HN Atlas
← All topics

Command-line tools

Shells, terminals, CLI utilities, terminal interfaces, and command-line workflows.

8,608 stories · 134 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

The pace of conversation

Posts per month

2020-01: 101 posts2020-02: 107 posts2020-03: 92 posts2020-04: 112 posts2020-05: 103 posts2020-06: 92 posts2020-07: 102 posts2020-08: 90 posts2020-09: 90 posts2020-10: 102 posts2020-11: 109 posts2020-12: 85 posts2021-01: 67 posts2021-02: 98 posts2021-03: 79 posts2021-04: 76 posts2021-05: 86 posts2021-06: 85 posts2021-07: 78 posts2021-08: 75 posts2021-09: 85 posts2021-10: 91 posts2021-11: 100 posts2021-12: 113 posts2022-01: 110 posts2022-02: 90 posts2022-03: 89 posts2022-04: 115 posts2022-05: 85 posts2022-06: 72 posts2022-07: 89 posts2022-08: 78 posts2022-09: 72 posts2022-10: 99 posts2022-11: 92 posts2022-12: 78 posts2023-01: 82 posts2023-02: 68 posts2023-03: 116 posts2023-04: 84 posts2023-05: 80 posts2023-06: 84 posts2023-07: 89 posts2023-08: 101 posts2023-09: 110 posts2023-10: 85 posts2023-11: 88 posts2023-12: 90 posts2024-01: 108 posts2024-02: 121 posts2024-03: 105 posts2024-04: 119 posts2024-05: 93 posts2024-06: 95 posts2024-07: 106 posts2024-08: 113 posts2024-09: 91 posts2024-10: 92 posts2024-11: 80 posts2024-12: 86 posts2025-01: 103 posts2025-02: 96 posts2025-03: 98 posts2025-04: 96 posts2025-05: 111 posts2025-06: 122 posts2025-07: 158 posts2025-08: 132 posts2025-09: 112 posts2025-10: 128 posts2025-11: 116 posts2025-12: 149 posts2026-01: 194 posts2026-02: 222 posts2026-03: 240 posts2026-04: 193 posts2026-05: 152 posts2026-06: 145 posts2026-07: 184 posts2026-08: 160 posts2026-09: 124 posts
2020-012026-09

Posts per month · first and latest months may be partial.

01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,614 stories
20251,421 stories
20241,209 stories
20231,077 stories
20221,069 stories
20211,033 stories
20201,185 stories

02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Show HN: TERMy – A fast terminal assistant that does not use LLMs↗ github.com · HN · 45 comments · 225 points · Sep 04, 2026
Cf: The Agentic CLI for the Cloudflare API↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 13 comments · 36 points · Sep 28, 2026
Claude: System Prompts↗ platform.claude.com · HN · 284 comments · 762 points · Aug 16, 2026
Show HN: Toast, a by default in-terminal IDE↗ github.com · HN · 89 comments · 82 points · Sep 11, 2026
TiddlyInstall: A universal, reusable, install system↗ robertsdotpm.github.io · HN · 15 comments · 24 points · Sep 26, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Show HN: TERMy – A fast terminal assistant that does not use LLMs↗ github.com · HN · 45 comments · 225 points · Sep 04, 2026
Develop Cross-Platform CLI and GUI Tools with Tcl/Tk↗ cgicoffee.com · HN · 60 comments · 112 points · Aug 31, 2026
Show HN: Toast, a by default in-terminal IDE↗ github.com · HN · 89 comments · 82 points · Sep 11, 2026
Using jq to format JSON on the clipboard↗ chris48s.github.io · HN · 20 comments · 61 points · Sep 02, 2026
Spark: Sparklines in your shell↗ git.zx2c4.com · HN · 14 comments · 50 points · Aug 30, 2026
Hayes AT command set↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 12 comments · 44 points · Sep 04, 2026
Cf: The Agentic CLI for the Cloudflare API↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 13 comments · 36 points · Sep 28, 2026
Show HN: Aclif – Agent CLI framework: one grammar, canonical names across SaaS↗ aclif.ai · HN · 18 comments · 35 points · Sep 17, 2026
TiddlyInstall: A universal, reusable, install system↗ robertsdotpm.github.io · HN · 15 comments · 24 points · Sep 26, 2026
Agents.md speaks Unix, and you should too↗ fmind.dev · HN · 9 comments · 16 points · Sep 24, 2026

10 stories shown.

Help shape Hacker Atlas

Useful, confusing, or missing something? I’d love to hear.

Your feedback is private. Your email is only used to reply, never to sign you up for a newsletter.