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Type CLI, Resources for QA or ML / AI or Data analysis or Research / Academia: 165 items.

> - QA: Functional testing, test automation and quality assurance.
> - ML / AI: Model training, evaluation and LLM application development.
> - Data analysis: Querying, statistical analysis, reporting and visualization.
> - Research / Academia: Literature search and reviews, experimental data analysis, paper writing and submission.

- [yt-dlp](https://hebbmind.com/cli/yt-dlp.md): [CLI] Command-line audio and video downloader supporting thousands of sites: pick formats and quality, grab subtitles and metadata, and merge or transcode with FFmpeg. The actively maintained fork of youtube-dl.
- [MarkItDown](https://hebbmind.com/cli/markitdown.md): [CLI] Converts PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, images, audio and more into Markdown that keeps headings, lists and tables, ready for LLMs to read and analyze. Maintained by Microsoft; requires Python 3.10+.
- [Ollama](https://hebbmind.com/cli/ollama.md): [CLI] Download and run open models such as Gemma locally with one command. Provides a REST API and Python/JS libraries, and ollama launch can point Claude Code, Codex and other agents at local models.
- [Browser Use](https://hebbmind.com/cli/browser-use.md): [CLI] Open-source browser agent project. Its browser-use CLI lets Claude Code, Codex and other agents drive your logged-in local Chrome with Python snippets, or connect to a cloud browser; also ships a Python agent library. The cloud browser needs an API key.
- [DuckDB](https://hebbmind.com/cli/duckdb.md): [CLI] In-process analytical SQL database. Its CLI queries CSV, Parquet and JSON files directly with SQL, no import or server needed, so agents can sample and aggregate large files. Officially maintained.
- [Hermes Agent](https://hebbmind.com/cli/hermes-agent.md): [CLI] Self-improving agent from Nous Research with built-in memory and a learning loop that turns experience into skills. Works with any model provider; the hermes command has a terminal UI, and a gateway connects it to Telegram, Slack and more and runs scheduled tasks.
- [llama.cpp](https://hebbmind.com/cli/llama-cpp.md): [CLI] Local LLM inference engine in plain C/C++ with a command-line chat and an OpenAI-compatible HTTP server; pulls and runs GGUF models straight from Hugging Face. Supports Apple Silicon, CUDA, Vulkan and other hardware, plus low-bit quantization.
- [Pi Coding Agent](https://hebbmind.com/cli/coding-agent.md): [CLI] Minimal, extensible terminal AI agent that can write its own prompt templates, skills, extensions and themes. Offers print, JSON and RPC modes for scripting, plus a TypeScript SDK. Needs Node.js 22.19+.
- [TradingAgents](https://hebbmind.com/cli/tradingagents.md): [CLI] Multi-agent investment research framework where fundamental, sentiment, news and technical analysts, bull and bear researchers, a trader and risk managers debate a stock and produce a report and rating. Covers US, Hong Kong and A-shares. Needs Python and an LLM API key; not investment advice.
- [Whisper](https://hebbmind.com/cli/whisper.md): [CLI] OpenAI's open-source general-purpose speech recognition model. The whisper command transcribes many languages, translates foreign speech into English and writes subtitle files. Needs FFmpeg; faster with a GPU.
- [Playwright](https://hebbmind.com/cli/playwright.md): [CLI] Microsoft's cross-browser end-to-end testing framework: one API drives Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, npx playwright test runs tests in parallel and isolation, with auto-waiting and trace replay for debugging failures.
- [vLLM](https://hebbmind.com/cli/vllm.md): [CLI] High-throughput LLM inference and serving engine: vllm serve starts an OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible server in one command. Supports 200+ model architectures from Hugging Face, quantization and distributed inference. Aimed mainly at NVIDIA, AMD and other GPUs.
- [PaddleOCR](https://hebbmind.com/cli/paddleocr.md): [CLI] Baidu PaddlePaddle's official OCR and document parsing tool: the paddleocr command reads text from images and parses PDFs and scans into Markdown or JSON, supporting 100+ languages with models that run locally.
- [uv](https://hebbmind.com/cli/uv.md): [CLI] Astral's extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, replacing pip, pipx, poetry, pyenv and more. Supports lockfiles and multiple Python versions, and uvx runs Python tools without installing them.
- [Scrapling](https://hebbmind.com/cli/scrapling.md): [CLI] Adaptive web scraping framework: scrapling extract turns a page into Markdown, text or HTML in one command, with CSS selectors and browser rendering for dynamic pages, plus an MCP server (needs the ai extra). Needs Python 3.10+ and a browser install on first use.
- [Crawl4AI](https://hebbmind.com/cli/crawl4ai.md): [CLI] Open-source, LLM-friendly web crawler that turns pages into clean Markdown for RAG and agents. Ships the crwl CLI and supports deep crawling and question-driven data extraction (extraction needs an LLM key). Free to self-host.
