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A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.

20 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 8 stories, 12 comments · first 2021-01-12 · latest 2026-05-03

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  1. …[1], [2] [0] https://github.com/rothgar/awesome-tuis [1] https://terminaltrove.com/explore/ [2] https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix Even before Claude Code, I always see htop as the prime example of a good TUI.
    comment by pelcg · 2026-05-03 · in Why TUIs are back
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    A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common Unix commands
    story by nomilk · 2025-10-22 · 0 comments
  3. This link also has a large list of additional tools I hadn't heard of but look interesting. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
    comment by sandywaffles · 2024-07-22 · in Eza: A modern, maintained replacement for ls
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    Ask HN: Will modern alternatives to Unix CLIs be succeeded? grep ripgrep find fd
    story by WonderAlmighty · 2024-05-23 · 0 comments
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    Ask HN: Which tools are worth the time?
    story by sweetgiorni · 2024-01-12 · 1 comment
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    Modern-Unix: collection of modern/faster/saner options to common Unix commands
    story by thunderbong · 2023-06-20 · 0 comments
  7. …Also all of the tools discussed in this thread (and more) are listed here: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
    comment by Nezteb · 2023-03-22 · in So you've installed `fzf` – now what?
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    Modern Unix
    story by LopRabbit · 2023-01-23 · 0 comments
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    Modern Unix – Collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common commands
    story by capableweb · 2022-12-07 · 0 comments
  10. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix > A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.
    comment by capableweb · 2022-12-07 · in Ncdu – NCurses Disk Usage
  11. …drop-in replacements and not available everywhere, but they are often easier an more fun to use. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix There is also this nice awesome list with a more extensive collection.…
    comment by yewenjie · 2022-09-04 · in Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers
  12. See this for a collection of alternatives for a modern unix commands. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
  13. There is a cohort of “replacements” to traditional tools. Check here: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix Some of them are great, some are opinionated.
    comment by nrvn · 2021-12-19 · in Exa - A Modern Replacement for ls
  14. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix is a pretty decent list.
  15. …in Rust, like exa, dust, etc into one umbrella project. [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Oxidation [2] https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
  16. …further down in the post, but I compiled a list of all these modern unix tools a couple months ago: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
    comment by ibraheemdev · 2021-06-14 · in Ripgrep 13.0
  17. Here's a hopefully more exhaustive list that isn't restricted to Rust: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix , meaning it can include other awesome tools like fzf (written in Go).
    comment by ibraheemdev · 2021-06-14 · in Ripgrep 13.0
  18. …to people, rather than excluding some simply because of the creator's choice of language. [0]: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
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    A Collection of Modern/Faster/Saner Alternative Unix Commands
    story by ibraheemdev · 2021-04-22 · 14 comments
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    Modern Unix: A collection of modern alternatives to common Unix commands
    story by ibraheemdev · 2021-01-12 · 1 comment