# herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line

Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.

Repository: https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-macos-command-line
License Family: other
Topics: macos, macosx, shell, terminal, awesome-list, awesome, list
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-03-04T11:01:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3998, "days_push": 182, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 30853, forks 1428 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:56.499059+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of macOS terminal shell commands, tips, and command-line apps for doing powerful things from the command line. The GitHub mirror is no longer actively developed; the project has moved to the author's personal Git instance.

## Use cases
- find macos terminal commands to automate tasks
- learn shell tricks for macos
- discover command-line apps for mac
- configure macos settings from the terminal
- look up defaults write commands

## When to choose
- you want a curated reference of macOS shell commands and CLI apps
- you prefer working in the terminal over GUI tools
- you want to learn lesser-known macOS command-line capabilities

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained GitHub-hosted content with easy PR contributions
- you want cross-platform (Linux/Windows) command-line resources
- you need a tool rather than a reference list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, documentation
- domain: operating-systems, awesome-lists, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: awesome-list, shell, terminal, curated-list, macos-tips, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.499059+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:36.379329+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.499059+00:00, sha 9159ff44e4f1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.