General Command Line Tools
Autojump
Autojump is a tool that learns your most frequented directories and allows you to switch to them by using a shortcut.
exa
exa is a modern replacement for ls with very nice outputs.
pbcopy & pbpaste
You can use pbcopy and pbpaste to pipe the output of your commands to your clipboard and read from there
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
pbpaste > file.txtDocumentation and Bug Fixing
tldr
tldr is a collection of cheat sheets for console commands.
howdoi
With howdoi you can browse the internet for coding snippets right from your terminal.
rebound
rebound is a command-line tool that instantly fetches Stack Overflow results when an exception in your Python code is thrown.
Working with Files
jq
jq handles JSON on the command line.
icdiff
icdiff is a visual diffing tool for your terminal.
peco
Think of peco as a realtime grep.
ack
ack is like grep but faster and more user friendly.
Databases, HTTP
httpie
httpie is like postman in your console window.
pgcli
pgcli is like DataGrip on your terminal.
Other Tools
tig
tig is a visual git client on the console.
ttygif
ttygif is a tool to create animated gifs from your terminal sessions.
If you’re using macOS and depending on your screen resolution, you might need to chop some pixels to remove window decorations. I did this like so.
convert tty.gif -coalesce -repage 0x0 -gravity North -chop 0x38 +repage tty.gif