diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 117dd68..422781e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ Additions and corrections via raised issue or pull requests are welcome. ## 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. -* [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. +* An [htop-like utility called bottom](https://github.com/clementtsang/bottom) also got some love, as did +* [btop++](https://github.com/aristocratos/btop), another 'better top' variant. * [HTTPie](https://httpie.io/), a CURL-adjacentish command-line HTTP client for testing and debugging web APIs. - * [Xh](https://github.com/ducaale/xh) is related, described as reimplementing a subset of HTTPie's interface with an emphasis on simplicity and speed. +* [Xh](https://github.com/ducaale/xh) is related, described as reimplementing a subset of HTTPie's interface with an emphasis on simplicity and speed. * [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow), a markdown-on-the-command-line tool. * [Lowdown](https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown), also a markdown tool, also interesting. -* [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf), a command-line "fuzzy finder". +* [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) and [skim](https://github.com/lotabout/skim) are both interesting CLI "fuzzy finders" (but take a look at 'z' further down this list.) * [tldr](https://tldr.sh/) - simplified man pages with practical examples. The world has needed this for a long time. * [zsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_shell): A modernized, modular update to Bash with a lot of new utility built in. ** [OhMyZsh](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/) + [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty): this trifecta of terminal emulator, shell and shell extensions turns out to be a powerful combination. @@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ Additions and corrections via raised issue or pull requests are welcome. * [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. * [Broot](https://github.com/Canop/broot): better navigation of directory trees. * [atool](https://linux.die.net/man/1/atool), a set of scripts that wrap common compressed-file-format handlers. -* [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. @@ -41,6 +39,7 @@ A collection of modern data migration, conversion and management tools. * [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. +* [unison](https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison): a file synchronizer, can keep two directories in sync bi-directionally. * [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. @@ -49,8 +48,9 @@ A collection of modern data migration, conversion and management tools. * [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. * [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. +* [Dasel](https://github.com/TomWright/dasel), short for Data Selector, like jq/yq but with more supported data formats. -## Specialized Tools +## Specialized tools "Do one thing and do it well." @@ -74,9 +74,18 @@ A collection of tools best described as "A better $X" * [just](https://github.com/casey/just): Just, a modernization of the venerable Make. * [Meli email](https://meliemail.org/): An extensible terminal based mail client; a work in progress, but an elegant improvement on Mutt. * [z](https://github.com/rupa/z): another "better cd", but a very cool frecency-and-regex-matching "faster/smarter cd". -* [atuin](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin): "magical shell history", storing shell history in an SQLite DB and offering fully-encrypted shell-history sync between devices. * [Aerc](https://aerc-mail.org/): Another email client for the terminal, described as highly efficient and extensible, perfect for the discerning hacker. +## Shells, shell customizations and ergonomic improvements + +* The [Fish Shell](https://fishshell.com/), "a command line shell for the 90's." +* [zsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_shell): A modernized, modular update to Bash with a lot of new utility built in. +* Building on zsh, [OhMyZsh](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/) + [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty): this trifecta of terminal emulator, shell and shell extensions turns out to be a powerful combination. +* [Starship.rs](https://starship.rs/): Cross-shell prompt customization that looks very pretty. +* [atuin](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin): "magical shell history", storing shell history in an SQLite DB and offering fully-encrypted shell-history sync between devices. +* [mcfly](https://github.com/cantino/mcfly): replaces the usual ctrl-r shell-history search handler with a more powerful tool, super cool. +* [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. ## Quality-Of-Life command line improvements. @@ -86,3 +95,5 @@ A collection of tools best described as "A better $X" ## Other collections * The [moreutils](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) collection. +* [Terminal Trove](https://terminaltrove.com/), the "$HOME of all things in the terminal". +