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GitHub CLI

Git & collaboration

Command gh

GitHub stars46.2K

Commits · 12w656

agent-browser

Browser automation

Command agent-browser

GitHub stars42.3K

Commits · 12w75

ripgrep

Code search

Command rg

GitHub stars68.1K

Commits · 12w60

jq

Data & APIs

Command jq

GitHub stars35.6K

Commits · 12w17

Weekly commit activity over 12 weeks. Charts use an independent scale for each project.

Leaderboard

115 CLIs

#	CLI / Repository	Command		Commits · 12w
🥇	OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode · Coding agent`opencode`	`opencode`	206,164	1,541
🥈	yt-dlpyt-dlp/yt-dlp · Video metadata and media retrieval`yt-dlp`	`yt-dlp`	190,000	122
🥉	Codex CLIopenai/codex · Coding agent`codex`	`codex`	122,838	2,919
4	Gemini CLIgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli · Coding agent`gemini`	`gemini`	106,879	147
5	Bunoven-sh/bun · JavaScript tooling`bun`	`bun`	95,923	2,188
6	uvastral-sh/uv · Python environments`uv`	`uv`	89,663	1,024
7	Tesseracttesseract-ocr/tesseract · Image text extraction`tesseract`	`tesseract`	76,415	117
8	Ansibleansible/ansible · Server configuration automation`ansible`	`ansible`	70,620	69
9	ripgrepBurntSushi/ripgrep · Search source code`rg`	`rg`	68,132	60
10	FFmpegFFmpeg/FFmpeg · Audio and video processing`ffmpeg`	`ffmpeg`	64,081	1,093
11	Gitgit/git · Version control`git`	`git`	63,090	807
12	batsharkdp/bat · Read source files`bat`	`bat`	60,394	90
13	rclonerclone/rclone · Remote files`rclone`	`rclone`	59,664	497
14	Ruffastral-sh/ruff · Python quality`ruff`	`ruff`	49,565	1,438
15	AiderAider-AI/aider · AI pair programming`aider`	`aider`	48,858	0
16	GitHub CLIcli/cli · GitHub workflows`gh`	`gh`	46,214	656
17	Pandocjgm/pandoc · Convert documents`pandoc`	`pandoc`	46,206	246
18	fdsharkdp/fd · Find files`fd`	`fd`	44,349	71
19	curlcurl/curl · Transfer data`curl`	`curl`	42,821	660
20	agent-browservercel-labs/agent-browser · Browser interaction`agent-browser`	`agent-browser`	42,312	75
21	DuckDB CLIduckdb/duckdb · Analytical SQL queries`duckdb`	`duckdb`	41,107	5,421
22	HTTPiehttpie/cli · HTTP requests`http`	`http`	38,489	0
23	Trivyaquasecurity/trivy · Container and repository security`trivy`	`trivy`	37,848	103
24	pnpmpnpm/pnpm · JavaScript packages`pnpm`	`pnpm`	36,470	1,373
25	resticrestic/restic · Encrypted backup workflows`restic`	`restic`	35,953	96
26	justcasey/just · Project command execution`just`	`just`	35,708	206
27	jqjqlang/jq · Process JSON`jq`	`jq`	35,559	17
28	OCRmyPDFocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF · Searchable scanned PDFs`ocrmypdf`	`ocrmypdf`	34,705	115
29	misejdx/mise · Development environments`mise`	`mise`	33,712	1,758
30	Podmanpodman-container-tools/podman · Container and pod management`podman`	`podman`	32,826	752
31	minikubekubernetes/minikube · Local Kubernetes environments`minikube`	`minikube`	32,113	516
32	k6grafana/k6 · Load and performance testing`k6`	`k6`	31,424	141
33	Google Workspace CLI (gws)googleworkspace/cli · Google Workspace automation`gws`	`gws`	30,814	0
34	LighthouseGoogleChrome/lighthouse · Website quality audits`lighthouse`	`lighthouse`	30,749	50
35	Helmhelm/helm · Kubernetes package management`helm`	`helm`	30,228	264
