Great CLI Applications That Make Using Terminal Effortless For All Users

Diving beyond the legendary apps like fzf, and tmux.

Pratik Thapa
5 min readApr 7, 2024
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

I value user interfaces for their ease and design, but they’re not always the quickest or most memory-efficient. If you’re aiming to enhance productivity and save time, you might see the appeal of the terminal. Yet, the command line interface (CLI) can be intimidating, particularly for newcomers. Customizing terminals with different colors, fonts, and backgrounds helps make it more approachable. Through experience, I’ve found that certain apps are essential for maintaining an efficient workflow in this environment. Here are some of my favorites.

dbrgn/tealdeer

A great Image from Github that summarizes this tool well

Tealdeer is a fast and user-friendly command line tool that provides simplified, community-driven man pages. It focuses on offering practical examples to help you quickly learn and remember commands without wading through detailed traditional man pages. Perfect for both newcomers and seasoned users, tealdeer speeds up the process of finding how to use commands effectively.

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