r/CLI↗
CLI - Command-Line Interface
A command line interface (CLI) is a text-based interface where you can input commands that interact with a computer's operating system. The CLI operates with the help of the default shell, which is between the operating system and the user. r/CLI is a community for sharing CLIs, discussing about CLIs and doing other things around CLIs.
60k subscribers319 posts / mo in Sep 2026233 authors / mosince 2012
r/CLI has 60k members. It gets about 319 posts a month from 233 people. Top topics: Terminal Commands, Go Web Projects and Rust Programming Learning.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Terminal Commands7.1%
- Go Web Projects4.4%
- Rust Programming Learning3.6%
- Shell Scripting and Prompts2.4%
- Git Commands & Practices1.5%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- npm
- Raw
- crates.io: Rust Package Registry
- PyPI
- Codeberg
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