awesome-console-services

A curated list of awesome console services (reachable via HTTP, HTTPS and other network protocols). Structured data of the list (kept in sync) is in structured.yaml.

• IP Address
• Geolocation
• Text Sharing
• URL Shortener
• File Transfer
• Browser
• Tools
• Monitoring
• Weather
• News
• Information boards
• Map
• Money
• Documentation
• Dictionaries and translators
• Generators
• Entertainment
• Scripts
• Clients

IP address

Inline

• curl l2.io/ip
• curl https://echoip.de
• curl ifconfig.me
• curl ipecho.net/plain
• curl -L ident.me #API
• curl -L canihazip.com/s
• curl -L tnx.nl/ip
• curl wgetip.com
• curl whatismyip.akamai.com
• curl ip.tyk.nu
• curl bot.whatismyipaddress.com
• curl curlmyip.net
• curl api.ipify.org
• curl ipv4bot.whatismyipaddress.com
• curl ipcalf.com

New line

• curl ipaddy.net
• curl eth0.me
• curl ipaddr.site
• curl ifconfig.co
• curl ifconfig.pro
• curl curlmyip.net
• curl ipinfo.io/ip
• curl icanhazip.com
• curl checkip.amazonaws.com
• curl smart-ip.net/myip
• curl ip-api.com/line?fields=query
• curl ifconfig.io/ip
• curl -s ip.liquidweb.com
• curl ifconfig.es
• curl ipaddress.sh
• curl 2ip.ru

DNS

• dig @1.1.1.1 whoami.cloudflare ch txt +short (IPv4)
• dig @2606:4700:4700::1111 whoami.cloudflare ch txt -6 +short (IPv6)
• dig @ns1.google.com o-o.myaddr.l.google.com TXT -6 +short (IPv6)
• dig @ns1.google.com o-o.myaddr.l.google.com TXT -4 +short (IPv4)
• dig resolver.dnscrypt.info TXT +short
• curl https://dnsjson.com/resolver.dnscrypt.info/TXT.json
• curl -L https://edns.ip-api.com/json
• curl 'api.hackertarget.com/zonetransfer/?q=zonetransfer.me' - DNS Zone Transfer

JSON only

• curl httpbin.org/ip
• curl wtfismyip.com/json
• curl -L iphorse.com/json
• curl geoplugin.net/json.gp
• curl https://ipapi.co/json
• curl -L jsonip.com
• curl gd.geobytes.com/GetCityDetails
• curl ip.jsontest.com

Geolocation

• curl api.ip2location.io or curl api.ip2location.io?ip=8.8.8.8
• curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8 or curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8/loc
• curl ip-api.com or curl ip-api.com/8.8.8.8
• curl ifconfig.co/country or curl ifconfig.co/city or curl ifconfig.co/country-iso or http ifconfig.co/json
• curl ifconfig.es/geo or curl ifconfig.es/json or curl ifconfig.es/country or curl ifconfig.es/code or curl ifconfig.es/city or curl ifconfig.es/latitude or curl ifconfig.es/longitude

Text Sharing

• 🚫 echo "Hello world!" | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io
• echo "Hello world!" | curl -F file=@- 0x0.st
• echo "Hello world!" | curl -F 'clbin=<-' https://clbin.com
• echo "Hello world!" | nc termbin.com 9999
• echo "Hello world!" | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' sprunge.us
• echo "Hello world!" | curl -H "content-type: text/plain" -d @- https://textdb.dev/api/data/unique-id-for-my-text
• curl https://patchbay.pub/your-custom-path -d "Hello world!" and curl -s https://patchbay.pub/your-custom-path

URL shortener

• curl -s tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=<link>
• 🚫 curl -F shorten=<link> https://ttm.sh
• curl https://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=<link>
• 🚫 curl -F shorten=<link> https://0x0.st
• curl -F url=<link> https://shorta.link

File Transfer

• curl --upload-file <file> transfer.sh/<filename>
• curl -F file=@<file> https://ttm.sh
• curl https://patchbay.pub/your-custom-filepath.exe --data-binary @<file> and curl -LO https://patchbay.pub/your-custom-filepath.exe
• nc oshi.at 7777 < <file> or curl https://oshi.at -F f=@<file>
• curl -F file=@<file> https://0x0.st
• curl -F file=@<file> https://api.anonfile.com/upload
• curl -T <file> https://pixeldrain.com/api/file/

