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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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

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20261,614 stories
Claude: System Prompts↗ platform.claude.com · HN · 284 comments · 762 points · Aug 16, 2026
Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt↗ tris.sherliker.net · HN · 232 comments · 1489 points · Jul 08, 2026
Google Workspace CLI↗ github.com · HN · 285 comments · 953 points · Mar 05, 2026
Ghostty – Terminal Emulator↗ ghostty.org · HN · 359 comments · 863 points · Mar 01, 2026
Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)↗ rhodesmill.org · HN · 244 comments · 655 points · Feb 04, 2026
20251,421 stories
Scripts I wrote that I use all the time↗ evanhahn.com · HN · 389 comments · 1341 points · Oct 22, 2025
Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal↗ github.com · HN · 144 comments · 1094 points · Sep 09, 2025
Introducing tmux-rs↗ richardscollin.github.io · HN · 293 comments · 868 points · Jul 03, 2025
Gemini CLI↗ blog.google · HN · 788 comments · 1428 points · Jun 25, 2025
fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'↗ github.com · HN · 294 comments · 718 points · Mar 19, 2025
20241,209 stories
Just: Just a Command Runner↗ just.systems · HN · 314 comments · 610 points · Dec 07, 2024
Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities↗ weiyen.net · HN · 231 comments · 837 points · Nov 06, 2024
93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019)↗ mcmillen.dev · HN · 124 comments · 515 points · Apr 29, 2024
The xz attack shell script↗ research.swtch.com · HN · 312 comments · 606 points · Apr 02, 2024
Xz/liblzma: Bash-stage Obfuscation Explained↗ gynvael.coldwind.pl · HN · 128 comments · 535 points · Mar 30, 2024
20231,077 stories
Ugrep – a more powerful, fast, user-friendly, compatible grep↗ ugrep.com · HN · 130 comments · 344 points · Dec 30, 2023
Hidden gems of moreutils↗ jpospisil.com · HN · 59 comments · 228 points · Dec 30, 2023
Unix as IDE (2012)↗ blog.sanctum.geek.nz · HN · 69 comments · 111 points · Dec 28, 2023
Rep and Ren: A new approach to CLI find, replace, and renaming↗ blog.robenkleene.com · HN · 22 comments · 111 points · Dec 27, 2023
Qsv: Efficient CSV CLI Toolkit↗ github.com · HN · 30 comments · 100 points · Dec 22, 2023
20221,069 stories
Shell script best practices, from a decade of scripting things↗ sharats.me · HN · 490 comments · 958 points · Oct 27, 2022
Moreutils: A collection of Unix tools that nobody thought to write long ago↗ joeyh.name · HN · 258 comments · 612 points · Apr 15, 2022
New(ish) command line tools↗ jvns.ca · HN · 244 comments · 760 points · Apr 12, 2022
Some tiny personal programs I've written↗ jvns.ca · HN · 358 comments · 873 points · Mar 09, 2022
Charm – Tools to make the command line glamorous↗ charm.sh · HN · 213 comments · 1195 points · Jan 23, 2022
20211,033 stories
Asking nicely for root command execution and getting it↗ rachelbythebay.com · HN · 137 comments · 589 points · Aug 17, 2021
Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environment variable↗ consoledonottrack.com · HN · 341 comments · 668 points · Jul 06, 2021
Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal↗ fig.io · HN · 378 comments · 559 points · May 25, 2021
Actually Portable Executables↗ ahgamut.github.io · HN · 154 comments · 683 points · Feb 28, 2021
Actually Portable Executable↗ justine.lol · HN · 162 comments · 644 points · Feb 26, 2021
20201,185 stories
CLI Guidelines – A guide to help you write better command-line programs↗ clig.dev · HN · 212 comments · 564 points · Dec 04, 2020
The Beauty of Unix Pipelines↗ prithu.xyz · HN · 374 comments · 649 points · Jun 04, 2020
Awk in 20 Minutes (2015)↗ ferd.ca · HN · 126 comments · 762 points · May 02, 2020
Renaming files with mv without typing the name two times↗ gist.github.com · HN · 267 comments · 669 points · Apr 13, 2020
CLUI: Building a Graphical Command Line↗ blog.repl.it · HN · 184 comments · 596 points · Mar 05, 2020
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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

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