A newer generation of command-line tools that turn jobs which normally take several commands, a browser tab, or a whole separate app into one simple command. None replace what you already use — each makes one specific task noticeably easier.
Watch a DNS change propagate across the world — from the terminal.
Give it a domain and it checks the record from public resolvers in different locations, then keeps polling until they all agree. No more refreshing whatsmydns.net in a browser tab.
dnsglobe example.com # watch resolvers converge live
Turn your Git history into an animated replay.
Instead of scrolling a flat list of commits and diffs, watch the codebase evolve commit by commit. A visual way to understand how a project reached its current state.
gitlogue # animated commit-by-commit playback
A spreadsheet-like interface for data — inside the terminal.
Open a CSV or other dataset and explore, sort, filter, and edit rows without launching a separate app. Works great on a remote machine with no GUI.
vd data.csv # sort / filter / edit interactively
Your Docker containers, status, resources & logs — one interface.
Replaces the ritual of one command to list, another for logs, another for stats, another to stop/restart. Keep everything you need in a single view while troubleshooting.
oxker # live container dashboard in the terminal
Find the local LLMs that actually fit your machine.
Checks your hardware and scores models on memory needs, estimated speed, quality, and context size — so you learn a model won’t fit before downloading it, not after.
llmfit # scores models vs. your RAM / VRAM / context
Send files between two computers — encrypted, resumable, zero setup.
No SSH keys, no port forwarding, no file-sharing service. Transfers files and folders directly between machines, end-to-end encrypted, with multi-file support and resume on drop.
croc send bigfile.zip # other side runs: croc <code>
Generate a regular expression from example strings.
Don’t hand-write the pattern — hand it the strings you want to match and it builds the regex for you, Unicode included. Great starting point for validation and parsing.
grex 2024-01-01 2024-12-31 # emits a matching regex
Find & clean build artifacts, deps and node_modules eating your disk.
Scans old projects for build dirs, dependencies and generated files, shows how much space each is using, and lets you decide what to remove. Supports many languages & frameworks.
kondo ~/projects # review reclaimable space, then clean
Make Git worktrees easy — and perfect for parallel AI agents.
Create, switch, list and remove worktrees from the terminal, with hooks, merge workflows, shared build caches and interactive management. Keep tasks isolated in separate dirs — ideal for running agents like Claude Code on parallel branches.
worktrunk # create / switch / list / remove worktrees
Read, filter, update, merge & convert structured data from the CLI.
Works across YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and TOML. Extract one value or update a config file directly inside a script — a natural fit for automation and CI/CD pipelines.
yq '.image.tag = "v2"' deploy.yaml # edit in a script
None of these replace the tools you already use — each just makes one specific task noticeably easier.
| # | Tool | Domain | One-liner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dnsglobe | DNS | Watch DNS propagation across world resolvers |
| 2 | gitlogue | Git | Replay Git history as an animation |
| 3 | VisiData | Data | Spreadsheet-style CSV/dataset explorer in the terminal |
| 4 | oxker | Docker | One TUI for containers, status, resources & logs |
| 5 | llmfit | Local AI | Score local LLMs against your hardware before downloading |
| 6 | croc | Transfer | Encrypted, resumable file transfer with zero setup |
| 7 | grex | Regex | Generate a regex from example strings (Unicode) |
| 8 | kondo | Cleanup | Find & clean build artifacts / node_modules |
| 9 | Worktrunk | Git | Easy worktrees — great for parallel AI agents |
| 10 | yq | Config | Query/edit YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML in scripts |