Browser

• 🚫 ssh brow.sh

Tools

• curl qrenco.de/STRING or echo STRING | curl -F-=\<- qrenco.de — create QR-code for a string (chubin/qrenco.de)
• curl "http://c.docverter.com/convert" -F from=html -F to=pdf -F "input_files[][email protected]" -o "output-file-name.pdf" - convert a document (source)
• curl -s "https://decapi.me/youtube/latest_video?user=NPR" - title/URL of latest upload from indicated YouTube channel
• curl -s "https://decapi.me/twitter/latest?name=NPR" - last tweet from indicated account
• curl -s "https://decapi.me/twitch/uptime?channel=IGN" - check if indicated twitch channel is online
• curl -s "https://httpbin.org/delay/4" - HTTP request and response Service (e.g. send response after 4 seconds)
• curl -s "https://urlecho.appspot.com/echo?body=Hello+World" - HTTP response defined in the request parameters
• curl -s "https://urlreq.appspot.com/req?method=GET&url=https://l2.io/ip" - HTTP proxy makes new requests based on input parameters
• curl -s "https://api.hackertarget.com/nmap/?q=93.184.216.34" - TCP port scan using NMAP
• curl -s "https://api.hackertarget.com/pagelinks/?q=msn.com" - Extract all links from a page
• curl -s "https://api.hackertarget.com/whois/?q=google.com" - Whois lookup
• curl -s "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users" - Useful tool to retrieve fake api data
• ssh [email protected] - password is unix50 - Create and use instances of historical UNIX systems
• ssh [email protected] - Create a free UNIX shell account to be used with the SDF Public Access UNIX System
• dig help @dns.toys - Lists a plethora of available services from dns.toys

Cryptography

• curl https://ja3er.com/search/535886c8d0a1b14f02298967bb990171 - SSL fingerprint search

Monitoring

• curl ping.gl
• curl https://status.plaintext.sh/t - Check status pages of common services

Weather

• curl wttr.in or curl wttr.in/Berlin — the right way to check the weather
• finger [email protected]
• nc rainmaker.wunderground.com 3000 (also works with telnet)
• curl https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/KAAO.TXT - METAR from the specified ICAO

News

• curl getnews.tech/world+cup — fetch the latest news

• curl hkkr.in - Hacker News feed

• curl rate.sx - for exploring (crypto)currencies exchange rates

• gopher://gopher.leveck.us:70 - news aggregator

• gopher://gopherddit.com:70 - reddit

• ssh teletekst.nl - teletext from the Dutch public broadcasting foundation (NOS) in terminal

• ssh redditbox.us — reddit in terminal (ssh + text browser)

• gopher://hngopher.com:70 - hacker news

• 🚫 curl wrk.ist — fetch the latest remote jobs / gigs on the IT market

Information boards

• 🚫 curl http://frcl.de/gulasch — Gulaschprogrammiernacht 2019 Fahrplan
• gopher://gopherpedia.com:70 - wikipedia

COVID-19

• curl https://corona-stats.online
• curl -L covid19.trackercli.com
• curl snf-878293.vm.okeanos.grnet.gr - Covid-19 statistics for your country

Map

• telnet mapscii.me — show a zoomable world map

Money

• curl rate.sx — get cryptocurrencies exchange rates
• 🚫 curl moneroj.org — get Monero exchange rate
• 🚫 curl cmc.rjldev.com — get coinmarketcap top 100 cryptocurrencies
• nc ticker.bitcointicker.co 10080 — get BTC/USD exchange rate (also works with telnet)
• curl https://stonks.icu/amd/msft get stock visualizer and tracker
• curl terminal-stocks.shashi.dev/:ticker - get stocks prices and information for provided yahoo ticker
• ssh cointop.sh - cryptocurrency tracking TUI (source)

Documentation

• curl cheat.sh — UNIX/Linux commands cheat sheets using curl (chubin/cheat.sh)
• curl 'https://api.hackertarget.com/subnetcalc/?q=192.168.1.0/24' Subnet calculator
• gopher://telcodata.us:70 - NPA/NXX Lookup
• gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/world - all known gopher servers

Dictionaries and translators

• curl 'dict.org/d:command line'

Generators

• git commit -m "$(curl -sk whatthecommit.com/index.txt)" — generate random commit message
• curl "https://www.random.org/integers/?num=1&min=1&max=100&col=1&base=10&format=plain&rnd=new" - generate random number
• curl -H 'Accept: text/plain' https://foaas.com/cool/:from — fuck off as a service
• curl pseudorandom.name — generate a pseudo random (American?) name (treyhunner/pseudorandom.name)
• 🚫 curl -s https://uinames.com/api/?region=france\&amount=25 | jq '.[] | .name +" " + .surname' — generate 25 random french names
• curl https://icanhazdadjoke.com — random jokes
• curl givemeguid.com - guid
• nc towel.blinkenlights.nl 666 - IT excuses (also works with telnet)
• curl -s 'https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/distilgpt2' --data-raw '"what is the meaning of life?"' | jq '.[].generated_text' - generate text using the GPT2 AI model from a seed string

E-Commerce

• ssh stickr.shop — the renegade, CLI-only sticker shop. Buy stickers via ssh.
• ssh terminal.shop — buy coffee via ssh.

