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Products that do what nlsh does

talk to your terminal in natural language

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Use Natural Language to Run Terminal Commands (Ghost in the Shell)▲6
Hi HN, I just released a very simple AI Shell / CLI tool that lets you convert natural language directly into executable shell commands. Built with python to simplify terminal workflows and help you quickly run commands without memorizing syntax. It has two main usage modes: One-shot mode: Quickly execute commands using natural language. Example: ai "find all PNG files larger than 5MB" The AI responds with the appropriate command and asks if you want to execute it. Interactive chat mode: Start a terminal chat session with the AI (ai -i) to iteratively build commands or scripts. Some…
2025 · github.com
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BashBuddy▲159
Write bash commands with natural language, fully local.
2025
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Warpy: Terminal Generative Shell▲109
AI terminal better than ChatGPT
2024
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Windows Terminal▲229
A new command line interface for Windows machines
2019
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DEV CLI▲132
Access dev.to right from your terminal
2019
6GH
Get help on any Linux command by typing 'howdoi –' in your terminal▲113
2020 · github.com
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NaturalyCode▲204
Transform boring lines of code into natural English
2021
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Open Interpreter▲182
Control your computer with natural language
2023
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ShellTalk brings deterministic text-to-bash▲9
Hi HN! I built a CLI tool called ShellTalk for macOS, Linux, and web (WebAssembly) that maps English text to the corresponding Bash commands. ShellTalk is written in Swift and available under the Apache 2.0 license on GitHub. I was inspired a few weeks ago after reading the Meta-Harness paper and seeing a tool called Hunch that did something similar using the Apple Foundation model. I often forget flag names and orders, but I wanted something that worked consistently. The 3B AFM worked surprisingly well with Hunch, but it felt slow and sometimes slight changes in what I wrote would result in…
Apr 2026 · barrasso.me
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Commands.dev▲151
A searchable, open source collection of terminal commands
2022
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Nixmac▲139
Nix-darwin that speaks plain English
Jul 2026
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Shell Sage▲106
Ai-powered terminal assistant
2025
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Web Remote Terminal▲101
Simple, secure remote terminal straight from your browser
2025
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CodePicnic CLI▲137
Remote development environments right from your terminal
2017
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Bashnode▲125
Build code-free custom CLIs
2024
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Numby▲83
A natural language calculator for your terminal and macOS
Nov 2025
17AW
A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)▲34
2022 · github.com
18EP
Englishell – Plain english shell command executor, powered by ChatGPT▲5
There are easy and there are hard unix shell commands to remember, nobody knows them all. Why not use ChatGPT to translate plain english instructions into executable shell commands. Here are a few examples how `englishell` CLI can be used: $ englishell kill the process that listens to port 8080 -> lsof -i :8080 | awk '{print $2}' | tail -n 1 | xargs kill -9 $ englishell print current git branch -> git branch --show-current $ englishell show the sizes of all folders in parent of the current directory -> du -sh ../* $ englishell how long the system has been running -> uptime $ englishell…
2023 · github.com
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Natural Language to SQL▲33
Turn everyday language into SQL queries
2025
20TT
type to me, old-school unix talk for the web▲43
2011 · typeto.me
21HS
Hi-shell – type commands in English, get ghost text in zsh▲5
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Zev helps you remember (or discover) CLI commands with natural language▲6
Apr 2026 · github.com
23CA
ChatSH – a terminal where GPT writes the commands for you▲7
2023 · github.com
24HC
Hashnode CLI for reading dev stories and discussions from your terminal▲7
2019 · github.com

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