36	OpenTofuopentofu/opentofu · Infrastructure provisioning`tofu`	`tofu`	30,141	222
37	QMDtobi/qmd · Search local knowledge`qmd`	`qmd`	29,636	128
38	Gitleaksgitleaks/gitleaks · Secret detection`gitleaks`	`gitleaks`	29,190	6
39	Repomixyamadashy/repomix · Repository context packaging`repomix`	`repomix`	28,270	420
40	TruffleHogtrufflesecurity/trufflehog · Exposed credential detection`trufflehog`	`trufflehog`	27,737	126
41	Glowcharmbracelet/glow · Read Markdown`glow`	`glow`	27,239	8
42	Beads (bd)gastownhall/beads · Task dependency tracking`bd`	`bd`	27,008	1,429
43	Biomebiomejs/biome · JavaScript quality`biome`	`biome`	25,751	520
44	Pulumipulumi/pulumi · Infrastructure as code`pulumi`	`pulumi`	25,658	649
45	Doltdolthub/dolt · Versioned database workflows`dolt`	`dolt`	24,405	605
46	Argo CD CLIargoproj/argo-cd · Kubernetes deployment synchronization`argocd`	`argocd`	24,114	588
47	ageFiloSottile/age · File encryption`age`	`age`	23,504	45
48	SOPSgetsops/sops · Encrypted configuration`sops`	`sops`	23,071	86
49	golang-migrategolang-migrate/migrate · Database migration execution`migrate`	`migrate`	18,904	13
50	Browser Harnessbrowser-use/browser-harness · Browser agents`browser-harness`	`browser-harness`	17,456	235
51	ImageMagickImageMagick/ImageMagick · Image processing`magick`	`magick`	17,380	413
52	AWS CLIaws/aws-cli · AWS resource management`aws`	`aws`	17,243	121
53	Semgrepsemgrep/semgrep · Static analysis`semgrep`	`semgrep`	16,569	127
54	Vercel CLIvercel/vercel · Vercel projects`vercel`	`vercel`	16,225	380
55	yqmikefarah/yq · Process YAML`yq`	`yq`	15,944	48
56	ast-grepast-grep/ast-grep · Structural code search`ast-grep`	`ast-grep`	15,829	157
57	kindkubernetes-sigs/kind · Disposable Kubernetes clusters`kind`	`kind`	15,481	54
58	dbt Coredbt-labs/dbt-core · SQL data transformations`dbt`	`dbt`	13,795	969
59	Bitwarden CLIbitwarden/clients · Password vault automation`bw`	`bw`	13,761	892
60	Playwright CLImicrosoft/playwright-cli · Browser testing`playwright-cli`	`playwright-cli`	13,193	21
61	Grypeanchore/grype · Vulnerability detection`grype`	`grype`	12,865	91
62	LLMsimonw/llm · Model access`llm`	`llm`	12,481	203
63	Miller (mlr)johnkerl/miller · Tabular data processing`mlr`	`mlr`	10,015	166
64	SQLFluffsqlfluff/sqlfluff · SQL linting and formatting`sqlfluff`	`sqlfluff`	9,866	270
65	Syftanchore/syft · Software inventory generation`syft`	`syft`	9,544	159
66	sccboyter/scc · Codebase statistics`scc`	`scc`	8,729	74
67	Atlasariga/atlas · Schema inspection and migration`atlas`	`atlas`	8,715	7
68	gogcli (gog)openclaw/gogcli · Google account workflows`gog`	`gog`	8,392	246
69	Flux CLIfluxcd/flux2 · GitOps delivery management`flux`	`flux`	8,390	73
70	Himalayapimalaya/himalaya · Email workflows`himalaya`	`himalaya`	7,215	102
71	Summarizesteipete/summarize · Summarize source material`summarize`	`summarize`	6,607	186
72	Cosignsigstore/cosign · Artifact signature verification`cosign`	`cosign`	6,290	71
73	Docker CLIdocker/cli · Containers`docker`	`docker`	6,047	253
74	Snyk CLIsnyk/cli · Project security scanning`snyk`	`snyk`	5,657	534
75	qpdfqpdf/qpdf · PDF inspection and transformation`qpdf`	`qpdf`	5,398	63
76	WP-CLIwp-cli/wp-cli · WordPress administration`wp`	`wp`	5,147	76
77	Peekabooopenclaw/Peekaboo · Native macOS automation`peekaboo`	`peekaboo`	5,140	627
