We spotlight alternatives tools to curl, a utility for transferring data from or to a server, supporting many protocols.
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Category: Utilities
vim-fern – asynchronous tree viewer
vim-fern is a general purpose asynchronous tree viewer written in VimL.
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lsv – Vlang implementation of ls
lsv is a modern alternative to ls in the spirit of exa, eza, lsd, pls, natls, ls-go and others.
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Inviska Rename – batch rename utility
Inviska Rename is a batch file rename utility that allows you to give meaningful names to groups of files.
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StygianSift – terminal file explorer
StygianSift will navigate you through the rivers of data and forests of directories with unparalleled ease.
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kupo – terminal file browser
kupo is a terminal file browser written in Python.
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nvim-tree – file explorer for Neovim
nvim-tree.lua is a file explorer / filesystem tree view plugin for Neovim. It’s written in Lua.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: history
history is a command which displays or manipulates the history list. We recommend alternatives to this command.
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hiSHtory – better shell history
hiSHtory is a better shell history. It stores your shell history in context.
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xplr – hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
xplr is a terminal UI based file explorer that aims to increase your terminal productivity. It’s written in Rust.
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Bevel – command line history in an SQLite database
Bevel is a tool which offers command line history in an SQLite database for effective re-use.
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browsr – file explorer in your terminal
browsr is a a pleasant file explorer in your terminal supporting all filesystems.
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Rust-Traverse – terminal based file explorer
Rust-Traverse is a terminal based file explorer. It is inspired by the NNN file manager. It uses Ratatui for the terminal UI.
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faint – extensible TUI fuzzy file explorer
faint is a fuzzy file explorer for the CLI that supports various extensible features.
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transgender – minimalistic terminal file explorer
transgender is a minimalistic TUI file explorer with minimal dependencies, written by a Ranger hater.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tar
We showcase free and open source alternatives to tar, the most widely used archiving utility in Linux systems.
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fex – command-line file explorer prioritizing quick navigation
fex is a command-line file explorer inspired by Vim, exa and fzf, built with quick exploration and navigation in mind.
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tere – terminal file explorer
tere is a terminal file explorer. It is a faster alternative to using cd and ls to browse folders in your terminal.
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Treemacs – tree layout file explorer for Emacs
Treemacs is a file and project explorer similar to NeoTree or vim’s NerdTree, but largely inspired by the Project Explorer in Eclipse.
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vim-tree – use tree for quick navigation
vim-tree integrates good old tree into Vim and Nvim for all common operating systems.
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