ibraheemdev/modern-unix
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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], [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 -
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 -
…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? -
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 -
…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 -
See this for a collection of alternatives for a modern unix commands. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
comment by zikohh · 2022-05-21 · in A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to ‘find’ -
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 -
https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix is a pretty decent list.
comment by basetensucks · 2021-07-10 · in Show HN: Hck – a fast and flexible cut-like tool -
…in Rust, like exa, dust, etc into one umbrella project. [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Oxidation [2] https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
comment by xvilka · 2021-06-18 · in Prossimo – Memory safety for the Internet's most critical infrastructure -
…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 -
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 -
…to people, rather than excluding some simply because of the creator's choice of language. [0]: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
comment by ibraheemdev · 2021-05-28 · in Replacements for existing software written in Rust