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MacOS Finder-style directory navigator for the terminal
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Hi Everyone, I built a tool for interactive navigation in the terminal that is intended to replace the all-too-familiar cycle of `ls` to view a directory, followed by `cd`, then `ls`, and repeat. nav is a terminal filesystem explorer built for interactive `ls` workflows. The key features I wanted to enable are interactivity and search without feeling like I'm using anything other than `ls`. nav supports common `ls` options/flags, as well as tab completion, and might expand its support for less common options in the future. These options exist as both CLI flags and interactive toggles.…
2023 · github.com
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I made a terminal pager that can be used instead of more, less, tail -f. It has a mode that distinguishes between headers and columns.
2023 · github.com
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Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal,…
2022 · warp.dev
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2024 · github.com
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2025 · github.com
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Facad is about functionality, not just aesthetics. Key features: - Intuitive file type representation - Smart sorting (directories first, then by extension) - Four-column layout for quick directory analysis It evolved from this alias: alias ls='ls -A -F --group-directories-first --sort=extension --color=always' Facad takes this concept further, offering more flexibility and visual clarity.
2024 · github.com
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2024 · github.com
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I got tired of open file.docx → wait 8 seconds → close Word just to read a document, so I built a terminal-native Word viewer! What it does: * View `.docx` files directly in your terminal with (mostly) proper formatting * Tables actually look like tables (with Unicode borders!) * Nested lists work correctly with indentation * Full-text search with highlighting * Copy content straight to clipboard with `c` * Export to markdown/CSV/JSON Why I made this: Working on servers over SSH, I constantly hit Word docs I needed to check quickly. The existing solutions I'm aware of either strip…
2025 · github.com
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Hi HN. This project is an experiment in terminal user interfaces. It is a filesystem navigator, which could become a useful tool in its own right, or a widget that could be integrated in to a larger tool. I wanted something that felt at home in a terminal session. So it had to use standard terminal themes. I also wanted it to be keyboard friendly and snappy - so no fancy visual effects. I'm going to park this project for now. But I will revisit it at some point down the line when I have more idea what it should become. I did have an idea that I could build a visual cd of sorts, which could…
2024 · github.com
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Hi HN, like many of you talented folk, I’ve been building more, faster than ever. I built Saggar after my terminal stopped feeling like a tool and started feeling like a tab-management problem. Let me know you think!
20d ago · saggar.marginalutility.dev
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In the deep mists of time (circa 2012), I was playing with the Go standard library, and saw how easy it was to stand up a webserver that let you navigate a remote file system, and I thought it was pretty neat. I took a look at my shell history and a frequent pattern of commands was "cd, ls, cd, ls, ...". And I thought "I love my keyboard, but you know, point and click might be nice in this context." And then I thought, "It'd be even cooler if you could run commands there." Skip forward several years, a few earlier implementations, a name change, and now there's Hucksh(ell), a bash-like shell…
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