Favorite command-line tools (Updated 2025)

favored-cli-tools.yaml

- tool: fd
  url: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd
  devlang: rust
  supercedes:
    - find
  tagline: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
  description: |
    A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

  references:
    - url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43410692
      title: HN submssion 2025-03-19

- tool: bat
  url: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
  tagline: A cat(1) clone with wings.

- tool: ripgrep
  url: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
  devlang: rust
  supercedes:
    - grep
    - ack


- tool: jq
- tool: dust
  url: https://github.com/bootandy/dust