---
title: "10 CLIs I Can Not Live Without!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/10-clis-i-can-not-live-without--htekjfjsz
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItANF7eytU
type: video:youtube
source: "DevOps Toolkit"
published: 2024-08-05T16:03:34.616Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:36:33.324Z
tags: ["bash", "cli", "devtools", "github", "secrets-management"]
reading_time: 16
upvotes: 40
comments: 5
language: en
---

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# 10 CLIs I Can Not Live Without!

**[DevOps Toolkit](https://daily.dev/sources/devops-toolkit)** · 16 min read · 40 upvotes · 5 comments

## Summary

Discover the top 10 CLI tools that will improve your productivity! From `eza` for enhanced file listing to `bat` for syntax-highlighted file viewing, and `fzf` for fuzzy file searching, these tools are game-changers. Learn how `zoxide` makes directory navigation a breeze, and how `The Fuck` corrects command errors effortlessly. Explore `jq` and `yq` for JSON and YAML processing, `Teller` for managing secrets, and the powerful `GitHub CLI`. Finally, see how `Devbox` creates isolated environments for seamless development.

#CLItools #ProductivityHacks #CommandLine #DevTools

▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🔗 Additional Info 🔗 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 
➡ Transcript and commands: https://devopstoolkit.live/terminal/transform-your-terminal-3-must-have-zsh-plugins
🔗 eza: https://github.com/eza-community/eza
🔗 bat: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
🔗 fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
🔗 zoxide: https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide
🔗 The Fuck: https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
🔗 jq: https://jqlang.github.io/jq
🔗 yq: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq
🔗 Teller: https://github.com/tellerops/teller
🔗 GitHub CLI: https://cli.github.com
🔗 Devbox: https://www.jetify.com/devbox

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▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⏱ Timecodes ⏱ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Top CLIs: Introduction
00:32 eza: ls Replacement
02:53 bat: cat With Syntaz Highlighting
04:10 fzf: Command-Line Fuzzy Finder
05:49 zoxide: Smarter cd Command
07:58 The Fuck: Error Corrections
09:04 jq: sed for Json
10:05 yq: Like jq But For YAML
11:00 Teller: Universal Secrets Manager
13:11 GitHub CLI (gh): GitHub To Your Terminal
14:28 Devbox: Isolated Shells

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@pthorpe92** · 3 upvotes

> eza maintainer here, glad to see we made it #1 :)
>
> I will say that I am not a fan of the github CLI at all. Pretty much only when checking out to someone's branch on their fork to test a PR. I prob would have gone with curl or scp if we are talking daily essentials. good picks tho

**@acock** · 0 upvotes

> Not bad

**@leonmarinero** · 0 upvotes

> I'm going to give you a pass but do we really need another "10 x that x because of x" video?
>
> It is very well produced and you seem to know your tools, why popcorn content?

**@wu0lss4j** · 0 upvotes

> eza, zoxide, fzf, and bat FTW!

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Tags: [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#secrets-management](https://daily.dev/tags/secrets-management)

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