Haiku OS Terminal Tools
Haiku, an open-source operating system inspired by BeOS, focuses on personal computing. While not as mainstream as Windows, macOS or Linux, it offers a unique, efficient environment for developers valuing simplicity and responsiveness.
Haiku is very lightweight, fast and has a coherent design. Today, Haiku has a package manager (pkgman and HaikuDepot) and has many modern applications from other OSes also available on Haiku such as Audacity, LibreOffice and Telegram.
Below are a list of terminal tools that work with Haiku.
aria2
The ultra fast download utility.
The ultra fast download utility.
asciinema
A terminal session recorder.
A terminal session recorder.
byobu
Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer
Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer
clipboard
Your new, ridonkulously smart clipboard manager.
Your new, ridonkulously smart clipboard manager.
curl
A command line tool and library for transferring data.
A command line tool and library for transferring data.
ddgr
DuckDuckGo from the terminal.
DuckDuckGo from the terminal.
elinks
A full-featured text www browser.
A full-featured text www browser.
emacs
The extensible, customizable, free/libre display editor.
The extensible, customizable, free/libre display editor.
ffmpeg
A tool to record, convert and stream audio and video in the terminal.
A tool to record, convert and stream audio and video in the terminal.
frogmouth
A Markdown browser for your terminal
A Markdown browser for your terminal
gcli
A Portable Git(hub|lab|tea)/Forgejo/Bugzilla CLI tool.
A Portable Git(hub|lab|tea)/Forgejo/Bugzilla CLI tool.
gdb
The GNU Project Debugger
The GNU Project Debugger
glances
A cross platform top/htop alternative in python.
A cross platform top/htop alternative in python.
hexapoda
A colorful modal hex editor in the terminal.
A colorful modal hex editor in the terminal.
hstr
A bash and zsh shell history suggestion box for your command history.
A bash and zsh shell history suggestion box for your command history.
htop
An interactive process viewer.
An interactive process viewer.
hyperfine
A command-line benchmarking tool.
A command-line benchmarking tool.
links
A fast and lightweight web browser running in both graphics and text mode.
A fast and lightweight web browser running in both graphics and text mode.
lynx
A TUI based web browser.
A TUI based web browser.
mc
Midnight Commander, a feature-rich visual file manager for the terminal.
Midnight Commander, a feature-rich visual file manager for the terminal.
mpv
A command-line media player for playing video, audio and streams from the terminal.
A command-line media player for playing video, audio and streams from the terminal.
mtr
A network diagnostics tool
A network diagnostics tool
musikcube
A cross-platform terminal-based music player
A cross-platform terminal-based music player
neofetch
A command-line system information tool.
A command-line system information tool.
neovim
Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
nnn
The missing terminal file manager for X
The missing terminal file manager for X
pandoc
a universal markup converter.
a universal markup converter.
qman
A full-featured man page viewer for our terminals.
A full-featured man page viewer for our terminals.
radare2
unix-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.
unix-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.
rizin
open source reverse engineering tool based on radare2.
open source reverse engineering tool based on radare2.
rsync
A fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool for both remote and local files.
A fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool for both remote and local files.
slurm
Realtime traffic statistics for network interfaces
Realtime traffic statistics for network interfaces
tcpdump
A command-line network traffic analyzer.
A command-line network traffic analyzer.
tig
A text-mode interface for Git.
A text-mode interface for Git.
tmux
An open-source terminal multiplexer.
An open-source terminal multiplexer.
vim
The ubiquitous text editor
The ubiquitous text editor
w3m
A pager and/or text-based browser.
A pager and/or text-based browser.
wget
A utility for non-interactive download of files from the web.
A utility for non-interactive download of files from the web.
wordgrinder
A cross-platform word processor for the terminal
A cross-platform word processor for the terminal
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