tui favorites

A list of TUIs for system management on Arch

Most packages are from the official repos and run on a Raspberry Pi unless marked (AUR). The ♥ column marks my favorites.

AI / LLM

Tool	Description	♥
oterm	Full-featured Ollama client with persistent chat history
gollama	Browse, pull, and delete local Ollama models interactively

Shells / Navigation

Tool	Description	♥
zoxide	Smarter cd that jumps to frequent dirs by frecency	♥
fzf	General-purpose fuzzy finder for files, history, and pipes
intelli-shell	Bookmark and template shell commands with AI-assisted recall
navi	Interactive cheatsheet that turns docs into runnable snippets
pet	Save, tag, and reuse one-off shell commands as snippets
up	Build shell pipelines interactively with live output preview
qo	Fuzzy quick-opener for jumping to files and projects

Git / Dev & Build

Tool	Description	♥
lazymake	Browse and run Makefile targets from a menu (AUR)
lazygit	Full git client: stage, commit, branch, and rebase
lazynpm	Manage npm scripts, packages, and dependencies visually
lazyenv	Inspect and edit environment variables per project
gh-dash	Dashboard for GitHub PRs and issues across repos
ggh	Quickly open GitHub PRs and issues from the terminal
twig	Visualize and switch between git branches
scooter	Project-wide interactive find-and-replace with preview
vscli	Launch VS Code workspaces and devcontainers from a menu
nap	Organize and paste reusable code snippets
crates-tui	Search and browse the crates.io registry
quokka	Scratchpad REPL for JavaScript and TypeScript
lue	Explore and edit Lua runtime environments
rura	Demo showcase for the Rura Rust TUI framework
see-tui	Navigate and read source with syntax highlighting
openapi-tui	Browse and test endpoints from an OpenAPI spec
surge	Build and send HTTP requests interactively
squall	Load-test HTTP endpoints from the terminal
shellcheck	Static-analysis linter for shell scripts

Data / Files & Storage

Tool	Description	♥
yazi	Blazing-fast async file manager written in Rust	♥
caligula	Friendly, lightweight disk imaging and flashing tool
diskonaut	Visual treemap navigator for reclaiming disk space	♥
ncdu	Classic ncurses disk-usage analyzer	♥
gdu	Fast Go-based disk-usage analyzer (AUR)
termscp	File transfer and explorer over SCP/SFTP/FTP/S3	♥
pdu	Parallel disk-usage analyzer with a clean TUI
visidata	Spreadsheet-style explorer for any tabular format
miller	awk/sed/cut for CSV, TSV, and JSON
xsv	Fast indexing, slicing, and stats toolkit for CSV
qsv	Feature-rich xsv fork for wrangling large CSVs
pdfgrep	grep across the text content of PDF files
recoverpy	Recover deleted files by scanning raw blocks

Networking & Radio

Tool	Description	♥
termshark	tshark/Wireshark-style packet inspector in the terminal	♥
kyanos	eBPF traffic analyzer with per-request latency (AUR)
netscanner	Scan hosts, ports, and services on your network	♥
nmtui	NetworkManager's built-in ncurses connection editor	♥
oryx	eBPF packet sniffer with live filtering
impala	Manage WiFi connections via iwd (AUR)	♥
wavemon	Live signal monitoring for wireless interfaces
bmon	Bandwidth monitor and per-interface rate estimator
rustnet	Cross-platform connection and bandwidth monitor
gping	Ping multiple hosts with a live latency graph	♥
trippy	Combined traceroute and ping diagnostic (mtr-like)
sshm	Browse, organize, and connect to SSH hosts	♥
wifitui	Scan and connect to WiFi networks from a TUI	♥
mtr	Continuous traceroute + ping network diagnostic
netop	Live network topology and connection viewer
netwatch	Monitor active connections and traffic in real time
netshow	Inspect interfaces, routes, and addresses
tcpterm	Live TCP session and packet viewer
tcpdump	The classic command-line packet capture tool
mdns-scanner	Discover devices advertising over mDNS/Bonjour
wakey	Send Wake-on-LAN magic packets to your machines

