Essential CLI/TUI Tools for Developers

An opinionated list of CLI/TUI applications for developer productivity.

Jan 06, 2025

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We, developers, spend a lot of time in our terminal. Or maybe we could spend even more, because there are so many great CLI/TUI tools that can boost the developer productivity, or just be fun to use.

This article contains a categorized list of CLIs / TUIs I personally use and those widely adopted in the development community.

Kubernetes

k9s - Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

K9s provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. The aim of this project is to make it easier to navigate, observe and manage your applications in the wild. K9s continually watches Kubernetes for changes and offers subsequent commands to interact with your observed resources.

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