Best open-source developer command-line tools for personal use

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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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Yazisxyazi/yazi

Very fast terminal file managerPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 43kMITcommit 2 days ago

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justcasey/just

A handy command runnerPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 36kCC0-1.0commit 3 days ago

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jqjqlang/jq

Command-line JSON processorPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 36kcommit 4 days ago

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deltadandavison/delta

Syntax-highlighting pager for git diffsPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 32kMITcommit 7 hours ago

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LazyVimLazyVim/LazyVim

Neovim setup powered by lazy.nvimPersonalEditors & IDEsCLI★ 28kApache-2.0commit 4 weeks ago

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Oh My Zshohmyzsh/ohmyzsh

Framework for managing your zsh configurationPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 190kMITcommit 6 days ago

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Gogolang/go

The Go programming languagePersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 139kBSD-3-Clausecommit 4 hours ago

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batsharkdp/bat

A cat clone with syntax highlightingPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 61kApache-2.0commit 4 days ago

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tmuxtmux/tmux

Terminal multiplexerPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 50kISCcommit 23 hours ago

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pyenvpyenv/pyenv

Simple Python version managementPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 45kMITcommit 2 days ago

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sqlcsqlc-dev/sqlc

Generate type-safe code from SQLPersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsCLI★ 18kMITcommit 3 weeks ago

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Win11DebloatRaphire/Win11Debloat

Remove bloat and telemetry from WindowsPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 58kMITcommit 11 hours ago

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bernsteinsipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein

Deterministic AI agent governance and orchestration frameworkPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDeveloper toolsAutomationWeb★ 1.4kApache-2.0commit 10 hours ago

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ripgrepBurntSushi/ripgrep

Very fast recursive search that respects .gitignorePersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 69kUnlicensecommit 2 months ago

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Jekylljekyll/jekyll

Blog-aware static site generatorPersonalWeb frameworksNotes & docsCLI★ 52kMITcommit 3 weeks ago

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tursotursodatabase/turso

In-process SQL database written in Rust compatible with SQLitePersonalEnterpriseDatabases & backendsMCP serversCLILibrary / SDK★ 25kMITcommit 2 days ago

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ezaeza-community/eza

Modern alternative to lsPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 23kEUPL-1.2commit 3 months ago

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Vimvim/vim

The ubiquitous modal text editorPersonalEditors & IDEsCLI★ 41kVimcommit 2 days ago

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esbuildevanw/esbuild

Extremely fast web bundlerPersonalEnterpriseDeveloper toolsCLI★ 40kMITcommit 2 months ago

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zoxideajeetdsouza/zoxide

A smarter cd commandPersonalDeveloper toolsCLI★ 40kMITcommit 2 days ago

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