Entertainment and Games

• ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no watch.ascii.theater - stream free text-based movies in your terminal
• curl https://asciitv.fr — watch Star Wars in terminal via curl (source)
• nc towel.blinkenlights.nl 23 — watch Star Wars in terminal via netcat (also works with telnet)
• ssh movie.gabe565.com - watch Star Wars with playback controls in terminal via ssh
• ssh chat.shazow.net — chat over SSH (shazow/ssh-chat)
• ssh [email protected] — SSH chat client (source)
• curl parrot.live — display an animated party parrot (hugomd/parrot.live)
• curl byemck.atulr.com — display animated goodbye message for colleagues (master-atul/byemck)
• nc rya.nc 1987 — get Rick Rolled (also works with telnet)
• curl node-web-console.glitch.me — watch an emoji race (source)
• curl ascii.live/forrest - run Forrest, run!
• curl ascii.live/nyan - watch Nyan Cat
• curl https://poptart.spinda.net — fullscreen colorized Nyan Cat
• gopher://fld.gp:70 - gopher resources / news / weather / entertainment
• gopher://mozz.us:70 - games, drink recipes, and other
• gopher://port70.net/1board/b - 4chan
• 🚫 ssh [email protected] - collaborative ASCII art project (source)
• telnet 1984.ws 23 — BBS (BBS list here)
• ssh [email protected] - demo the "Monotty" text-based desktop environment (source)
• curl gif.xyzzy.run — search and display gifs in your terminal
• curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gsobell/duckpond/home/duckpond.sh | bash - watch a duck swim across your terminal
• cat mario.nes | nc play-nes.org 4444 - emulate roms over netcat (requires you to pass a local rom file) (source)
• finger @happynetbox.com - take part in an experimental internet social experience

Telnet/SSH-based games:

• ssh sshtron.zachlatta.com ~> snake game; play with AWSD keys
• ssh netris.rocketnine.space — multiplayer tetris
• ssh [email protected] — 2048, snake, and freecell (source)
• ssh [email protected] - 11 arcade games
• ssh [email protected] -p 2222 — guess free minesweeper; Pass: play
• ssh [email protected] — play various games including checkers
• ssh [email protected] - Competitive puzzle; password: intricacy
• ssh [email protected] - Multiplayer Chess; password: simulchess
• ssh pacman:[email protected] - Pacman; password: pacman
• ssh [email protected] - Roguelike; password: lag
• ssh [email protected] - Khet; password: ckhet
• ssh [email protected] - nethack and others
• ssh [email protected] - rogue; password: yendor
• ssh pong.brk.st - singleplayer pong
• ssh tty.sdf.org - requires you to make an account first
• ssh -p 8080 -l magnetic magneticscrolls.net - interactive fiction text adventure games developed by Magnetic Scrolls
• nc aardmud.org 23 — MUD (MUD list here, also works with telnet)
• nc freechess.org 23 — Chess Game (also works with telnet)
• nc igs.joyjoy.net 6969 - play/watch the game of Go (also works with telnet))
• nc fibs.com 4321 - multiplayer backgammon (also works with telnet)
• telnet dungeon.name 20028 - infinite cave adventure
• telnet milek7.gq — games: Pong, Break out, Tetris
• telnet mtrek.com 1701 — Star Trek
• telnet decwars.com 1701 — Multiplayer Star Trek
• telnet telehack.com
• telnet multizork.icculus.org — Multiplayer Zork

Scripts

Useful scripts, that can be run with just one line of code, but where, still local execution is necessary.

• curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -
• curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/master/neofetch | bash
• curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keroserene/rickrollrc/master/roll.sh | bash

Clients

At least one of these clients, that you need to access these services, is installed on almost every UNIX/Linux system.

• aria2
• bitsadmin
• curl
• httpie
• httrack
• powershell
• rclone
• wget
• wget2