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 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 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

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

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 ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8 or curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8/loc
• curl ifconfig.co/country or curl ifconfig.co/city or curl ifconfig.co/country-iso or http ifconfig.co/json

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

URL shortener

• curl -s tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=<link>
• curl -F shorten=<link> https://ttm.sh

File Transfer

• curl --upload-file <file> transfer.sh/<filename>
• curl --upload-file <file> filepush.co/upload/<filename>
• curl -F file=@<file> https://ttm.sh

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 https://mcthomas.github.io/dice/ -s | grep -zoP '(?s)<script.*' | sed -e '1d;$d' -e 's/document.write/console.log/' | node | sed -e 's/</font[^>]>//g'' - Dice roll (on macOS, use grep version from brew)

Monitoring

• curl ping.gg

Weather

• curl wttr.in or curl wttr.in/Berlin — the right way to check the weather
• finger oslo@graph.no
• 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
• gopher txtn.ws
• ssh redditbox.us — Reddit in terminal (ssh + text browser)

Information boards

• curl http://frcl.de/gulasch — Gulaschprogrammiernacht 2019 Fahrplan

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
• telnet ticker.bitcointicker.co 10080 — get BTC/USD exchange rate

Documentation

• curl cheat.sh — UNIX/Linux commands cheat sheets using curl (chubin/cheat.sh)

Dictionaries and translators

• curl 'dict.org/d:command line'

Generators

• git commit -m $(curl -sk whatthecommit.com/index.txt) — generate random commit message
• curl -H 'Accept: text/plain' 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

Entertainment and Games

• nc towel.blinkenlights.nl 23 — watch StarWars in terminal
• ssh chat.shazow.net — chat over SSH (shazow/ssh-chat)
• 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 — disco in the console
• 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

Telnet/SSH-based:

• ssh sshtron.zachlatta.com ~> snake game; play with AWSD keys
• ssh netris.rocketnine.space — multiplayer tetris
• ssh nethack@alt.org — a fun roguelike game
• ssh play@anonymine-demo.oskog97.com -p 2222 — guess free minesweeper; Pass: play
• ssh twenex@sdf.org — play various games including checkers
• telnet freechess.org — Chess Game
• telnet milek7.gq — games: Pong, Break out, Tetris
• telnet aardmud.org — MUD
• telnet mud.darkerrealms.org 2000 — MUD
• telnet telehack.com

Scripts

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

• curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -

Clients

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

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