You know what, i just drop my personal list of noteworthy shell-tools here (note directfb2 and twin). And edir, clipboard, pass and portal/croc for the win.

# alternatives

[fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd): simpler find
[bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat): nicer cat
[lsd](https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd): ls with NerdFont icons
[broot](https://github.com/Canop/broot): smarter tree

# GUI alternatives

[draw](https://github.com/maaslalani/draw): mouse drawing on the shell!
[imgfb](https://github.com/mekb-turtle/imgfb): Draws a farbfeld or jpeg image to the Linux framebuffer
[baca](https://github.com/wustho/baca): TUI e-book reader
[Terminal Image Viewer (tiv)](https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer): what it says
[FIM](https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/): framebuffer image viewer
[derasterize](https://github.com/csdvrx/derasterize): cli pixel to ANSI converter
cli video playing: mpv \--gpu-context=drm
[ts-polkitagent](https://github.com/vicr123/ts-polkitagent): Polkit Agent for the Shell (old)
[fbterm](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fbterm): framebuffer terminal
[twin](https://github.com/cosmos72/twin): Textmode WINdow environment
[directfb2](https://directfb2.github.io/): framebuffer desktop
[csv to ascii art table via python pandas](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114333/create-an-ascii-art-table-from-tabular-data/335266#335266)

Task Management:
    [dun](https://github.com/oliverfields/dun): note-taking & task manager
    [cubby](https://github.com/jwvictor/cubby): encrypted note taking to cloud, with markdown
    [girok](https://github.com/noisrucer/girok): TUI calendar

Services:
    [matrixcli](https://github.com/saadsolimanxyz/matrixcli#applications): what it says
    [yewtube](https://github.com/mps-youtube/yewtube): Terminal based YouTube player and downloader

File Manager:
    [clifm](https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm): nice shell file manager with tagging
    [nnn](https://github.com/jarun/nnn): cli fm with split-view file preview
    [TUIFI Manager](https://github.com/GiorgosXou/TUIFIManager): cli fm with rendered images in 2D layout
    [xplr](https://github.com/sayanarijit/xplr): hackable, minimal, TUI fm

Login Manager:
    [CDM](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CDM): shell login manager with history
    [Qingy](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Qingy): directfb login manager

Others:
    [buku - shell bookmark-manager - GitHub](https://github.com/jarun/buku)

# ease of use

[edir](https://github.com/bulletmark/edir): rename with text file
[clipboard](https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard): shell clipboard manager & more
[portal](https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal): cli file transfer agent between computers
[croc](https://github.com/schollz/croc): simple file transfer tool via local server, [Android Appp](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.howeyc.crocgui/) too
[transfer.sh](https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh/): cli file sharing via cloud
[detox](https://github.com/dharple/detox): file name cleanup
[ouch](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch): simple de/compressor

[mnamer](https://github.com/jkwill87/mnamer): intelligent video renamer

[gum](https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum): bells and whistles for shell scripters
[pytermgui](https://github.com/bczsalba/pytermgui): bells and whistles for python scripters

If someone has more/better tools, please shout.