| 1 |  PowerShellPowerShell is a cross-platform task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, a scripting language, and a configuration management framework. PowerShell runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. | 7.6.8.0 | Open source | October 23, 2026 | — | 689.6K ↓ |
| 2 |  QPDFQPDF is a command-line tool and C++ library that performs content-preserving transformations on PDF files. | 12.4.2 | Open source | September 27, 2026 | — | 2.1M ↓ |
| 3 |  Oh My PoshPrompt theme engine for any shell | 31.9.1 | Open source | October 20, 2026 | — | 820.8K ↓ |
| 4 |  Microsoft Azure CLIThe Azure command-line interface (Azure CLI) is a set of commands used to create and manage Azure resources. The Azure CLI is available across Azure services and is designed to get you working quickly with Azure, with an emphasis on automation. | 2.91.0 | Open source | October 6, 2026 | 70.1 MB | 3.5M ↓ |
| 5 |  yqyq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and properties processor. | 4.53.6 | Open source | August 20, 2026 | — | 1.5M ↓ |
| 6 |  AlacrittyAlacritty is a free and open-source GPU accelerated terminal emulator focused on performance and simplicity. | 0.17.0 | Open source | April 6, 2026 | — | 75.9K ↓ |
| 7 |  fzfA general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder | 0.74.5 | Open source | October 19, 2026 | — | 290.1K ↓ |
| 8 |  PuTTYA free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. | 0.85.0.0 | Open source | September 10, 2026 | 4.1 MB | 5.3M ↓ |
| 9 |  cURLCommand line tool and library for transferring data with URLs | 8.23.0.5 | Free | October 23, 2026 | 8.7 MB | 5.9M ↓ |
| 10 |  TabbyA terminal for a more modern age. | 1.0.238 | Open source | October 7, 2026 | — | 85.7K ↓ |
| 11 |  starshipThe minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customisable prompt for any shell! | 1.27.0 | Open source | October 19, 2026 | — | 127.8K ↓ |
| 12 |  lazygitSimple terminal UI for git commands. | 0.66.1 | Open source | October 16, 2026 | — | 79.5K ↓ |
| 13 |  ConEmuCustomizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style, hotkeys and more | 11.230.7240 | Open source | August 8, 2023 | — | 832.7K ↓ |
| 14 |  CygwinA large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows. | 3.7.0-0.590.gdae171e433cd | Open source | October 21, 2026 | 1.6 MB | 2.6M ↓ |
| 15 |  SpicetifyA command-line tool to customize the official Spotify client. | 2.45.3 | Open source | October 15, 2026 | — | 112.5K ↓ |
| 16 |  gsudoThe missing piece in Windows. Cherry-pick which commands to elevate with just one keyword. | 2.6.1 | Open source | October 6, 2025 | — | 473.8K ↓ |
| 17 |  fdA simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' | 10.5.0 | Open source | August 26, 2026 | — | 119.5K ↓ |
| 18 |  HyperA terminal built on web technologies | 3.4.1 | Open source | April 13, 2023 | — | 90.2K ↓ |
| 19 |  JFrog CLIJFrog CLI is a compact and smart client that provides a simple interface that automates access to Artifactory and Mission Control through their respective REST APIs. | 2.128.0 | Open source | October 20, 2026 | — | 1.3M ↓ |
| 20 |  chezmoiManage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely. | 2.73.3 | Open source | October 20, 2026 | — | 49.1K ↓ |
| 21 |  fastfetchLike neofetch, but much faster because written mostly in C. | 2.70.0 | Open source | October 14, 2026 | — | 40.8K ↓ |
| 22 |  Tera Termopen-source, free, software terminal emulator | 5.7.1 | Open source | October 15, 2026 | — | 137.8K ↓ |
