MIT-licensed tools

bat

A cat clone with syntax highlighting, Git integration, and automatic paging.

Alternative to cat Rust Works with JSON Works with Markdown Works with YAML
cw

A fast replacement for wc that counts words, lines, characters and bytes, with multi-threaded support.

Alternative to wc Rust
diff-so-fancy

Makes diffs human-readable instead of machine-readable, to help spot defects faster.

Alternative to diff Perl
duf

Disk usage/free utility with user-friendly, colorful output for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows.

Alternative to du Alternative to df Go
duu

Recursively display disk usage in kilobytes of the given directory.

Alternative to du Python
exa

A modern replacement for ls with colour, Git integration, and a tree view.

Alternative to ls Rust
fd

Simple, fast, and user-friendly alternative to find.

Alternative to find Rust
fkill

Kill processes by pid, name, port, or interactively via a fuzzy-search UI.

Alternative to kill Node.js
fzf

A general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder for files, history, processes, and more.

Alternative to find Go
gat

cat clone written in Go

Alternative to cat Go Works with Markdown Works with JPEG Works with GIF Works with PNG
glow

Render Markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! Can also fetch Markdown documents from the web.

Alternative to cat Go
gping

ping, but with a graph

Alternative to ping Rust
hwatch

hwatch is a alternative watch that records the result of command execution and can display it history and diffs.

Alternative to watch C
nat

ls with colors and more

Alternative to ls C
ncdu

ncurses disk usage analyzer, fast and easy to use in any minimal POSIX environment.

Alternative to du C
prettyping

ping with colour-coded, graphical output and live statistics.

Alternative to ping Bash + awk
ripgrep

Extremely fast line-oriented search tool that respects .gitignore rules.

Alternative to grep Rust
trash

Moves files to the trash safely and reversibly, instead of permanently deleting them.

Alternative to rm Node.js