HACKER Q&A
📣 beli3ver

What are your CLI apps for daily use?


I am currently trying to switch to cli. I am faster and more concentrated. So I want to know what are your cli apps for your daily work? MY

- neomutt - khard - khal - irssi - mcabber


  👤 ve55 Accepted Answer ✓
I love a lot of CLI apps, although they can take a good deal of configuration and time to get used to until they're more efficient than alternatives.

Some of my favorites for personal (non-server) use are zsh, tmux, irssi, youtube-dl, ranger, vim, mpd+ncpcpp, redshift, git, python, and all the usual core utils.

Don't forget to use as many custom aliases, themes, and functions as possible if you're going to stick with it. I even use many one-character aliases for common things, e.g. 'p' for python.


👤 nathias
I use CLI for everything except browsing and drawing. I haven't updated my dotfiles in a while, but I have a list of a lot of CLI programs I use here: https://github.com/nath1as/.files

👤 Triv888
I also like irssi, but I would not use it without my config file.

youtube-dl and python are also nice.


👤 approxim8ion
fzf, I use it in conjunction with cd as an alternative to z.lua (another great tool)and in conjunction with xdg-open for quick file launching.

Newsboat, a great RSS feed reader.