5 Must-Have Homebrew Packages for Command-Line Lovers

Make your coding life easier with these amazing command-line tools

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1. Taskwarrior

Taskwarrior provides a handy command-line to-do list manager

An example to-do list built with taskwarrior.

Installation

brew install task

Example usage

Once you have taskwarrior installed, open up a terminal window and add two example tasks to your to-do list:

task add Review a PR
task add priority:H Answer Jacks Email

View the tasks that are next in line:

task next

Mark the second task as done and delete the first one:

task 2 done
task 1 delete

2. tldr

As you know, Unix man pages usually contain a ton of lengthy instructions you never need. Luckily, there is a community-driven command-line tool called tldr that filters only the most relevant things for you.

A regular Unix man page of cURL on the left and a TLDR version on the right. Which one would you pick?

Installation

brew install tldr

Example usage

Use tldr by typing tldr and the command with which you need help. For example:

tldr curl

3. htop

htop is a color-coded command-line system monitor, process viewer, and process manager. It shows a list of processes running on your computer ordered by CPU usage.