awesome-console-services

Others: (where netcat is suggested) https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services?tab=readm...

Ah, the age of the terminal is still very much well and truly with us. If only the teenager me, clutching my vt100 back in 1988 as it was being removed to be replaced with 'a modern computer interface', would've known not to fret so much and just let the future have its way .. The very awesome awesome-console-services has more neat tools like this: https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services My favourite is: $ nc ticker.bitcointicker.co 10080 .. which is a nice thing to check while waiting for builds .. And then, there is this wonderful, wonderful thing: $ curl cheat.sh Such a great resource when all you've got is a terminal and 15 minutes waiting for those builds .. Another great one, which I have found very useful for sending myself links across an air gap .. $ curl qrenco.de/https://news.ycombinator.com/item\?id\=44590971 Okay,

Some of the older still-available services are listed below SSH: ascii.theater was mentioned here, so was mapscii.me There's a bunch of games at https://overthewire.org/wargames/ (and there's likely still dozens of other small muds running over telnet as well) chat.shazow.net is a chat server Non-ssh (the games mostly require registration): `curl wttr.in` for weather `finger help@graph.no` for weather `cat | nc termbin.com 9999` for a pastebin `telnet telehack.com` `telnet freechess.org` `telnet gt.gamingmuseum.com` `telnet fibs.com 4321` to pay backgammon There's used to be Nyan cat through telnet, which I'd hacked into running on ssh but AFAICT there's no longer any servers around (my own server is no longer around either) https://nyancat.dakko.us Unknown how many of these are running still: https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/Ya

There is `chubin/awesome-console-services`[0] Btw, Igor Chubin is the author of great CLI services such as: cheat.sh[1], late.nz[2], QRenco.de[3],rate.sx[4] [0] https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services [1] https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh [2] https://github.com/chubin/late.nz [3] https://github.com/chubin/qrenco.de [4] https://github.com/chubin/rate.sx

Igor created several great cli projects like cheat.sh[1], late.nz[2], QRenco.de[3],rate.sx[4] Also, he maintains the awesome-console-services[5] list [1] https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh [2] https://github.com/chubin/late.nz [3] https://github.com/chubin/qrenco.de [4] https://github.com/chubin/rate.sx [5] https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services

More cool console services like this one: https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services curl wttr.in/Moon Shows moon phases curl rate.sx Shows cryptocurrency exchange rates, from the same author as wttr.in I sourced the above commands from a previous HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23646953

If people are looking for an actual modern take on text based browsing, I would refer them to the work of Igor Chubin. curl https://v2.wttr.in/London curl https://cheat.sh/rsync With a supported terminal: curl https://v3.wttr.in And also: https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services

I hoe it is listed at https://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services