [Legit](https://frostming.github.io/legit/) - Legit is a complementary command-line interface for Git.

- [LazyGit](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit) - Simple terminal UI for git commands.

- [Refined](https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github) - Browser extension that simplifies the GitHub interface.

- [Tig](https://jonas.github.io/tig/) - Text-mode interface for Git.

- [ungit](https://github.com/FredrikNoren/ungit) - The easiest way to use git. 



### Video



- [Annie](https://github.com/iawia002/annie) - a fast, simple and clean video downloader.



### Virtualization



*Virtualization tools.*



- [Kimchi](https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi) - An HTML5 management interface for KVM.

- [Mech](https://github.com/ColdHeat/mech) - Easy command-line virtual machines.

- [vagrant-veertu](https://github.com/veertuinc/vagrant-veertu) - Vagrant plugin for veertu.

- [xhyve](http://www.xhyve.org/) - Lightweight OS X virtualization solution.



### Web Utilities



- [Webarchiver](https://github.com/newzealandpaul/webarchiver) - Create Safari .webarchive files.



### Windows Management



- [ModMove](https://github.com/keith/modmove) - Move/Resize windows using modifiers and the mouse.



### Writing



- [mdbook](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/) - Rust crate to create books using Markdown files.

- [Proselint](http://proselint.com/) - A linter for prose.



### Author



Created by [Patrick H. Mullins](http://www.pmullins.net). You can find me on  [Twitter](https://twitter.com/phmullins) and on [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) as @pmullins.



### License



Source is released under the MIT License (MIT) [license](license.md).