| 23 |  ClinkClink combines the native Windows shell cmd.exe with the powerful command line editing features of the GNU Readline library, which provides rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities. | 1.9.34 | Open source | September 21, 2026 | — | 91.8K ↓ |
| 24 |  ShellCheckShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts | 0.11.0 | Open source | August 7, 2025 | — | 111.2K ↓ |
| 25 |  batA cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. | 0.26.1 | Open source | December 3, 2025 | — | 57K ↓ |
| 26 |  microA modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor. | 2.0.15 | Open source | January 10, 2026 | — | 107.1K ↓ |
| 27 |  XPipeA brand-new shell connection hub and remote file manager | 24.7.1 | Proprietary | October 19, 2026 | — | 26.8K ↓ |
| 28 |  flyctlCommand line tools for fly.io services | 0.4.121 | Open source | October 23, 2026 | — | 80.9K ↓ |
| 29 |  SnykSnyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities. | 1.1308.2 | Open source | October 21, 2026 | — | 9.2K ↓ |
| 30 |  zoxidezoxide is a smarter cd command, inspired by z and autojump | 0.10.0 | Open source | July 6, 2026 | — | 25.8K ↓ |
| 31 |  WezTermA GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer implemented in Rust. | 20240203-110809-5046fc22 | Open source | February 5, 2024 | — | 25.9K ↓ |
| 32 |  bottomYet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor. | 0.14.9 | Open source | August 27, 2026 | — | 23.8K ↓ |
| 33 |  DatabricksCLIDatabricks Command Line Interface | 1.22.1 | Other licence | October 22, 2026 | — | 174.9K ↓ |
| 34 |  hyperfineA command-line benchmarking tool | 2.0.0 | Open source | October 19, 2026 | — | 18.3K ↓ |
| 35 |  stripeStripe CLI utility | 1.55.1 | Open source | October 22, 2026 | — | 37.7K ↓ |
| 36 |  YaziBlazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O | 26.9.1 | Open source | September 1, 2026 | — | 7.1K ↓ |
| 37 |  gituiGitUI provides you with the comfort of a git GUI but right in your terminal. | 0.28.1 | Open source | March 25, 2026 | — | 11.9K ↓ |
| 38 |  aquaDeclarative CLI Version manager written in Go | 2.65.2 | Open source | October 22, 2026 | — | 29K ↓ |
| 39 |  WSLttyMintty as a terminal for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows / WSL | 3.8.0.3 | Open source | August 30, 2025 | — | 51K ↓ |
| 40 |  ezaA modern, maintained replacement for ls, built on exa. | 0.23.5 | Open source | July 9, 2026 | — | 3.9K ↓ |
| 41 |  Arduino CLIArduino command line interface | 1.5.1 | Open source | June 5, 2026 | — | 28.3K ↓ |
| 42 |  gpingPing, but with a graph. | 1.21.0 | Open source | September 6, 2026 | — | 25K ↓ |
| 43 |  nano for WindowsNano is a small and simple text editor for use on the terminal. This is an up to date 64-bit/32-bit and Windows on ARM port of the legendary GNU nano text editor. | 7.2-22.1 | Open source | July 19, 2024 | — | 591.2K ↓ |
| 44 |  sd - search & displacesd is an intuitive find & replace CLI. | 1.1.0 | Open source | March 25, 2026 | — | 30.6K ↓ |
| 45 |  DustA more intuitive version of du in rust | 1.2.6 | Open source | October 20, 2026 | — | 10K ↓ |
| 46 |  glowRender markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! | 3.0.0 | Open source | August 12, 2026 | — | 7.1K ↓ |
| 47 |  LSDeluxeThe next gen ls command | 1.2.0 | Open source | October 12, 2025 | — | 9K ↓ |
| 48 |  TyposSource code spell checker | 1.51.1 | Open source | October 9, 2026 | — | 20.4K ↓ |
| 49 |  shfmtFormat shell programs | 3.14.1 | Open source | September 14, 2026 | — | 9.5K ↓ |
| 50 |  lflf (as in "list files") is a terminal file manager written in Go with a heavy inspiration from ranger file manager. | r42 | Open source | August 6, 2026 | — | 7.9K ↓ |