- [MinerU](https://hebbmind.com/cli/mineru.md): [CLI] Document parser from OpenDataLab that turns PDFs, images and Office files into Markdown or JSON, handling tables, formulas and complex layouts well, with page-by-page reading and citation anchors for agents. Parses locally by default; needs Python 3.10+.
- [Ruflo](https://hebbmind.com/cli/ruflo.md): [CLI] Multi-agent orchestration framework formerly called Claude Flow: ruflo init gives Claude Code nearly 100 specialized subagents, swarm coordination, cross-session vector memory and hooks; add --codex to configure Codex instead. Also works as a standalone MCP server or plugin marketplace.
- [Tesseract OCR](https://hebbmind.com/cli/tesseract.md): [CLI] Classic open-source OCR engine and CLI that reads text from images and outputs plain text, hOCR, searchable PDF or TSV. Supports 100+ languages; install the language data for each language you need.
- [LlamaFactory](https://hebbmind.com/cli/llamafactory.md): [CLI] All-in-one LLM fine-tuning framework: llamafactory-cli handles pretraining, SFT, PPO/DPO alignment and LoRA/QLoRA training, plus chat inference, weight merging and export, and OpenAI-style API serving for 100+ open models. Has a Web UI; training usually needs a GPU.
- [OpenBB Platform CLI](https://hebbmind.com/cli/openbb-finance-cli.md): [CLI] Command-line edition of the open-source OpenBB investment research platform: query stock prices, financial statements, macroeconomic and other financial data from the terminal, and automate data pulls with Routine scripts. Officially maintained; some sources need API keys.
- [act](https://hebbmind.com/cli/act.md): [CLI] Runs GitHub Actions workflows locally in Docker, so you can test .github/workflows changes without repeated commits and pushes, or use workflows as a local task runner. Needs Docker installed.
- [Docling](https://hebbmind.com/cli/docling.md): [CLI] Parses PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, images and audio, recovering layout, reading order, tables and formulas, and exports Markdown, HTML or lossless JSON. Started by IBM Research, now hosted by the LF AI & Data Foundation; runs fully locally.
- [FFmpeg](https://hebbmind.com/cli/ffmpeg.md): [CLI] Command-line toolkit for transcoding, cutting, joining, frame extraction and streaming of audio and video, including ffmpeg, ffprobe and ffplay. A core dependency for agents handling media. The GitHub repo is the official mirror.
- [AI Hedge Fund](https://hebbmind.com/cli/ai-hedge-fund.md): [CLI] Multi-agent simulated hedge fund: agents modeled on investors like Buffett and Munger work with quant and risk modules to analyze stocks, with backtesting. Good for teaching investment frameworks. Needs Financial Datasets and model API keys; no real trading, not investment advice.
- [Typst](https://hebbmind.com/cli/typst.md): [CLI] Modern markup-based typesetting system, a LaTeX alternative for papers, reports and resumes. Fast incremental compilation; typst compile outputs a PDF in one command and watch mode recompiles automatically.
- [CLI-Anything QGIS](https://hebbmind.com/cli/qgis.md): [CLI] QGIS command-line wrapper from HKU's CLI-Anything project: create and edit .qgz projects, add GeoPackage layers and features, build print layouts and export PDF or images, and call QGIS processing algorithms, with JSON results. Needs QGIS desktop and a Python that can import PyQGIS.
- [CLI-Anything](https://hebbmind.com/cli/cli-anything.md): [CLI] From HKU's Data Intelligence Lab: plugins or skills for Claude Code, Codex and other agents generate agent-callable CLIs for apps like GIMP, Blender and LibreOffice, and the cli-hub package manager finds and installs ready-made community CLIs. Needs Python 3.10+.
- [Freqtrade](https://hebbmind.com/cli/freqtrade.md): [CLI] Open-source crypto trading framework: download market data, backtest and optimize strategies, and paper trade from the CLI while agents iterate on strategies. Docker recommended; strategies need Python and live trading needs exchange API keys. Backtests don't guarantee returns.
- [goose](https://hebbmind.com/cli/goose.md): [CLI] General-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine, with a desktop app, CLI and API. Written in Rust, works with 15+ model providers and connects to 70+ extensions via MCP. Originally from Block, now part of the Linux Foundation's AAIF.
- [whisper.cpp](https://hebbmind.com/cli/whisper-cpp.md): [CLI] C/C++ port of OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition model that transcribes audio offline and outputs subtitles. Runs on CPU, with Apple Silicon and various GPU acceleration. Download a ggml-format model first.
- [Ruff](https://hebbmind.com/cli/ruff.md): [CLI] Astral's extremely fast Python linter and formatter written in Rust, replacing Flake8, isort and Black, with 900+ built-in rules and auto-fix.
