Mac OS X Softwares to Terminal-based

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JOE

JOE

Open Source

JOE (Joe's Own Editor) is a venerable, full-featured terminal-based text editor known for its ease of use and extensive feature set, making it suitable for both casual editing and complex programming tasks within the command line environment.

User-friendly for a terminal editor
Command line interface
Development OS & Utilities
Textadept

Textadept

Open Source

Textadept is a powerful, free, and open-source text editor designed for programmers. Focusing on speed and extensibility, it offers a minimalist interface while providing robust features like syntax highlighting, code formatting, and a built-in terminal, all heavily customizable through Lua scripting.

Extremely lightweight and fast performance.
Command line interface
Development OS & Utilities
ncdu

ncdu

Open Source

ncdu is a command-line disk usage analyzer for Unix-like systems. It provides a graphical ncurses interface to visualize disk space consumption, helping users identify large files and directories easily.

Very fast scanning speed.
Command line interface
OS & Utilities
tmux

tmux

Open Source

tmux is a highly configurable and portable terminal multiplexer that allows users to create and manage multiple terminal sessions within a single window. It enables seamless switching between different command-line tasks and provides session persistence, preventing work loss even if the connection is interrupted.

Prevents loss of work due to dropped connections.
Horizontal Split
OS & Utilities
GNU Screen

GNU Screen

Open Source

GNU Screen is a powerful terminal multiplexer allowing users to manage multiple shell sessions within a single terminal window. It enables detaching from sessions and reattaching later, offering persistence and flexibility for command-line workflows.

Enables session persistence; processes continue running after disconnecting.
Customizable
OS & Utilities
GNU nano

GNU nano

Open Source

GNU nano is a user-friendly command-line text editor widely used on Unix-like systems. Known for its simplicity and quick startup, it provides basic editing functionalities for configuration files, scripts, and general text manipulation directly within the terminal environment.

Very easy to learn and use, even for beginners.
Automatic Indentation
Development
Vim

Vim

Open Source

Vim is an advanced, highly configurable text editor designed for efficiency, particularly favored by developers. Operating primarily in the terminal, it offers powerful editing capabilities through keyboard commands, syntax highlighting, and extensive plugin support, making it a cornerstone tool for programming and advanced text manipulation.

Extremely efficient for text editing once mastered.
Keyboard focused
Development