[Browsers]
Browsh
old school terminal web browser with image support https://www.brow.sh/
Lynx
Terminal web browser (can configure to use MPV or YouTube-dl for videos) https://lynx.browser.org/
[System Monitoring]
Bottom
shows CPU cores, CPU usage, Memory usage, Disks, Disk usage, Processes, Network, Temperature. https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom
nvtop
Shows Program usage, GPU usage, GPU memory, Clock speeds, Power, Temperature, https://github.com/Syllo/nvtop
Htop
generic terminal system monitor and is very basic Shows CPU core util, Memory, Swap, Uptime, Load avrage, Tasks https://htop.dev/
duf
Shows disks space, Mounted point, File system type, Size https://github.com/muesli/duf
Glacees
A lot like Htop or top but looks different and is cross platform. https://github.com/nicolargo/glances
[Text Editors and file location]
fd
Superfast file finder Via cmd line. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd
Tmux
i think this fits in this category its a CLI window, manager with a lot of bits and bobs. its actually a terminal multiplexer which is a fancy word i dont understand :D https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki
fzf
Fuzzy command line finder https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
mcfly
quickly look through your shell history, to find that one command you’re too lazy to type again (I do it as well LMAO) https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
TLDR
a community driven easy man page finder. (life saver) https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
Nano
The default text editor, not stupid complicated not. not very configurable but does the job https://www.nano-editor.org/
Emacs
Behold the Church of Emacs, its like nano and vim had a child. its configurable and somewhat simple https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
Vim
The master-race of text editors that has a learning curve but is very configurable, to the point so people argue why need anything other than VIM https://www.vim.org/
Neovim
it’s like vim and Oh my ZSH had a child, its got a lot of configurability and is ment to be more user-friendly https://neovim.io/
[Shells]
Bash
its the default and lots of programs use it, https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
Fish
its like bash but has auto correct for typing https://fishshell.com/
ZHS
its like vim for a shell, it has lots of bells and whistles and is very customizable. https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH
I would love to add more useful and cool programs to this list! Feel free to leave suggestions to add! I really want to make this post a really good place to find cool new programs
I would add file managers like midnight commander, ranger, and so on
yep, added them, thanks for the suggestion!
Maybe add lf too, I think of it as a better ranger