- [tmux](https://hebbmind.com/cli/tmux.md): [CLI] Terminal multiplexer: run multiple sessions and panes in one terminal, with processes surviving disconnects. Agents use it to host long-running tasks and drive interactive programs, and many parallel multi-agent session tools build on it.
- [Qlib](https://hebbmind.com/cli/qlib.md): [CLI] Microsoft's open-source AI quant investment research platform: the qrun command runs dataset building, model training, backtesting and evaluation from a YAML config, with many benchmark models. The official dataset is paused, so prepare market data per the README first.
- [Umi-OCR](https://hebbmind.com/cli/umi-ocr.md): [CLI] Free, open-source offline OCR desktop app for screenshots, batch images, scanned PDFs and QR codes, callable via the umi-ocr CLI or an HTTP API (the CLI relies on the app's local HTTP service, on by default). Windows and Linux only.
- [Bruno CLI](https://hebbmind.com/cli/bruno-cli.md): [CLI] Official CLI (bru) for the open-source API client Bruno: runs collections stored as plain text in your repo, switches environments, outputs JSON results and imports collections from OpenAPI, making API tests easy to run in CI.
- [Pandoc](https://hebbmind.com/cli/pandoc.md): [CLI] Universal document converter between dozens of formats including Markdown, Word, HTML, LaTeX and EPUB, with templates, citations and Lua filters. PDF output uses LaTeX by default, which you install separately.
- [Fabric](https://hebbmind.com/cli/fabric.md): [CLI] Turns common prompts such as summarizing, extracting insights and rewriting into reusable patterns you pipe text, web pages or YouTube transcripts through, using many model providers or local Ollama. Can also run as a REST API. Run fabric --setup first to configure models.
- [agent-browser](https://hebbmind.com/cli/agent-browser.md): [CLI] Browser automation CLI built for AI agents in native Rust: open pages, click and fill forms by refs from accessibility tree snapshots, read text and take screenshots, with compact snapshots and output limits to save context. From Vercel Labs; reuses local Chrome or installs one.
- [aria2](https://hebbmind.com/cli/aria2.md): [CLI] Lightweight multi-protocol command-line downloader that fetches in parallel segments from multiple sources over HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. Resumes downloads, reads URLs in bulk from text files and offers a JSON-RPC interface for scripts or agents.
- [curl](https://hebbmind.com/cli/curl.md): [CLI] 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.
- [DeepTutor](https://hebbmind.com/cli/deeptutor.md): [CLI] Personalized tutoring system from HKU's HKUDS: build a knowledge base from textbooks for Q&A, step-by-step solutions and quizzes, for teachers and self-learners. The deeptutor command outputs JSON for agents like Claude Code. Needs Python 3.11+, Node.js 20+ and an LLM API key.
- [Manim](https://hebbmind.com/cli/manim.md): [CLI] Engine for math and explainer animations in Python (Community Edition, ManimCE): write scenes and render them to video with the manim command, letting agents create teaching and science animations. On macOS install cairo and pkg-config first; formulas need LaTeX.
- [Nushell](https://hebbmind.com/cli/nushell.md): [CLI] 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.
- [Marker](https://hebbmind.com/cli/marker.md): [CLI] Converts PDFs, images, PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB and more into Markdown, JSON or HTML, preserving tables, formulas and layout, with optional LLM help for higher accuracy. Needs Python 3.10+ and PyTorch; large-scale commercial use of the model weights needs a paid license.
- [Agent TARS CLI](https://hebbmind.com/cli/ui-tars-desktop.md): [CLI] ByteDance's open-source multimodal agent CLI: operates browsers via vision or the DOM and calls terminal, file and MCP tools to complete tasks, with a Web UI and headless server mode. Needs Node.js 22+ and a model API key.
- [Docker Compose](https://hebbmind.com/cli/compose.md): [CLI] Define multi-container apps in compose.yaml and bring up services, databases, caches and the rest with one docker compose up, handy for agents setting up local dev and test dependencies. Maintained by Docker; included with Docker Desktop on macOS.
- [llmfit](https://hebbmind.com/cli/llmfit.md): [CLI] Detects your CPU, memory and GPU and scores open models on whether they run, speed, quality and context, then works with local runtimes like Ollama, llama.cpp and MLX to download and benchmark them. recommend --json gives agent-friendly output.
- [Claude Code Router](https://hebbmind.com/cli/claude-code-router.md): [CLI] Local model gateway that routes requests from Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents to providers like DeepSeek, Kimi, Gemini and OpenRouter, with failover, rule-based routing and request logs. Bring your own API keys.
- [PDFMathTranslate](https://hebbmind.com/cli/pdfmathtranslate.md): [CLI] Translates full PDF papers while preserving formulas, charts and layout (command pdf2zh), outputting monolingual and side-by-side bilingual PDFs. Uses Google Translate by default and can switch to DeepL, OpenAI and others; also runs as an MCP server.

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