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fzf

junegunn/fzf

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General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder for files, history, processes and anything piped into it.

ripgrep

BurntSushi/ripgrep

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Recursive regex search (rg) that respects .gitignore and is dramatically faster than grep; powers VS Code search.

jq

jqlang/jq

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Lightweight command-line JSON processor for slicing, filtering and transforming JSON data.

bat

sharkdp/bat

cat clone with syntax highlighting, Git change markers and automatic paging.

fd

sharkdp/fd

Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find with sensible defaults and .gitignore support.

zoxide

ajeetdsouza/zoxide

Smarter cd command that learns your most-used directories so you can jump with a few keystrokes.

eza

eza-community/eza

Modern, maintained replacement for ls (successor to exa) with colors, icons, Git status and tree view.

delta

dandavison/delta

Syntax-highlighting pager for git diff, grep and blame output with side-by-side view.

yq

mikefarah/yq

jq-like processor for YAML, JSON, XML and TOML; indispensable for editing Kubernetes and CI configs.