Top CLI repositories on GitHub
Command-line tools, terminal UIs, and shell utilities.
Ranked by stars across 5,851 repositories tagged cli. Refreshed daily.
- 1n8n-io/n8n★ 193,392 · ⑂ 58,706
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
- automation
- ipaas
- n8n
- workflow
- typescript
- self-hosted
- 2ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh★ 188,157 · ⑂ 26,375
🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,500+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.
- shell
- zsh-configuration
- theme
- terminal
- productivity
- zsh
- 3yt-dlp/yt-dlp★ 172,159 · ⑂ 14,514
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
- youtube-dl
- python
- sponsorblock
- yt-dlp
- youtube-downloader
- cli
- 4google-gemini/gemini-cli★ 105,457 · ⑂ 14,143
An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
- gemini
- gemini-api
- ai
- ai-agents
- cli
- mcp-client
- 5sherlock-project/sherlock★ 85,246 · ⑂ 9,969
Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks
- osint
- reconnaissance
- linux
- cli
- sherlock
- python3
- 6
- 7
- 8OpenHands/OpenHands★ 77,875 · ⑂ 9,900
🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development
- agent
- artificial-intelligence
- llm
- chatgpt
- claude-ai
- cli
- 9BurntSushi/ripgrep★ 65,280 · ⑂ 2,602
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
- ripgrep
- recursively-search
- search
- regex
- gitignore
- grep
- 10rtk-ai/rtk★ 64,301 · ⑂ 3,962
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
- agentic-coding
- ai-coding
- anthropic
- claude-code
- cli
- command-line-tool
- 11tldr-pages/tldr★ 62,903 · ⑂ 5,312
Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚.
- shell
- man-page
- tldr
- documentation
- terminal
- command-line
- 12sharkdp/bat★ 59,325 · ⑂ 1,571
A cat(1) clone with wings.
- command-line
- tool
- syntax-highlighting
- git
- terminal
- cli
- 13ultralytics/ultralytics★ 58,614 · ⑂ 11,232
Ultralytics YOLO 🚀
- hub
- ultralytics
- yolov8
- yolo
- deep-learning
- image-classification
- 14santifer/career-ops★ 54,955 · ⑂ 10,880
AI-powered job search system built on Claude Code. 14 skill modes, Go dashboard, PDF generation, batch processing.
- ai-agent
- anthropic
- automation
- career
- claude
- claude-code
- 15wagoodman/dive★ 54,244 · ⑂ 1,985
A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image
- docker
- docker-image
- inspector
- explorer
- cli
- tui
- 16Raphire/Win11Debloat★ 49,094 · ⑂ 1,981
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
- windows
- windows-10
- windows10
- powershell
- ps1
- bloatware
- 17jeecgboot/JeecgBoot★ 46,809 · ⑂ 16,055
AI 低代码平台「低代码 + 零代码」双驱动!低代码可一键生成前后端代码;零代码可 5 分钟搭建系统;AI Skills 一句话画流程、设计表单、生成整套系统。内置 AI聊天、知识库、流程编排、MCP插件等,兼容主流大模型。引领「AI 生成 → 在线配置 → 代码生成 → 手工合并->AI修改」开发模式,消除 Java 项目 80% 的重复工作,提效而不失灵活。
- antd
- activiti
- codegenerator
- springcloud
- springboot
- low-code
- 18Aider-AI/aider★ 46,520 · ⑂ 4,632
aider is AI pair programming in your terminal
- chatgpt
- cli
- command-line
- gpt-4
- openai
- gpt-3
- 19google/zx★ 45,551 · ⑂ 1,268
A tool for writing better scripts
- javascript
- nodejs
- shell
- bash
- cli
- child-process
- 20
- 21spf13/cobra★ 44,135 · ⑂ 3,151
A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
- cobra
- cobra-library
- cobra-generator
- posix-compliant-flags
- command-cobra
- cli-app
- 22sharkdp/fd★ 43,403 · ⑂ 1,071
A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
- command-line
- tool
- filesystem
- search
- regex
- rust
- 23charmbracelet/bubbletea★ 43,261 · ⑂ 1,241
A powerful little TUI framework 🏗
- cli
- framework
- elm-architecture
- tui
- functional
- golang
- 24chubin/cheat.sh★ 41,471 · ⑂ 1,916
the only cheat sheet you need
- cheatsheet
- curl
- terminal
- command-line
- cli
- examples
- 25sxyazi/yazi★ 39,600 · ⑂ 904
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
- asyncio
- concurrency
- file-manager
- linux
- macos
- rust
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