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CodexOpenAI's coding agent that runs in your terminalAppOpen source157,024/mo Android SDK Platform-ToolsAndroid SDK componentApp65,972/mo Claude CodeTerminal-based AI coding assistantApp60,329/mo LibreOfficeFree cross-platform office suite, fresh versionApp55,007/mo Google Cloud CLISet of tools to manage resources and applications hosted on Google CloudApp54,985/mo Android SDK Command-line ToolsCommand-line tools for building and debugging Android appsApp52,773/mo Azure CLIMicrosoft Azure CLI 2.0AppOpen source42,153/mo Docker DesktopApp to build and share containerised applications and microservicesApp39,434/mo Microsoft Visual Studio CodeOpen-source code editorApp36,536/mo Blender3D creation suiteApp31,286/mo GhosttyTerminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU accelerationApp29,286/mo Git Credential ManagerCross-platform Git credential storage for multiple hosting providersAppOpen source25,718/mo

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ghGitHub command-line toolCLIOpen source283,052/mo nodeOpen-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environmentCLIOpen source240,086/mo uvExtremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in RustCLIOpen source208,324/mo awscliOfficial Amazon AWS command-line interfaceCLIOpen source155,447/mo ffmpegPlay, record, convert, and stream select audio and video codecsCLIOpen source144,129/mo gitDistributed revision control systemCLIOpen source129,171/mo pkgconfPackage compiler and linker metadata toolkitCLIOpen source124,349/mo pipxExecute binaries from Python packages in isolated environmentsCLIOpen source107,966/mo

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openssl@4Cryptography and SSL/TLS ToolkitCLIOpen source15,524/mo VorssaintMenu bar toolkit with keep-awake, system monitor and volume mixerAppOpen source14,924/mo herdrAgent multiplexer that lives in your terminalCLIOpen source29,709/mo Blender3D creation suiteApp31,286/mo jsonnetDomain specific configuration language for defining JSON dataCLIOpen source13,484/mo pi-coding-agentAI agent toolkitCLIOpen source13,277/mo sevenzip7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratioCLIOpen source20,899/mo shellcheckStatic analysis and lint tool, for (ba)sh scriptsCLIOpen source32,464/mo ageSimple, modern, secure file encryptionCLIOpen source11,266/mo direnvLoad/unload environment variables based on $PWDCLIOpen source26,029/mo git-deltaSyntax-highlighting pager for git and diff outputCLIOpen source16,504/mo moleDeep clean and optimize your MacCLIOpen source61,599/mo

Open-source picks

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nodeOpen-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environmentCLIOpen source240,086/mo CodexOpenAI's coding agent that runs in your terminalAppOpen source157,024/mo awscliOfficial Amazon AWS command-line interfaceCLIOpen source155,447/mo openssl@3Cryptography and SSL/TLS ToolkitCLIOpen source70,878/mo CodexOpenAI's coding agent that runs in your terminalAppOpen source157,024/mo yqProcess YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and properties documents from the CLICLIOpen source56,775/mo librsvgLibrary to render SVG files using CairoCLIOpen source18,433/mo ffmpegPlay, record, convert, and stream select audio and video codecsCLIOpen source144,129/mo wgetInternet file retrieverCLIOpen source46,186/mo MaccyClipboard managerAppOpen source8,535/mo himalayaCLI email client written in RustCLIOpen source2,880/mo sevenzip7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratioCLIOpen source20,899/mo

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