Context #

• This page consolidates key Linux utils to be used for increasing developer’s productivity.
• See Linux Key Commands @ Vedcraft

Tools / Utils (sorted order) #

• aider: GenAI pair programmer in the terminal
• bat: Enhanced cat with syntax highlighting and more.
• dust: Quick view of disk usage by folders.
• fish: An interactive Linux terminal.
• fzf: A CLI for finding files/folders with enhanced search.
• iperf: for measuring network bandwidth between systems.
• nmon: Util for viewing system resources usage (disk, cpu, network, etc.)
• k9s: A terminal based interface to manage kubernetes clusters, very useful for admins.
• uv: A useful Python package manager, which combines pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry, pyenv, twine, virtualenv, and more.
• warp: An AI-based Linux terminal.
• zoxide: A handy command to use “z folder_name” to change frequently used folders. Use zi for interactive interface.