Open source command-line projects
Every project in the registry tagged command-line, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
Mac cleaner, app manager, and system monitor in one
AI pair programmer that works inside your terminal
Cross-platform terminal with AI built in
GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your browser.
CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + mo
The modern GraphQL runtime
Terminal-native AI coding agent built on ZSH
Universal Reddit Scraper - A comprehensive Reddit scraping/archival command-line tool.
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source command-line projects are there?
This registry tracks 8 projects tagged command-line, with 184,569 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Mole at 67,621 stars.
Are these command-line projects free to use?
Yes — 8 of the 8 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which command-line project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these command-line projects still maintained?
7 of the 8 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.