Security / OSINT / RE

Tool	Description	♥
gpg-tui	Manage GnuPG keys, signing, and encryption	♥
passepartui	TUI front-end for the pass password store
tufw	Manage UFW firewall rules from a menu
snitch	Watch and alert on new outbound connections
whosthere	Notify on SSH logins to your machine
rustscan	Ultra-fast port scanner that pipes into nmap
osintui	Run Shodan/VirusTotal OSINT lookups interactively
sherlock	Hunt a username across hundreds of sites
threatdeck	Dashboard for triaging threat-intelligence feeds
wiper	Securely erase files beyond recovery
rizin	Open-source reverse-engineering and analysis suite
radare2	Veteran reverse-engineering framework and disassembler

System & Performance Monitoring

Tool	Description	♥
kmon	Manage kernel modules and watch kernel activity
atop	Detailed system and per-process resource accounting
btop	Polished resource monitor with mouse support	♥
glances	Cross-platform top/htop alternative with web mode
gotop	Graphical CPU, memory, and network activity monitor
gtop	Dashboard-style system monitor in the terminal (AUR)
socktop	Monitor remote hosts with a btop-style TUI (AUR)
nvtop	GPU process monitor for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA	♥
corefreq	Low-level CPU monitoring for 64-bit chips (AUR)
cronboard	Dashboard to view and manage cron jobs (AUR)	♥
systemd-manager-tui	Start, stop, and inspect systemd units	♥
tiptop	htop-style monitor that also reads perf counters
vtop	Graphical activity monitor with charts
syswatch	Lightweight at-a-glance system resource watcher
systemctl-tui	Browse and control systemd services interactively
strace-tui	Trace and inspect syscalls with a navigable UI
hyprmoncfg	Configure Hyprland monitor layouts visually	♥
nerdlog	Tail and search system and journal logs
taproom	Manage Homebrew taps and formulae
ugm	View and manage system users and groups
uuinfo	Display detailed system and hardware info
quien	Modern who/w replacement for logged-in users
pathos	Inspect and edit your PATH entries safely
chmod-cli	Build chmod permission strings interactively

Containers & Virtualization

Tool	Description	♥
ctop	top-like live metrics for running containers
lazydocker	Full Docker and Compose management in one TUI (AUR)	♥
oxker	Lightweight viewer and controller for Docker (AUR)
ducker	k9s-style Docker container manager (AUR)
distrobox-tui	Manage Distrobox containers from a menu	♥
nemu	Create and control QEMU/KVM virtual machines
pvetui	Manage Proxmox VE nodes, VMs, and containers

Databases

Tool	Description	♥
rainfrog	Query and browse Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite
lazysql	Cross-platform database client and query runner (AUR)	♥
gobang	Multi-engine database explorer and query tool
pgcli	Postgres shell with autocompletion and highlighting
vi-mongo	Browse collections and run MongoDB queries

Media / Web

Tool	Description	♥
searxngr	Search the web through a SearXNG instance
youtube-tui	Browse, search, and play YouTube from the terminal
yt-dlp	Download video and audio from 1000+ sites
lynx	The venerable text-mode web browser	♥
steamfetch	Display your Steam library and game info

Comms & PIM

Tool	Description	♥
khal	CalDAV-friendly command-line calendar
aerc	Modern, scriptable email client for the terminal
endcord	Lightweight Discord client in the terminal
gurk	Send and receive Signal messages from a TUI
msgvault	Archive and search your message history
google-workspace-cli	Access Gmail, Drive, and Calendar from the CLI

Docs / Help

Tool	Description	♥
glow	Render and read Markdown beautifully in the terminal
gocheat	Personal cheatsheet for keybindings and aliases
tldr-pages	Community-driven, example-first man-page summaries
manly	Explain man-page flags and options quickly
qman	Fast, searchable man-page reader
wikiman	Offline search across man pages and distro wikis
wiki-tui	Read and search Wikipedia without leaving the terminal

Misc / Fun

Tool	Description	♥
bluetui	Pair and manage Bluetooth devices	♥
multranslate	Translate text through several engines side by side
wtf	Configurable personal dashboard of widgets
rustormy	Minimal weather forecast in the terminal
moribito	Track daily habits and streaks
fztea	Drive a Flipper Zero from your terminal
gruyere	Just some cheese, for fun
wintui	Windows-style desktop TUI (handy under WSL)