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An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line

22 mentions on Hacker News by 19 people: 3 stories, 19 comments · first 2019-09-20 · latest 2026-04-08

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  1. Navi is good for generating personal cheatsheets: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi But for Git, I can't recommend lazygit enough. It's an incredible piece of software: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit
    comment by arcanemachiner · 2026-04-08 · in Git commands I run before reading any code
  2. …by hand? (Navi [1] does the templating part, but not the "interactive builder" part.) [1] https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by crazygringo · 2025-12-27 · in Show HN: Ez FFmpeg – Video editing in plain English
  3. I've been using https://github.com/denisidoro/navi for this kind of scenario.
    comment by jinnko · 2025-04-26 · in Show HN: Empty Enter Expander – Type less in the terminal with this tool
  4. …on the internet completely betrays my expectations and makes me reconsider my life choices. [0] https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by barrettondricka · 2025-01-27 · in If OpenSSL were a GUI (2022)
  5. …able to have "command builders" I have a blog on doing exactly this for a subset of strace[2]. 1: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi 2: https://kbknapp.dev/strace-navi/
    comment by kbknapp · 2024-04-25 · in Ask HN: Any tool for managing large and variable command lines?
  6. or something with a bit more interactivity: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by whilenot-dev · 2024-04-19 · in Ask HN: Is there a GUI for bash shell?
  7. …I still needed something to cover rare commands with dynamic arguments. That got covered by Navi: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi (takes more friction to add new command than with TBMK, but you get much more organized and easier to…
    comment by mrazomor · 2023-12-27 · in Show HN: TBMK – A Commands Bookmark for Terminal
  8. For non-emacs users, I'm aware of navi which is a similar editor-independent solution. https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by taviso · 2022-12-18 · in Emacs: ffmpeg and macOS aliasing commands
  9. …[2] https://github.com/tmux/tmux [3] https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij [4] https://github.com/denisidoro/navi [5] https://shapeshed.com/unix-fc [6] https://starship.rs/ [7] https://github.com/elisescu/tty-share
    comment by _andrei_ · 2022-12-09 · in Telemetry is now optional in Warp
  10. …this exact purpose and very happy with it. Now it is one of indispensable tool for my workflow [0] https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by sbt567 · 2022-11-28 · in Guide to FFmpeg
  11. https://github.com/cheat/cheat https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by pivik · 2022-06-30 · in Ask HN: Can I see your cheatsheet?
  12. I use navi: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi > navi allows you to browse through cheatsheets (that you may write yourself or download from maintainers) and execute commands. Suggested values for arguments are dynamically displayed in a…
    comment by dolfins · 2022-06-30 · in Ask HN: Can I see your cheatsheet?
  13. I have found https://github.com/denisidoro/navi very useful for remembering nifty one-liners. It's like a bookmark manager for commands. Also good for sharing them with the rest of your team, via a git repo.
    comment by cyfex · 2022-04-13 · in New(ish) command line tools
  14. …other cheat sheet tools including cheat.sh and tldr besides handling your own sets of cheat sheets. https://github.com/denisidoro/navi/blob/master/docs/cheatshe ...
    comment by isabelk · 2022-04-06 · in Navi- an interactive cheatsheet tool for the command line
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    story by humility · 2022-04-05 · 15 comments
  16. I'm using navi ( https://github.com/denisidoro/navi ) for commands that long enough and used less frequently. And it works great.
    comment by sbt567 · 2020-09-22 · in No script is too simple
  17. https://github.com/denisidoro/navi allows you to browse through cheatsheets (that you may write yourself or download from maintainers) and execute commands. Suggested values for arguments are dynamically displayed in a list. The latest…
    comment by dnsfr · 2020-09-01 · in Interactive Cheatsheets from Tldr and Cheat.sh
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    Interactive Cheatsheets from Tldr and Cheat.sh
    story by dnsfr · 2020-09-01 · 2 comments
  19. Similar tool: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi
    comment by petargyurov · 2020-08-18 · in Create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line
  20. Requires a bit of initial setup, but possible it's what you're looking for: https://github.com/denisidoro/navi Also, at least some of the scaffolding for CLUI seems to be available at https://github.com/replit/clui
    comment by khimaros · 2020-03-06 · in CLUI: Building a Graphical Command Line
  21. Appears to be implemented here. https://github.com/denisidoro/navi/blob/master/cheats/networ... I'd nitpick on the implementation, but the point is you can change it. :)
    comment by mikelward · 2019-09-21 · in An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line
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    story by dnsfr · 2019-09-20 · 48 comments