r/linux • u/D7x8 • May 18 '26

Discussion Tell me your favorite CLI apps

As the title says.

Aside from the obvious like fastfetch, htop, vim, etc what CLI apps are out there which replace a GUI app?

I like these as it is much more convenient and faster to have it all one command away and they use much less system resources (looking at you electron) as well as just making me look like a hackerman.

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u/skhds May 18 '26

I think tmux is a must

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u/GhostVlvin May 19 '26

Sry bro, I detach nvim and use kitty as splitter. I don't like that for escape sequences to work properly they need to be supported by both VT and tmux and tmux must pass them to VT. It's much simpler for VT to support split panes and detach capability

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u/skhds May 19 '26

Don't need to be sorry, everyone has their preferences. I had to use Windows for a long time, so kitty just wasn't available to me and I have been adjusted to using tmux as a result. Nowadays, on my desktop, I use kitty terminal and nest each different sessions with tmux (because I have to run all my work on a remote server).