System Command-Line Tools

Mole

macOS CLI (`mo`) that cleans caches, uninstalls apps with leftovers, explores disk usage, runs maintenance tasks, and shows live system stats.

tmux

Terminal multiplexer that creates, manages, and controls multiple terminal sessions from a single screen

Process manager for Node.js and Bun apps with a built-in cluster-mode load balancer, zero-downtime reload, log management and startup script generation.

mpv

Free command-line media player supporting many audio/video formats, codecs and subtitle types, with GPU shader-based rendering and optional hardware decoding.

restic

Cross-platform backup program with encryption, deduplication, and support for local/cloud storage backends

btop

Terminal-based system resource monitor showing CPU, memory, disk, network, and process information

glances

Cross-platform system monitoring tool with real-time stats display via terminal, web interface, or API

Password recovery tool that cracks hashes on GPUs and CPUs using CUDA, HIP, Metal or OpenCL, with 590+ hash modes and 10 attack modes.

fastfetch

System information tool that displays hardware and OS details with customizable ASCII art logos and module configuration

age

File encryption tool with small explicit keys, post-quantum support, and UNIX-style composability.

Traces a process, port, container, or file back to the chain of supervisors, services, and shells that started it. Offers CLI, JSON output, and a TUI.

GoAccess

Real-time web server log analyzer written in C that shows HTTP statistics in a terminal or a live HTML dashboard, with JSON and CSV export.

ctop

Top-like interface for monitoring Docker and runC container metrics in real-time

Disk usage utility with colorful output, filtering, and JSON export - replacement for df command

Kopia

Cross-platform backup tool that creates encrypted, compressed, deduplicated snapshots and stores them on cloud, network, or local storage. Includes CLI and GUI.

bottom

Cross-platform terminal-based system monitor with graphical widgets for CPU, memory, network, disk, and process management

BorgBackup

Deduplicating backup program with optional compression and authenticated encryption, supporting ssh, sftp, s3, b2 and rclone targets, and mountable archives.

nvtop

htop-like GPU and accelerator task monitor supporting NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple, and other vendors

bpytop

Terminal-based system resource monitor showing CPU, memory, disk, network and process usage with interactive interface

lnav

Terminal log file viewer that merges, formats, and indexes log files with SQL analysis and real-time monitoring

macOS command-line tool, invoked as `m`, for controlling system functions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, display, dock, disk, firewall and volume from the Terminal.

htop

Cross-platform interactive process viewer with real-time system monitoring and process management

Linux system visibility tool that captures syscalls and OS events, with container support; csysdig is its curses-based UI.

Experimental Homebrew-compatible package client for macOS and Linux that uses content-addressable storage and APFS clonefiles for faster installs.

Linux CPU speed and power optimizer that adjusts governor and turbo boost based on battery state, CPU load and temperature. Includes CLI, daemon and GUI.

TUI display manager for Linux and BSD, written in Zig, with Lua configuration, PAM authentication, and support for systemd and other init systems.

Virtual machine that runs x86-64 Linux binaries on different operating systems and architectures

Interactive NVIDIA GPU and process monitor in Python with tree view, filtering, signal sending, a CUDA device selector (nvisel), and APIs for custom tools.

Cross-platform bar spectrum audio visualizer for the terminal or SDL desktop window, with PipeWire, PulseAudio, ALSA, JACK and other input backends.

Console music player for Unix-like systems with ncurses interface and optional input/output plugins for many audio formats and backends.

A Rust-based replacement for ps with colored output, multi-column search, and additional process information

viddy

Enhanced watch command replacement with time machine mode, diff highlighting, and vim-like navigation

Kubernetes log tailing tool that aggregates logs from multiple pods and containers with regex filtering and color coding

zenith

Terminal-based system monitor with graphical metrics for CPU, memory, network, disk usage, and process management written in Rust

dysk

A Linux/Mac utility for listing and analyzing filesystem information with customizable columns, filtering, and output formats.

ncurses-based terminal client for MPD (Music Player Daemon) with tag editor, playlist editor, media library, and visualizer, inspired by ncmpc.