---
title: "Essential CLI/TUI Tools for Developers"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/essential-cli-tui-tools-for-developers-w5lsqee8c
source_url: https://itnext.io/essential-cli-tui-tools-for-developers-7e78f0cd27db
type: article
source: "ITNEXT"
published: 2025-01-07T10:43:43.504Z
updated: 2025-01-07T10:43:56.769Z
tags: ["devops", "kubernetes", "containers", "productivity", "cli"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 434
comments: 9
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Essential CLI/TUI Tools for Developers

**[ITNEXT](https://daily.dev/sources/itnext)** · 7 min read · 434 upvotes · 9 comments

## Summary

Discover a categorized list of essential CLI/TUI tools that can boost developer productivity and make terminal usage more enjoyable. The post covers tools for managing Kubernetes clusters, container metrics, file and text operations, Git commands, development tasks, and networking. Each tool is briefly described with its main features and use cases.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://itnext.io/essential-cli-tui-tools-for-developers-7e78f0cd27db>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@grantlinville** · 4 upvotes

> k9s is an absolutely incredible tool. Once I learned it, I was able to do things way faster than just using kubectl.

**@mahm00dmahm00d** · 1 upvotes

> Thanks a lot.
> There are more than what I expected.
> Try adding [Yazi](https://yazi-rs.github.io/) and [Superfile](https://superfile.netlify.app/) these are files manager cli tools with a lot of awesome features.

**@abhishekdeb** · 1 upvotes

> I have been using k9,  k6, kubectx and ctop. Really good tools

**@chrisjohnson80** · 0 upvotes

> Not only is k9s a tool for effectively and efficiently navigating all things Kubernetes, but you should also consider using it. 😆

**@cesarbodden** · 0 upvotes

> Genial

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Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli)

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