Recommendations for CLI tools

general tools

• zoxide
• fzf
• fzf shell integration for e.g. ctrl+r
• fd
• ripgrep
• sd
• ripgrep-all
• bat
• eza
• scc

looking things up

• cheat.sh
• tealdeer
• classic man pages, often so much nicer to read than web search results
  • ever tried nvim as manpage viewer? outline with gO, follow links, …
• appending --help

git, diffs, ..

• lazygit

• syntax aware tools are great

  • ast-grep
  • difftastic
  • mergiraf

• easily keep commits atomic after review/fixes: git-absorb

• if you like atomic commits, you might also enjoy this git (compatible) alternative: jj

• delta

managing ENVs

• direnv (mega für Environment-variablen die nur für zb ein Projekt sind)

checking things

• hell scripts: shellcheck
• yaml: yamllint

running things

• just use this instead of makeing your life hard: just

VMs, containers, remote servers

• jvns.ca/blog/2023/07/10/lima–a-nice-way-to-run-linux-vms-on-mac / lima-vm.io

managing sessions / shells

• zellij (like tmux, but discoverable)
• delta
• csvlens

for more specific tasks

wrangling with data

• jq
• yq
• csvlens

disk space

• dust
• dua-cli

• using python? use uv
• need to simply encrypt a file? age
• downlad a IMAP mailbox (e.g. as backup or to free up quoat) offlineimap3