78	MCPorteropenclaw/mcporter · MCP tool access`mcporter`	`mcporter`	5,001	207
79	Azure CLIAzure/azure-cli · Azure resource management`az`	`az`	4,622	198
80	Wranglercloudflare/workers-sdk · Cloudflare projects`wrangler`	`wrangler`	4,522	575
81	Firebase CLIfirebase/firebase-tools · Firebase project workflows`firebase`	`firebase`	4,465	221
82	DigitalOcean (doctl)digitalocean/doctl · DigitalOcean operations`doctl`	`doctl`	3,449	22
83	Git Towngit-town/git-town · Branch workflows`git town`	`git town`	3,373	25
84	kubectlkubernetes/kubectl · Kubernetes clusters`kubectl`	`kubectl`	3,336	66
85	wacliopenclaw/wacli · WhatsApp workflows`wacli`	`wacli`	2,727	127
86	shot-scrapersimonw/shot-scraper · Website capture and scraping`shot-scraper`	`shot-scraper`	2,566	21
87	Supabase CLIsupabase/cli · Supabase projects`supabase`	`supabase`	2,411	606
88	Stripe CLIstripe/stripe-cli · Stripe API development`stripe`	`stripe`	2,173	152
89	sqlite-utilssimonw/sqlite-utils · SQLite data workflows`sqlite-utils`	`sqlite-utils`	2,167	164
90	Netlify CLInetlify/cli · Netlify development and deployment`netlify`	`netlify`	1,915	118
91	Hetzner Cloud (hcloud)hetznercloud/cli · Hetzner Cloud operations`hcloud`	`hcloud`	1,801	41
92	CLI for Microsoft 365pnp/cli-microsoft365 · Microsoft 365 administration`m365`	`m365`	1,443	93
93	imsgopenclaw/imsg · Apple Messages access`imsg`	`imsg`	1,316	145
94	Scaleway CLIscaleway/scaleway-cli · Scaleway resource management`scw`	`scw`	997	231
95	Linear CLIschpet/linear-cli · Linear issue workflows`linear`	`linear`	954	61
96	Shopify CLIShopify/cli · Shopify development`shopify`	`shopify`	742	904
97	axe CLIdequelabs/axe-core-npm · Web accessibility checks`axe`	`axe`	722	26
98	Firecrawl CLIfirecrawl/cli · Web content extraction`firecrawl`	`firecrawl`	628	121
99	Railway CLIrailwayapp/cli · Railway service operations`railway`	`railway`	604	235
100	Linode CLIlinode/linode-cli · Linode infrastructure operations`linode-cli`	`linode-cli`	440	19
101	Doppler CLIDopplerHQ/cli · Application secret delivery`doppler`	`doppler`	392	23
102	remindctlopenclaw/remindctl · Apple Reminders workflows`remindctl`	`remindctl`	361	27
103	Contentful CLIcontentful/contentful-cli · Contentful content operations`contentful`	`contentful`	361	23
104	goplacesopenclaw/goplaces · Google Places lookup`goplaces`	`goplaces`	252	40
105	Twilio CLItwilio/twilio-cli · Twilio API workflows`twilio`	`twilio`	192	1
106	sonosclisteipete/sonoscli · Sonos playback control`sonos`	`sonos`	185	15
107	Salesforce CLI (sf)salesforcecli/cli · Salesforce development`sf`	`sf`	180	199
108	OVHcloud CLIovh/ovhcloud-cli · OVHcloud service operations`ovhcloud`	`ovhcloud`	175	52
109	Sentry CLIgetsentry/cli · Sentry issue investigation`sentry`	`sentry`	119	333
110	Neon CLI (neonctl)neondatabase/neonctl · Postgres database branching`neonctl`	`neonctl`	117	9
111	Render CLIrender-oss/cli · Render service operations`render`	`render`	114	142
112	Algolia CLIalgolia/cli · Search index management`algolia`	`algolia`	109	29
113	Infisical CLIInfisical/cli · Application secrets management`infisical`	`infisical`	91	287
114	Elastic Cloud (ecctl)elastic/ecctl · Elastic Cloud operations`ecctl`	`ecctl`	58	3
115	Sanity CLIsanity-io/cli · Sanity project management`sanity`	`sanity`	8	433