Five wonderful programs to spice up your Linux terminal

Many people have used the command line. You can use this classic text-based interface to complete tedious tasks that are impossible to achieve with a graphical interface. Sometimes you just need to dig into the terminal.

For a well-rounded developer, basic command line knowledge is essential. Mastering basic skills such as command line operations, file editing, and application configuration are essential. However, the Linux command line interface doesn't have to be a black and white experience. You can use fun, vibrant programs on the command line to give it a fresh new look.

This article aims to introduce several cool third-party programs to improve the visual effect of the console interface. While the primary goals of these programs may not be pure functionality and efficiency, they still add some spice to an otherwise monotonous experience.

1, WTF

Default WTF terminal dashboard. What a great idea. The WTF dashboard provides you with a personalized information display area on the command line. You can add different widgets to your dashboard using simple configuration files. Think of it as your "desktop" on the terminal.

WTF has a robust plugin ecosystem. You can add any number of modules to monitor other services and systems. You can view git commit records and follow Jira work orders.

The dashboard possibilities are endless, even if there are no plugins available, you can write your own. WTF supports writing custom scripts to collect the data you want.

View the complete list of modules on the official website.

2. htop

I have written articles about htop before. That's because this utility is so beautiful and well-received. It is a program implemented using the curses library that can display visualizations of various resources on the system. It is based on the original top utility, so viewing process information is its main function.

However, there is much more you can view. It's able to show basic memory usage and presents a nice (albeit a bit slow) per-core utilization graph.

This gadget interacts with processes on your computer in colorful, dynamic ways. I find that color-coded columns and rows make it easier to sift through large lists. Dynamically changing colors are also very useful when resources are overloaded.

Using htop is very simple, you can find the usage information at the bottom of the program.

3, mapscii

This is exactly what you imagined. A completely command line based interactive ASCII world map. Using data from OpenStreetMap, this project can build a stunning map on your terminal that is very responsive.

This is a very ambitious project. It seems simple at first glance, but in reality it loads a lot of data. This isn't a fancy toy, it's actually a useful mapping tool. If you need to reference a map on the command line interface, this may be one of the few projects you complete successfully.

If you don't feel like installing this tool, you can even run it via telnet command:

telnet mapscii.me

Please visit Official GitHub for more information.

4, btop

Default btop terminal dashboard

Another very eye-catching utility. The btop project’s CLI dashboard is amazing and covers a huge amount of information. I find animations in btop to be smoother than other projects.

btop also supports full mouse use within the dashboard. If you're more comfortable pointing and clicking, this is the perfect choice for you. The theme community is extremely active and you can tweak almost any aspect of btop.

Please refer to Official GitHub for more details.

5, wttr

Shanghai weather from wttr.in

最后但并非最不重要的是我最喜欢的检查天气的方法之一。我们在使用命令行时，不希望费劲地打开网页或独立应用程序查看天气，而是希望一直待在命令行中。

那么当你专注于工作时，突然闪电在窗外劈下时会发生什么呢？当然是使用wttr在你的终端上查看天气！

使用wttr.in检查伦敦的天气。尽管不是严格的程序，它的行为模拟程序的行为，并且资源利用率更高。你只需要安装curl就可以使用它。要使用wttr，您需要先安装curl，然后运行以下命令来获取天气预报

curl wttr.in

根据公共IP地址自动预测您的位置，并生成一份色彩缤纷的天气预报。如果你想手动指定城市，只需要在URL后面添加位置信息即可，例如：

curl wttr.in/London

你可以通过在URL后面附加：help来调整输出的方式，并查看所有额外的选项。

官方wttr GitHub在这里。

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