Terminal Tools for Operating Systems
Operating Systems (OS) manage hardware and software resources, and terminals provide a text-based interface to interact with them.
Developers use terminal tools for efficient system management, scripting, and automation.
Below are a list of terminal tools that developers use for operating systems.
blink
tiniest x86-64-linux emulator.
tiniest x86-64-linux emulator.
bmon
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
cull
Interactive TUI disk space analyzer.
Interactive TUI disk space analyzer.
cyme
List system USB buses and devices.
List system USB buses and devices.
duf
Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative.
Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative.
dysk
A linux utility listing your filesystems.
A linux utility listing your filesystems.
erdtree
A general purpose filesystem and disk-usage utility.
A general purpose filesystem and disk-usage utility.
fastfetch
Like neofetch, but much faster.
Like neofetch, but much faster.
fclones
Efficient duplicate file finder and remover.
Efficient duplicate file finder and remover.
fm
A minimalistic file manager for the terminal.
A minimalistic file manager for the terminal.
gotop
A terminal-based graphical activity monitor written in Go.
A terminal-based graphical activity monitor written in Go.
gruyere
A tiny (and pretty) program for viewing + killing listening ports.
A tiny (and pretty) program for viewing + killing listening ports.
htop
An interactive process viewer.
An interactive process viewer.
hwinfo-tui
A terminal visualization tool for monitoring real-time hardware sensor data from HWInfo.
A terminal visualization tool for monitoring real-time hardware sensor data from HWInfo.
intentrace
A better strace(1) for everyone.
A better strace(1) for everyone.
isd
A keyboard-focused, highly customizable systemd units TUI.
A keyboard-focused, highly customizable systemd units TUI.
kmon
Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor.
Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor.
lazyjournal
A terminal user interface for journalctl.
A terminal user interface for journalctl.
mc
Midnight Commander, a feature-rich visual file manager for the terminal.
Midnight Commander, a feature-rich visual file manager for the terminal.
mtr
A network diagnostics tool
A network diagnostics tool
ncdu
A ncurses based disk usage analyzer
A ncurses based disk usage analyzer
neofetch
A command-line system information tool.
A command-line system information tool.
neoss
User-friendly and detailed socket statistics with a TUI.
User-friendly and detailed socket statistics with a TUI.
nvtop
NVIDIA GPUs htop like monitoring tool
NVIDIA GPUs htop like monitoring tool
panix
A universal NixOS deployment tool.
A universal NixOS deployment tool.
pdu
Highly parallelized, blazing fast directory tree analyzer.
Highly parallelized, blazing fast directory tree analyzer.
pumas
Power Usage Monitor for Apple Silicon.
Power Usage Monitor for Apple Silicon.
qmassa
Terminal-based tool for displaying GPUs usage stats on Linux.
Terminal-based tool for displaying GPUs usage stats on Linux.
ranger
A vim-inspired file manager for the console.
A vim-inspired file manager for the console.
recoverpy
A TUI to interactively recover overwritten or deleted data.
A TUI to interactively recover overwritten or deleted data.
simtool
A beautiful and powerful TUI for managing iOS simulators.
A beautiful and powerful TUI for managing iOS simulators.
s-tui
terminal-based CPU stress and monitoring utility.
terminal-based CPU stress and monitoring utility.
systemd-manager-tui
A TUI for managing systemd services.
A TUI for managing systemd services.
syswatch
A single-host system diagnostics TUI.
A single-host system diagnostics TUI.
tproxy
A CLI tool to proxy and analyze TCP connections.
A CLI tool to proxy and analyze TCP connections.
ugm
A TUI to view information about UNIX users and groups
A TUI to view information about UNIX users and groups
unifly
A CLI/TUI for UniFi network controller management.
A CLI/TUI for UniFi network controller management.
vtop
Wow such top. So stats. More better than regular top
Wow such top. So stats. More better than regular top
wiper
A TUI disk analyser and cleanup tool.
A TUI disk analyser and cleanup tool.
xplr
A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
yazi
Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
zeitfetch
Instantaneous snapshots of system information.
Instantaneous snapshots of system information.
zenith
A terminal UI (TUI) for monitoring system resources
A terminal UI (TUI) for monitoring system resources
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