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ibraheemdev/modern-unix resource

A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2060
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 722
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

33022 stars · 827 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A curated list of modern, faster, and more user-friendly alternatives to common Unix command-line tools, such as bat for cat, eza for ls, and fd for find. It serves as a discovery resource linking to each tool's repository with brief descriptions and screenshots.

Use cases

  • find modern alternatives to unix commands
  • discover faster cli tools for the terminal
  • replace cat ls find with better tools
  • curated list of rust command-line utilities
  • improve my terminal workflow with modern tools

When to choose

  • you want to discover modern replacements for classic unix commands
  • you are setting up a new development environment and want better cli defaults

When to avoid

  • you need the tools themselves rather than a list of links
  • you require strict POSIX compatibility in scripts

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

developer-tools cli terminal-ui developer-tools awesome-lists windows cli cross-platform awesome-list unix-commands cli-tools curated-list shell-tools command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ibraheemdev/modern-unixmain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="ibraheemdev/modern-unix")

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