====== Terminal Tools ======

This is a collection of useful applications that can be used in the terminal without a graphical desktop. These are all available in the [[:operating_systems:debian|Debian]] main repository.

===== Shell =====

  * [[:terminal:ssh|SSH]] - secure shell for remote computers
  * Bash
  * [[terminal:zsh|Zsh]]
  * [[:other:tmux_terminal_multiplexing|Tmux]] - Terminal multiplexing

===== File Managers =====

  * [[terminal:midnight_commander|Midnight Commander]] - Terminal file navigation and FTP/SFTP
  * vifm
  * ''xfte''/''sfte'' (''apt install fte-xwindow fte-terminal'')

===== Editors =====

  * nano
  * emacs
  * [[https://www.devdungeon.com/tags/vim|vim]]
  * neovim
  * joe
  * mcedit - Like DOS Edit, let's you resize text windows and use mouse
  * ''fp'' (''apt install fp-ide'') FreePascal IDE


===== Communication =====

  * [[terminal:mutt|Mutt]] - Email client
  * [[:terminal:profanity|Profanity]] - XMPP chat client
  * [[:other:irssi_terminal_chat|Irssi]] - IRC chat client

===== Web =====

  * [[:other:elinks_terminal_web_browser|ELinks]] - Terminal web browsing and BitTorrent
  * links
  * lynx
  * [[https://www.devdungeon.com/content/one-line-http-servers|One-line HTTP servers]]
  * cURL
  * wget

===== Development =====

  * [[https://www.devdungeon.com/content/how-write-command-line-tools|How to write a good CLI application]]
  * [[:other:dialog_terminal_tui|Dialog]] - terminal user interface generator

===== Audio/Video =====

  * [[:terminal:ffmpeg|ffmpeg]] - Swiss army knife for audio/video
  * beep - Make PC speaker beep
  * [[:terminal:cmus|cmus]] - Music player
  * id3tool - View/edit audio meta tags

===== System administration =====

  * neofetch - Provides system information like OS, kernel, CPU, GPU, memory, etc.


===== Misc =====

  * [[https://www.devdungeon.com/content/create-ascii-art-text-banners-python|Terminal ASCII art with figlets and cowsay]]
  * sed
  * awk
  * grep
  * cut
  * head, tail
  * less, more