r/commandline is a subreddit with 132k members. The community frequently discusses cli, terminal, tool, command, and linux, and they frequently recommend/review programming language, text editor, and mac app, and the most common flair used is terminal user interface, command line interface, fun, terminals, and discussion.
Command line tools (CLIs) uses only typed commands and show text output in an tool called a terminal. TUIs are complete apps that ditch the mouse entirely for fast keybard interaction. They're often faster than using a mouse in traditional apps (GUIs). CLI - Command Line Interface apps & tools. TUI - Terminal User Interface apps & tools. GUI - Graphical User Interface (traditional apps).
Popular Topics in r/commandline
#1
Cli
301 posts
#2
Terminal
239 posts
#3
Tool
230 posts
#4
Command
89 posts
#5
Linux
70 posts
#6
Bash
45 posts
#7
Tooling
36 posts
#8
Looking
33 posts
#9
Lookingfor
32 posts
#10
Tui
30 posts
Products Discussed in r/commandline
Programming Language
25 reviews
#1
Go
4.7★ from 7 reviews
#2
Python
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#3
Bash
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Text Editor
13 reviews
#1
Micro
4.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
NeoVim
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Helix
4.0★ from 1 review
Mac App
13 reviews
#1
Resilio Sync
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Sublime Text
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Helix
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/commandline
#1
Terminal User Interface
: "somars: listen to SomaFM from your terminal"
67 posts
#2
Command Line Interface
: "fif: quickly find in files using fuzzy search and surrounding context"
55 posts
#3
Fun
: "TIL POSIX specifies a tool designed to assist you with generated code"
6 posts
#4
Terminals
: "A macOS terminal shaped around my dev workflow"
5 posts
#5
Discussion
: "How do you handle large/unknown JSON responses in the terminal?"
4 posts
#6
Other Software
: "genid – a single-file Bash script for generating passwords, UUIDs, tokens, etc. (zero deps)"
2 posts
#7
Articles, Blogs, & Videos
: ".gitignore everything by default"
2 posts
#8
Help
: "Is there a way to set up ncspot from a remote machine?"
1 post
#9
Other
: "Created my first open source tool named Nomad. Its a tool for backing up and restoring your whole setup across 4 different linux distros"
1 post
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Yearly
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Last updated: September 11, 2026