Useful Command Line Tools

My terminal setup: Bash + Alacritty on my Omarchy machine, and fish + COSMIC Terminal on my vanilla Arch machine.

These tools enhance my command-line experience daily.

Modern Core Replacements

• bat: cat with syntax highlighting and Git awareness.
• delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output.
• eza: Modern replacement for ls. Better visuals and defaults.

Search & Navigation

• fd: Simple, fast alternative to find.
• fzf: General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder. Incredibly versatile.
• ripgrep: Very fast recursive search (like grep but faster).
• zoxide: A smarter cd command that learns your habits.

Workflow & Productivity

• chezmoi: Managing dotfiles.
• lazygit: Terminal UI for Git commands. Quick and easy.

Network, Sync & Backup

• aria2: Downloading files (HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent).
• restic: Fast, efficient, secure backups.
• Syncthing: Decentralized, private file synchronization.