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LinuxCommandLibrary

2M+ app downloads, 500k+ monthly website visitors, Linux basics, tips and formatted man pages. Read more below about its uses, features, and usage.

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Linux Command Library (Android+iOS+Desktop GUI and CLI+Web)

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The app currently has 8887 manual pages, 30+ basic categories and a bunch of general terminal tips. It works 100% offline, doesn't need an internet connection and has no tracking software.

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Native CLI and GUI binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows are available in Releases.

Homebrew (macOS):

GUI:

brew install --cask simonschubert/tap/linux-command-library

CLI:

brew install simonschubert/tap/linux-command-library-cli

AUR (Arch Linux):

GUI:

yay -S lcl-gui-bin

CLI:

yay -S lcl-bin

Android screenshots

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iOS screenshots

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Desktop screenshots

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CLI screenshot

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Content

Categories

One-liners, AI tools, System information, System control, System Recovery, Users & Groups, Files & Folders, Input, Printing, JSON, Network, Search & Find, Git, SSH, Video & Audio, Package manager, Text Processing, Compression & Archiving, Backup & Imaging, Hacking tools, Terminal games, Cryptocurrencies, Shell Scripting, Tmux, Regular Expressions, VIM Text Editor, Emacs Text Editor, Nano Text Editor, Pico Text Editor, Micro Text Editor

Tips

Clear and reset the terminal, List of recent commands, Close a frozen window/application, Tab Completion, Temporary aliases, Permanent aliases, Chain commands, Command syntax, Cursor navigation, Redirection, Special characters in commands, View file permissions, Modify file permissions, Set file permissions via binary references, Running commands in the background, Scheduling tasks with cron

CI/CD

Github Action to automatically create a new Github release with APK, CLI binaries, and desktop installers, and upload an AAB to the Play Store.

Tests

Android Jetpack Compose deeplinking tests: ComposeDeeplinkTests.kt

Common code unit tests: CommonTests.kt

Licensing

The source code is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and the copyright of the man pages are copyrighted by their respective authors.

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http://letsgokoyo.com - App Icon

https://icons8.com - Icons

https://tldr.sh - TLDR

Releases

Aug 2, 2026

Release v4.5.0

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Features

Added package install sections on command detail pages (Android and iOS) Added 71 new commands, including AI/agent tools (mere.run, claude helpers, agentnest), Proxmox and UFW helpers, disk...

Jul 19, 2026

Release v4.4.0

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Features

Added in-page man page search with match highlighting (Android and iOS) Added 139 new commands, including cloud/CLI tools (awsless, kafkactl, terraformer), MQTT clients, Kubernetes helpers (...

Jul 14, 2026

Release v4.3.0

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Features

Added 68 new commands, including Docker and Proxmox container tools, Flux CD, Terraform state commands, and tidy-viewer

Fixes

Fixed broken resource links in new command pages

Improvements...

Jun 28, 2026

Release v4.2.2

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Features

Added many new Linux commands, including zerofree and Wine registry tools Made the CLI TUI more interactive

Improvements

Improved command documentation, including Vim clipboard shortcuts a...

Jun 19, 2026

Release v4.2.1

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Features

Added new Linux commands across multiple batches

Improvements

Improved command documentation across many entries Upgraded Gradle wrapper to 9.6.0