Reorganized into systems, data and other sections.

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# Utilities # Utilities
## System use and management
* [htop](https://htop.dev/), "a cross-platform interactive process viewer". An [htop-like utility called bottom](https://github.com/clementtsang/bottom) also got some votes. * [htop](https://htop.dev/), "a cross-platform interactive process viewer". An [htop-like utility called bottom](https://github.com/clementtsang/bottom) also got some votes.
* [tmux](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki), a terminal multiplexer. Some people mentioned [screen](https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html), the classic tool in this space, but noted that it's getting pretty long in the tooth and tmux is a pure improvement. * [tmux](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki), a terminal multiplexer. Some people mentioned [screen](https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html), the classic tool in this space, but noted that it's getting pretty long in the tooth and tmux is a pure improvement.
* [HTTPie](https://httpie.io/), a CURL-adjacentish command-line HTTP client for testing and debugging web APIs. * [HTTPie](https://httpie.io/), a CURL-adjacentish command-line HTTP client for testing and debugging web APIs.
* [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow), a markdown-on-the-command-line tool that looks great. [Lowdown](https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown) is also interesting. * [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow), a markdown-on-the-command-line tool that looks great. [Lowdown](https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown) is also interesting.
* [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf), a command-line "fuzzy finder" that a few people suggested. * [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf), a command-line "fuzzy finder" that a few people suggested.
* [tldr](https://tldr.sh/) - simplified man pages with practical examples. The world has needed this for a long time. * [tldr](https://tldr.sh/) - simplified man pages with practical examples. The world has needed this for a long time.
* [Datamash](https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash/): Gnu, I know, but an interesting command-line-math tool.
* [zsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_shell) + [OhMyZsh](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/) + [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty): this trifecta came up a lot and it looks pretty amazing. * [zsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_shell) + [OhMyZsh](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/) + [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty): this trifecta came up a lot and it looks pretty amazing.
* [VisiData](https://www.visidata.org/): a tabular data visualization multitool.
* [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) and [jid](https://github.com/simeji/jid) are both fantastic tools for inspecting and manipulating JSON.
* [Tree](https://linuxhandbook.com/tree-command/): show you the tree structure of directories, a bit like microdosing on Midnight Commander from back in the day. * [Tree](https://linuxhandbook.com/tree-command/): show you the tree structure of directories, a bit like microdosing on Midnight Commander from back in the day.
* [Gron](https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron), a tool for making JSON greppable. * [Broot](https://github.com/Canop/broot): better navigation of directory trees.
* [ncdu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu), friend of htop and a nice disk usage display for the terminal. * [dust](https://github.com/bootandy/dust): "du on steroids".
* [duc](https://duc.zevv.nl/), also a nice drive-use visualizer.
* [rclone](https://rclone.org/), a cloud-storage data-moving multitool.
* [csvkit](https://github.com/wireservice/csvkit): if you spend a lot of time working with comma-separated values, accept no substitutes.
* [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/): the upgrade over gnuplot you've been waiting for.
* [xidel](https://github.com/benibela/xidel): this looks like jq-for-html, and I'm intrigued.
* The [moreutils](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) collection.
* [nushell](https://www.nushell.sh/): A structured-data pipeline-building shell. This looks amazing.
* [miller](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller), a CSV multitool.
# Improvements on "classic" tools and utilities:
* [duf](https://github.com/muesli/duf) a better df. * [duf](https://github.com/muesli/duf) a better df.
* [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern described as a better grep. * [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern described as a better grep.
* [sd](https://github.com/chmln/sd), a better sed. * [sd](https://github.com/chmln/sd), a better sed.
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* There's also [zoxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide): an interesting update to, of all things, cd! * There's also [zoxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide): an interesting update to, of all things, cd!
* Not really a new thing but a quality of life improvement: [the "ducks" alias.](https://gist.github.com/thebouv/8657674) * Not really a new thing but a quality of life improvement: [the "ducks" alias.](https://gist.github.com/thebouv/8657674)
* [ag](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher), the "silver searcher". "Fast ack". * [ag](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher), the "silver searcher". "Fast ack".
* [ijq](https://sr.ht/~gpanders/ijq/), an "interactive jq".
* [Broot](https://github.com/Canop/broot): better navigation of directory trees.
* [dust](https://github.com/bootandy/dust): "du on steroids".
* [dyff](https://github.com/homeport/dyff): diff for yaml.
* [LazyDocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) and [LazyGit](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit), CLI improvements for Docker and Git respectively.
* procs: a replacement for ps written in Rust.
* [mcfly](https://github.com/cantino/mcfly): replaces the usual ctrl-r shell-history search handler with a more powerful tool, super cool. * [mcfly](https://github.com/cantino/mcfly): replaces the usual ctrl-r shell-history search handler with a more powerful tool, super cool.
* [ncdu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu), friend of htop and a nice disk usage display for the terminal.
* [LazyDocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) and [LazyGit](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit), CLI improvements for Docker and Git respectively.
## Data management
* [Gron](https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron), a tool for making JSON greppable.
* [VisiData](https://www.visidata.org/): a tabular data visualization multitool.
* [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) and [jid](https://github.com/simeji/jid) are both fantastic tools for inspecting and manipulating JSON.
* [duc](https://duc.zevv.nl/), also a nice drive-use visualizer.
* [rclone](https://rclone.org/), a cloud-storage data-moving multitool.
* [csvkit](https://github.com/wireservice/csvkit): if you spend a lot of time working with comma-separated values, accept no substitutes.
* [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/): the upgrade over gnuplot you've been waiting for.
* [xidel](https://github.com/benibela/xidel): this looks like jq-for-html, and I'm intrigued.
* [nushell](https://www.nushell.sh/): A structured-data pipeline-building shell. This looks amazing.
* [miller](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller), a CSV multitool.
* [st](https://github.com/nferraz/st), "Simple Statistics", a command-line app that calculates the sum, mean, standard deviation, and a few other things about a set of numbers.
* [dyff](https://github.com/homeport/dyff): diff for yaml.
* [ijq](https://sr.ht/~gpanders/ijq/), an "interactive jq".
* [Datamash](https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash/): Gnu, I know, but an interesting command-line-math tool.
## Other collections
* The [moreutils](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) collection.