Best open-source command-line tools for personal use

Open-source command-line tools you run from a terminal.

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AI & LLM tooling 94Agents & frameworks 31Local inference 8RAG & vector DBs 7Coding assistants 42Evals & observability 3Agent skills 10MCP servers 22Developer tools 106Web frameworks 6Databases & backends 6Editors & IDEs 6API tools 3Self-hosted apps 19Notes & docs 9Automation 13Data & analytics 8Infra & DevOps 24Security & identity 25Communication 2Media & photos 9Design & creative 3

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Web 131Docker / self-host 220Desktop 173Mobile 45CLI 259Library / SDK 338Extension / plugin 66

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FFmpegFFmpeg/FFmpeg

Record, convert and stream audio and videoPersonalEnterpriseMedia & photosCLILibrary / SDK★ 65kcommit 20 hours ago

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Gitgit/git

The Git version control systemPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 64kcommit 2 days ago

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exoexo-explore/exo

Run frontier AI models across your own devicesPersonalLocal inferenceCLI★ 48kApache-2.0commit last month

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Home Managernix-community/home-manager

Manage your user environment with NixPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 10kMITcommit 16 hours ago

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Whisperopenai/whisper

OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition modelPersonalEnterpriseAI & LLM toolingMedia & photosCLILibrary / SDK★ 110kMITcommit last month

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Carbon Languagecarbon-language/carbon-lang

Experimental successor to C++PersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 34kcommit 3 days ago

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websocketdjoewalnes/websocketd

Turn any program into a WebSocket serverPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 17kBSD-2-Clausecommit 4 weeks ago

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OpenVPN Installangristan/openvpn-install

Set up your own OpenVPN serverPersonalSecurity & identityCLI★ 16kMITcommit 2 months ago

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Linuxtorvalds/linux

The Linux kernel source treePersonalEnterpriseInfra & DevOpsCLI★ 251kcommit 20 hours ago

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RustScanbee-san/RustScan

Modern, fast port scannerPersonalEnterpriseSecurity & identityDocker / self-hostCLI★ 21kGPL-3.0commit 2 days ago

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ZeroTierzerotier/ZeroTierOne

Virtual networks across the internetPersonalEnterpriseInfra & DevOpsDesktopCLI★ 17kcommit 2 months ago

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lsdlsd-rs/lsd

Next-gen ls commandPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 16kApache-2.0commit 2 months ago

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ds4antirez/ds4

Local DeepSeek 4 inference enginePersonalLocal inferenceCLI★ 23kMITcommit 2 weeks ago

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AiderAider-AI/aider

AI pair programming in your terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 49kApache-2.0commit 5 months ago

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NvChadNvChad/NvChad

Fast Neovim configurationPersonalEditors & IDEsCLI★ 29kGPL-3.0commit 3 months ago

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Claude Contextzilliztech/claude-context

Code search MCP for coding agentsPersonalEnterpriseMCP serversCoding assistantsCLI★ 13kMITcommit 3 months ago

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nix-darwinnix-darwin/nix-darwin

Manage macOS with NixPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 6kMITcommit 2 months ago

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IPsec VPN Setuphwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn

Set up your own IPsec VPN server in minutesPersonalSecurity & identityDocker / self-hostCLI★ 29kcommit 2 weeks ago

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Oh my tmux!gpakosz/.tmux

Pretty, versatile tmux configurationPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 25kMITcommit 2 months ago

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AI & LLM tooling · 94Agents & frameworks · 31Local inference · 8RAG & vector DBs · 7Coding assistants · 42Evals & observability · 3Agent skills · 10MCP servers · 22Developer tools · 106Web frameworks · 6Databases & backends · 6Editors & IDEs · 6API tools · 3Self-hosted apps · 19Notes & docs · 9Automation · 13Data & analytics · 8Infra & DevOps · 24Security & identity · 25Communication · 2Media & photos · 9Design & creative · 3