Top 15 Most Popular Command Line Softwares | Nov 2024

Here are the top 15 most popular command line softwares as derived from our TpSort Score which is a continually popular score, it denotes an estimated popularity of a software.

1. Howdoi

Howdoi Are you a hack programmer? Do you find yourself constantly Googling for how to do basic programing tasks?Suppose you want to know how to format a date in bash. Why open your browser and read through blogs (risking major distraction) when you can simply stay in the console and ask......

2. LBackup

LBackup An rsync based backup solution for *NIX based system(s), with a flexible scripting subsystem which provides a range of advanced features, customization and flexibility. LBackup is aimed at system administrators.A couple of examples of the bundled scripts which are specific to Mac OS X follow. These are just a taste......

3. mktorrent

mktorrent mktorrent is a simple command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files.It has been tested on Linux, OSX, MinGW, OpenBSD and SunOS, but should work on many other POSIX compliant operating systems.......

4. AES Command

AES Command This all in one command line utility will allow you to fully realise the power of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).- For research purposes or specialist applications- Portable, no installation required- Written in x86 assembly language, only 28k in size- Advanced Encryption Standard - Rijndael cipher- Galois Counter Mode......

5. Git Bash

Git Bash Git for Windows provides a BASH emulation used to run Git from the command line. *NIX users should feel right at home, as the BASH emulation behaves just like the "git" command in LINUX and UNIX environments.......

6. cbwin

cbwin cbwin lets you launch Windows programs from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows.FEATURES- Win32 command line tools in the console, invoked from WSL- Win32 command line tools with redirections to WSL (stdin/stdout/stderr to or from pipe/file)- suspend/resume propagation (Ctrl-Z suspends the Win32 processes, fg resumes them)- exit codes propagation- launch "detached"......

7. Ezthumb

Ezthumb Ezthumb is a powerful open source program to generate thumbnails (i.e. contact sheets, screenshots or previews) from videos. It uses powerful libraries from ffmpeg, therefore supporting the most various video codecs. Here is some of the popular video formats Ezthumb supports: AVI, FLV, OGG, MOV, MKV, MP4 (H.264/x264, HEVC/H.265/x265), WebM,......

8. Screenfetch

Screenfetch Simple command-line tool that displays your distro's logo in text art form, your OS version, your kernel version, your CPU, GPU, and RAM, your DE, resolution, WM, themes, and shell type, and more.......

9. gopass

gopass If you don’t have an existing password store or your store is completely empty you have to initialize it.Please note: This document uses the term password store to refer to a directory (usually $HOME/.password-store) which is managed by either gopass or pass. This is entirely different from any OS-level credential......

10. Notica

Notica Notica lets you send browser notifications from your terminal to your desktop or phone. No installation or registration is required.Notica is a Bash function / alias that sends a notification to a tab in your browser when it's ran:$ long-running-command; notica Finished!This will wait until the first command completes before......

11. WinGuake

WinGuake winguake - A Windows-oriented version of the popular Guake Terminal for Linux.......

12. Prince XML

Prince XML One of the best HTML to PDF converter. Gives you immense control over the process and great customization with CSS. Support for JavaScript and SVG.......

13. xorriso

xorriso xorriso itself is entirely controlled by text commands.In dialog mode, xorriso reads them as text lines from standard input. Together with some helpful xorriso commands,it is quite easy for frontend programs to operate a separate xorriso process.Other than the usual batch programs, xorriso will take care of maintaining the emerging......

14. TermBar

TermBar TermBar is a terminal app that puts the command line in the Mac Menu Bar for easier access that can help alleviate clutter on the desktop.......

15. CLIX

CLIX CLIX ('command line interface for OS X') makes it easy to harness the power of Unix. It becomes both a fish to buy and a series of lessons in how to fish and ultimately a handy way to work.It doesn't try to rip you off - it tries to teach......