Tag: terminal

Command-line tool for transferring data by URL over 20+ protocols including HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, WebSocket and MQTT; a staple for agents calling APIs and downloading files. Preinstalled on macOS and most Linux distributions.

Cross-platform shell built around structured data: pipelines pass tables instead of plain text, and you can open and query JSON, CSV, TOML and more directly. Default builds include nu --mcp, which serves it to agents as an MCP server.

Send files and folders between any two computers with one command: end-to-end encryption (PAKE), direct peer-to-peer with relay fallback, resumable transfers and proxy support, with no server setup or port forwarding.

Static analysis for shell scripts: flags syntax errors and common bash/sh pitfalls such as quoting and variable expansion, with suggested fixes. Good for checking agent-generated scripts and easy to add to CI.

A smarter cd that remembers your directories, ranking them by frequency and recency so you can jump with a fragment of the name. Add zoxide init to your shell config after installing.

Command runner that saves and runs project commands in a justfile, with make-inspired but simpler syntax. Agents can use just --list to discover a project's build, test and deploy commands and run them directly.

Lightweight command-line JSON processor that slices, filters, maps and transforms JSON with concise expressions and no runtime dependencies. A staple for agents parsing API responses and logs.

Terminal multiplexer written in Rust, an alternative to tmux, with layout files, floating and stacked panes, WebAssembly plugins and a built-in web client. Handy for running several agent sessions at once.

Polyglot dev environment manager: declare Node, Python, Go and other tool versions, environment variables and project tasks in mise.toml; mise exec and mise run install tools on demand and run them, with one config shared by local and CI.

Terminal coding agent from Charm: switch models mid-session while keeping context, manage multiple sessions per project, pull code context via LSP, and extend with MCP and any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible API.

Status line plugin for Claude Code showing the model, Git branch, context usage and rate limits live below the input, optionally with running tools, active subagents and todo progress.

Open-source terminal coding agent from Alibaba's Qwen team with subagents, auto memory, skills and MCP. Works with Qwen, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and other APIs or local models, with IDE plugins and a headless mode (qwen -p).

Financial research terminal agent, like Claude Code for finance: breaks company research questions into steps, pulls financial statements and market data, and self-checks before answering. Needs Bun, a model API key and a Financial Datasets API key; for learning and research only.

Community-maintained modern replacement for ls (successor to exa) with colored output, tree view, Git status and file icons, plus .gitignore filtering for quickly scanning directory structures.

Scripts terminal sessions in .tape files and records them to GIF, MP4 or WebM, great for CLI demos and docs; text snapshot output also enables terminal integration tests. By Charm; requires ttyd and ffmpeg.

AST-based structural code search, lint and bulk rewrite tool: matches code patterns rather than text, with $VAR wildcards for nodes, making it well suited to agents doing large cross-file refactors.

Lightweight command-line processor with jq-like syntax for reading, modifying and converting YAML, JSON, XML, INI, CSV and more, including in-place config edits. A single dependency-free Go binary.

Loads and unloads environment variables per directory: reads .envrc (and optionally .env) when you enter a project and restores the environment when you leave, so configs and secrets do not leak between projects. Hook it into bash, zsh, fish or another shell first.

PostgreSQL command-line client with smart autocompletion and syntax highlighting. Compatible with psql environment variables, and -c runs a statement and exits, so agents can query databases non-interactively.

Customizes the Claude Code status line to show model, Git branch, token and context usage, session and weekly limits at the bottom of the terminal. Configured through an interactive TUI with Powerline styling. Claude Code only.

Simon Willison's LLM CLI and Python library: call OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and local models from the terminal, with conversations logged to SQLite automatically, plus embeddings, structured extraction, tool calling and a plugin system.

A du replacement written in Rust that shows disk usage as a directory tree with proportion bars, making large files and folders easy to spot. Filter by depth, count or regex, and output JSON with -j for agents to parse.

ByteDance's open-source, general software engineering agent: trae-cli edits files and runs commands from natural language, supports multiple model providers and MCP, and records full execution trajectories. Transparent design suits agent research and customization. Needs your own model API key.

MySQL terminal client with smart autocompletion and syntax highlighting, also compatible with MariaDB and TiDB. Supports --execute and batch mode with CSV or table output, so agents can run SQL directly.