Python CLI & TUI Tools

yt-dlp

Command-line audio/video downloader supporting thousands of sites, forked from youtube-dl and youtube-dlc, with format selection, post-processing and plugins.

Command-line error correction tool that suggests and fixes typos in previously executed shell commands

sherlock

CLI tool that searches for usernames across 400+ social networks and websites

CLI tool that lets LLMs execute code locally through a ChatGPT-like terminal interface with approval prompts

aider

AI-powered terminal-based pair programming tool that integrates LLMs with your existing codebase and git workflow

mitmproxy

Interactive SSL/TLS-capable HTTP proxy with console, command-line, and web interfaces for traffic inspection

Cheat sheet service queried with curl or the cht.sh client, covering 1000+ UNIX/Linux commands, 56 programming languages and several DBMSes.

OSINT CLI that searches about 5,900 sites for accounts by username and extracts profile data into reports, with no API keys required.

Open source penetration testing tool that automates detection and exploitation of SQL injection flaws and database server takeover.

HTTPie

Command-line HTTP client with human-friendly syntax for API testing and web service interaction

glances

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

Python library and `wormhole` CLI for sending files, directories, or text between computers using short, single-use, human-pronounceable codes.

Cross-platform command-line program that downloads image galleries and collections from many image hosting sites, with configurable file naming.

ranger

Console file manager with VI key bindings, multi-column display, and file preview capabilities

AWS CLI

Official command line interface for Amazon Web Services, with profile-based credentials, configurable output, and shell tab completion.

Command-line music library manager that catalogs collections and autocorrects tags using MusicBrainz, Discogs, and Beatport, extensible through Python plugins.

pre-commit

Framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks in Git repositories.

BorgBackup

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

Transparent proxy that tunnels traffic to a remote network over ssh, acting as a VPN substitute without requiring admin access on the remote side.

pgcli

Interactive PostgreSQL client with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, and smart context-sensitive suggestions.

CLI tool and Python library for interacting with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and dozens of other language models via APIs or locally

Terminal-based HTTP client with keyboard navigation, local YAML storage, and syntax highlighting

CLI that sends prompts to LLMs (OpenAI by default, Ollama supported) to generate shell commands, code, and answers, with stdin piping and chat sessions.

A standalone .gdbinit written in Python that shows a modular dashboard of program state in GDB each time the debugged program stops.

mycli

MySQL command line client with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, and smart context-aware SQL suggestions

Streamlink

Python CLI and library that pipes video streams from services like Twitch and YouTube into a video player such as VLC, or writes them to disk.

bpytop

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

Recursive internet scanner for recon, bug bounties and ASM: subdomain enumeration, web spidering, email gathering and web scanning via presets.

howdoi

Command-line tool that provides instant coding answers by querying Stack Overflow without opening a browser.

visidata

Terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data with support for CSV, JSON, SQLite, Excel, and many other formats.

Converts output of CLI tools, file types, and strings to JSON or Python dictionaries so it can be piped to jq and used in scripts.

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.

Command-line journal application that creates, searches, and views entries stored as plain text, with optional AES encryption.

Command-line bookmark manager with search, browser import, encryption, and local web UI

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

Terminal-based SQL IDE with database adapter support for DuckDB, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL and dozens of other databases