# you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-GUI

Stop relying on GUI; CLI **ROCKS**

Repository: https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-GUI
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/you-dont-need-gui
License Family: other
Topics: gui, cli, lists, resources, linux, command-line, command-line-tool, command, commandline, commands, mac, macos, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2023-12-05T19:59:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3637, "days_push": 1002, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5897, forks 246 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.036840+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of common GUI tasks and their command-line equivalents, teaching users how to copy, move, search, and manage files and systems via the terminal. It is an educational reference rather than a software tool.

## Use cases
- learn how to copy and move files from the command line
- find CLI alternatives to GUI file operations
- look up commands for zipping and unzipping directories
- learn to check CPU and memory usage in the terminal
- find commands to search text across files
- teach beginners how to use the terminal instead of a GUI

## When to choose
- you want to learn or teach command-line equivalents of everyday GUI tasks
- you need a quick reference cheatsheet for common terminal commands on Linux or macOS
- you want to automate file and system tasks via scripting

## When to avoid
- you need an actual tool or library to install and run
- you need Windows-specific command-line guidance
- you want comprehensive, up-to-date documentation rather than a curated list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, file-system, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, tutorials
- platform: cli
- tags: awesome-list, command-line, cli-alternatives, cheatsheet, gui-alternatives, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-GUI (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.036840+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 2026-08-29T17:51:31.740065+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-GUI (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.036840+00:00, sha 0c0ab95d1473)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.