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Terminal-app projects on GitHub
File managers and productivity tools running in the terminal.
As of , the most-starred Terminal-app projects on GitHub are micro (29.7K stars), superfile (23.8K stars) and fx (20.7K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 9 Terminal-app repositories with 128.6K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was superfile, with +16 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16
superfile
yorukot/superfile · ★ 23.8KA pretty and modern terminal file manager — a keyboard-driven TUI app written in Go for browsing and managing files right from your shell.
micro
micro-editor/micro · ★ 29.7Kmicro is a terminal-based text editor aiming to be easy to use and intuitive — a kind of successor to nano, packaged as a single static binary that's comfortable enough for full-time work in a terminal or over SSH.
asciinema
asciinema/asciinema · ★ 17.9KIt's a command-line tool for recording and live-streaming terminal sessions. Instead of heavyweight video, it saves lightweight asciicast (.cast) files you can replay in a terminal, embed on a web page, or publish to asciinema.org.
+5Kaku
tw93/Kaku · ★ 6.1KKaku is a macOS terminal built on WezTerm that comes pre-configured with fonts, themes, shell integration, and Mac shortcuts, with an optional AI assistant for command suggestions and chat.
The all-time top
9 projects · by stars
- 29.7K
#1 · micro-editor/micro
micro
micro is a terminal-based text editor aiming to be easy to use and intuitive — a kind of successor to nano, packaged as a single static binary that's comfortable enough for full-time work in a terminal or over SSH.
- 23.8K
#2 · yorukot/superfile
superfile
A pretty and modern terminal file manager — a keyboard-driven TUI app written in Go for browsing and managing files right from your shell.
- 20.7K
#3 · antonmedv/fxfx
fx is a terminal JSON viewer and processor — a command-line tool for exploring and transforming JSON data right in your terminal.
- 4
asciinema
17.9Kasciinema/asciinema · RustIt's a command-line tool for recording and live-streaming terminal sessions. Instead of heavyweight video, it saves lightweight asciicast (.cast) files you can replay in a terminal, embed on a web page, or publish to asciinema.org.
- 5

edit
14.7Kmicrosoft/edit · RustEdit is a small terminal text editor from Microsoft for quick, simple jobs — an homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, rebuilt with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code.
- 6
hexyl
10.3Ksharkdp/hexyl · Rusthexyl is a command-line hex viewer: it prints the raw bytes of a file in your terminal, with colors distinguishing NULL bytes, printable ASCII, whitespace, other ASCII and non-ASCII bytes.
- 7

Kaku
6.1Ktw93/Kaku · RustKaku is a macOS terminal built on WezTerm that comes pre-configured with fonts, themes, shell integration, and Mac shortcuts, with an optional AI assistant for command suggestions and chat.
- 8

gitlogue
5.1Kunhappychoice/gitlogue · Rustgitlogue is a cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal: it turns your Git history into a living, animated story with realistic typing, syntax highlighting, and file tree transitions.
- 9

toast
278paradise-runner/toast · GoToast is a batteries-included IDE that runs right in your terminal, written in Go: managed language servers, an integrated file tree, multiple file tabs, and themes all ship out of the box.
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